Florida man--I mean ebay seller

[AllGold]

An ebay seller has a bunch of 2015 MacBook Pros listed that don't have hard drives and are listed as "only tested for power on, no OS and no hard drive" with lots of other caveats like other parts may be missing. The listings also say "there is a 25% restocking fee no matter what".

Fine, except they are listed under the category of Used rather than For Parts and their auction prices are much closer to that of fully working machines than a heap of parts.

I predict they will be getting some returns and the buyers will NOT be paying their restocking fee. :wink:

[hal]

I just bought an external hard drive with a description of:

"seems to be new, but i cant test it all i have is a tablet & a smartphone. so its being sold for cheap and for parts as is.has some scratches on the back."

It's DOA

but it was listed as 'Open Box'

I filed for a return, haven't gotten a reply, but they will be in for a rude surprise in a few days...

[Acer]

My worst eBay purchased was a box of hard drives simply described as "pulls, condition unknown." They arrived in a big wad, wrapped in metal foil. I think only two even spun up, none were usable. Seller refused to deal with me. Caveat emptor, I know, but they were straight up junk and should have been described that way, IMO.

[Carm]

Hal, BS story, tablet and phone only. Yeah right.
Acer, same BS.
Does eBay even enforce the 25% restock fee? I’ve never had to deal with a seller that claims “restock fee”

[Speedy]

Acer wrote:
My worst eBay purchased was a box of hard drives simply described as "pulls, condition unknown." They arrived in a big wad, wrapped in metal foil. I think only two even spun up, none were usable. Seller refused to deal with me. Caveat emptor, I know, but they were straight up junk and should have been described that way, IMO.

Clever way to get someone else to recycle his electronic waste.

[Carm]

What I found : https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/sel...turns.html
eBay no longer allows restocking fees, unless the seller provides free shipping/ returns AND you return the item in worse condition.

[hal]

Carm wrote:
Does eBay even enforce the 25% restock fee? I’ve never had to deal with a seller that claims “restock fee”

no - the description is for describing the item not the terms of the transaction. Terms listed in the description mean nothing unless they are also set within the ebay settings of the listing when it was listed.

So saying something is being sold 'as is' means nothing if the listing is listed as 'open box'. There is a space for entering your restocking fee, but that goes out the window when a 'not as described' case is filed.

[Carm]

Thanks for the info Hal.
Also found that eBay no longer allows restock fees “no matter what”. They have seller protection up to 50% if item returned opened/damaged/worse condition. https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/get...ction.html

[p8712]

“May or may not be stolen”

[Bill in NC]

I recently returned an Apple laptop with the same language.

It was described as "bad battery, only runs from AC adapter."

Once I got it I determined it only ran from battery...wouldn't run from AC adapter.

I had no trouble returning (postage paid) it to the seller, who never mentioned the restock fee...got a full refund.