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plutomic

10-10-2009, 01:26 AM

Ok, I sold a laptop on ebay for 680. Now, I said it had a 2.4 ghz processor in it.. But it really has a 2.25 ghz proccessor... The guy now wants a refund.. He does not have my address or anything I believe... So... What if I don't give him a refund? I didn't offer a refund at all..

will paypal take his side if he opens a dispute?

Lulzar

10-10-2009, 01:30 AM

I don't know, mang. I just don't know.

When you say you didn't offer a refund, do you mean you specifically stated in the listing that no refunds would be given, product as is, &c?

plutomic

10-10-2009, 01:35 AM

I don't know, mang. I just don't know.

When you say you didn't offer a refund, do you mean you specifically stated in the listing that no refunds would be given, product as is, &c?

Well.. I listed it as "no refund offered"...

DrGoogfan

10-10-2009, 01:39 AM

el drewto

10-10-2009, 01:41 AM

Tell him to send the laptop back if he wants a refund.

Or just don't refund it and run away from ebay forever.

Syphilis

10-10-2009, 01:41 AM

Well.. I listed it as "no refund offered"...
That doesn't matter though, since what you sold him was different to what you advertised. Not that I'm an eBay expert...

DrGoogfan

10-10-2009, 01:47 AM

^^this

just tell him to stick it.

plutomic

10-10-2009, 01:50 AM

ok.. im just gonna ignore him until i get my money then.. he leave me negative feedback.. fuck him.

shit, its a core 2 duo anyways.. so its pretty fast.. Not to mention i included xp AND vista... shit..and its brand fucking new

not me

10-10-2009, 01:53 AM

I want my money back, you fuck. Now that I know who you are. I'll cut off your balls and stuff them down your throat. Just kidding, LOL ! ;-]

DrGoogfan

10-10-2009, 01:53 AM

anyone else notice a white square at the top of every page?

v0x

10-10-2009, 03:28 AM

anyone else notice a white square at the top of every page?

Yea, it's a google ad. Idk why it appears as a white square though, maybe it's misconfigured.

On-topic: Don't refund it, 0.15Ghz isn't going to make much of a difference in anything. But do transfer the money out of your paypal account, just in case something does happen, and paypal freezes the account. And if he just gives you negative rep, close that ebay account and open a new one. Or leave it if you have thousands of reputation points.

vinipooh123@gmail

10-10-2009, 11:51 AM

did you link a credit card or bank account to the paypal account?

because if you did this makes a difference.

batman938

10-10-2009, 02:29 PM

false advertisement

313

10-10-2009, 08:07 PM

Tell him to send the laptop back if he wants a refund.

Or just don't refund it and run away from ebay forever.

or tell him to send it back then hell get his damn refund and you just dip with the cash AND your laptop...duh.
:facepalm:

Steve

10-10-2009, 08:59 PM

Did you receive the money yet? If the funds are frozen, you probably won't ever get them. He payed with PayPal so odds are against you. He'll open a dispute and get his money back and they'll tell him to send the laptop back to you. Next time don't try to dick over your buyers.

13579

10-10-2009, 09:40 PM

Dude, it's .15 ghz difference. That isn't trying to dick-over anyone, it's so small it won't make a difference.

He might be able to get you for that, though. The whole thing is kind of a gray-area, along with hard drives being advertised as "8 GB" but, after formatting, can only hold 7.25 GB or so.

pimpstrocity

10-10-2009, 09:42 PM

Send him a message with a link to the urban dictionary's explanation of fo/ky.

Fractals

10-10-2009, 09:53 PM

The whole thing is kind of a gray-area, along with hard drives being advertised as "8 GB" but, after formatting, can only hold 7.25 GB or so.

I thought that hard drive thing was bytes vs bits or binary vs decimal or something, as opposed to false advertising?

-SpectraL

10-10-2009, 09:58 PM

I thought that hard drive thing was bytes vs bits or binary vs decimal or something, as opposed to false advertising?The physical size remains the same, only the reporting of it is contrary.

Actor

10-10-2009, 10:17 PM

Tell him you'll send it back free of charge. But really just send him a box of sand or something.

pimpstrocity

10-10-2009, 10:21 PM

Send him a message with a link to the urban dictionary's explanation of fo/ky.

This.

Dont put up with the bullshit from this guy he obviously is a fucking douche bag if he thinks this warrentd a refund.

Animal Farm Pig

10-10-2009, 10:26 PM

I don't know of any core2duo processors that operate at 2.25GHz... sounds like the buyer is smoking crack. Do you have the model number of the processor or the laptop?

Also, this:
http://xkcd.com/325/

Animal Farm Pig

10-10-2009, 10:33 PM

That's be one angry Bobcat. :D

You can do it one in every 30 times and still have a 97% positive feedback.

plutomic

10-10-2009, 11:39 PM

well isn't a 2.26 core 2 duo actually a 4.52? seeing as how it has 2 cores?

Miaow

10-10-2009, 11:50 PM

Cancel the account, run like the wind, shit in a box and send it to his address.

Σnigma

10-11-2009, 12:29 AM

Tell him he'd better watch out for the CP you left on the hard drive. If he doesn't want the FBI at his door, he'll shut the fuck up.

JustAnotherAsshole

10-11-2009, 12:39 AM

That doesn't matter though, since what you sold him was different to what you advertised. Not that I'm an eBay expert...

This.

OP is clearly the one in the wrong. The issue is whether or not he can or will get away with it.

Lurker_Man

10-11-2009, 12:43 AM

The whole thing is kind of a gray-area, along with hard drives being advertised as "8 GB" but, after formatting, can only hold 7.25 GB or so.

Take your money out of your paypal. Close the paypal account.
And while doing that, try to come to a comprimise with him. Use excuses like this. Tell him you will send him some softwhere, ect.

Then when the account is closed. Tell him to go fuck himself.

Vega

10-11-2009, 12:45 AM

well isn't a 2.26 core 2 duo actually a 4.52? seeing as how it has 2 cores?

No, it doesn't work like that.

Steve

10-11-2009, 01:55 AM

The whole thing is kind of a gray-area, along with hard drives being advertised as "8 GB" but, after formatting, can only hold 7.25 GB or so.

The hard drive issue occurs because hard drives are advertised in the base 10 system (10^3 bytes = 1 MB, 10^6 bytes = 1 MB, etc.) while they are formatted in the base 2 system (2^10 or 1024 bytes = 1 KiB, 2^20 or 1048576 = 1 MiB). Technically when base 2 is used the numbers should be denoted by a separate prefix (KB = kilobyte, KiB = kibibyte) but this is rarely followed. There's debate over whether the hard drive specs should be changed or the computer software be changed, with the base 2 system being best for programming and the base 10 system being best for human calculations. Some Unix systems (including Apple's newest OS) have changed the way sizes are reported to the end user so that your 60 GB advertised iPod will show up as 60 GB when formatted. I guess we'll see where things end up five years down the road.

well isn't a 2.26 core 2 duo actually a 4.52? seeing as how it has 2 cores?

No because the two cores are addressed independently and unless an application is multithreaded it can only use 2.26 GHz worth of power.

The Savage

10-11-2009, 06:33 AM

Tom "Fuck Models" Brady

10-11-2009, 08:01 AM

Once upon a time, a long time ago a man(me) bought an Xbox. After receiving the Xbox, he decided he wanted his money back... He decided that the Xbox was broken and didn't work properly so he disputed. Obviously ebay took it, and he sent a box with some rocks to the seller. Buyer gets the refund, THE END

tl;dr: If you are the seller, you get screwed.