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WARNING - DO not buy Adapter form this Ebay guy

post #1 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:30pm
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I bought an adapter from thsi guy for upadtaing to a 7800 card in an i9300:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6828865593

He refuses to answer emails, has pocketed my paypal payment and sends shipemnts via USPS priority that somehow disappar even though the USPS track and confirm web sote says it was delivered.

The guy is a d**k. Please make me feel better by not purchasing any stuff from him.

Im buyign an XPS2/M170 adapter direct from Dell isntead
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post #2 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:37pm
Suprised considering the amount of feedback, though the negative rep that they have got is for reasons along the lines of yours...
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post #3 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by K9387
Suprised considering the amount of feedback, though the negative rep that they have got is for reasons along the lines of yours...
Aye. What annoys me is that I catergorically said to him please can you ensure it gets to me by the 16th as I have to fly back to the UK. He never replies to me, then its a one word reply giving a trackign number, then the USPS site says its been delivered at 12 pm on Monday yet here I am wednesday and I still ahevnt got it.

What annoys me is he wont bother to asnwer the 6 emails I snet him after hes pocketed mu money. He only sneds a shitty response when I complain on his feed back. Lamer.

I guess the horror stories I hear about USPS are true then. Im defintely not buyign anything from Ebay thats shipped USPS
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post #4 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:51pm
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I wnt and bought the XPS Gen 2 130w adapter form Dell today. I hoep to get it shippe dot me beofre the 16th.

I trust that this is the right one

1 130 Watt AC Adapter, for Inspiron XPS-Gen2, Customer Install $69.95

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...493&brandid=56

I will have spent almost 130 bcuks on an adapter at the end of this
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post #5 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:51pm
Claim back Paypal? That would make him react (but then thats his problem, not yours)...
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post #6 of 53
12/14/05 at 6:59pm
You just need to file an item not received complaint through eBay and you'll get your money back unless he can prove it was delivered to your address.
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post #7 of 53
12/14/05 at 7:02pm
Bugger, what do USPS have to say about it? They sound worse than Royal Mail...
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post #8 of 53
12/14/05 at 7:06pm
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Originally Posted by burningrave101
You just need to file an item not received complaint through eBay and you'll get your money back unless he can prove it was delivered to your address.
Well, he can sort of prove it was recieved because the USPS website for track and confirm says it was dleivered for the tracking number he gave. USPS say they delivered it but I aint got it. I guess Ill try Paypal just in case, got nothing to lose.

Im more infuriated by teh lack of communicaiton by teh guy. He just pocketed my cash and doesnt botehr to reply
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post #9 of 53
12/14/05 at 7:07pm
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Originally Posted by K9387
Bugger, what do USPS have to say about it? They sound worse than Royal Mail...
They're awful mate. One year I sent 2 birthday acrds home at different times. None of tehm got to the UK. Avoid at all costs...........
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post #10 of 53
12/14/05 at 8:55pm
FWIW, I bought two of the 130W adapters from an eBay seller named "hoctcomputer" and both work well, as far as I can tell. My 9300 is recognizing both as 130W adapters, they are real Dell adapters, revision A04.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

John
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post #11 of 53
12/14/05 at 8:59pm
Ah yes, I know this guy Rubberduck is talking about, for it is he who sold me my "new" PA-13. It wasn't new and didn't work (the "can't tell if this is a 130W adapter") message. By a stroke of luck I was able to get it working by cleaning out the inside of the tip really well. It works about 90 % of the time. I still get the message every couple of days. I echo the sentiment -- avoid this guy.
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post #12 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:12pm
wow, i almost bought from him. i got mine from hoct too and it works well. im about to order a battery from him too.
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post #13 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:15pm
do you guys think it is safe to get this battery? it is $25 cheaper than from hoct, but i dont want to get a dud.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-GENUINE-OEM-...QQcmdZViewItem
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post #14 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:19pm
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
Ah yes, I know this guy Rubberduck is talking about, for it is he who sold me my "new" PA-13. It wasn't new and didn't work (the "can't tell if this is a 130W adapter") message. By a stroke of luck I was able to get it working by cleaning out the inside of the tip really well. It works about 90 % of the time. I still get the message every couple of days. I echo the sentiment -- avoid this guy.
Wow! Lets flag this tard. Have you complained to ebay? What about a PayPal complaint? May be if two of us flag him up together then may be we can do something about it? What a tard
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post #15 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by drizek
do you guys think it is safe to get this battery? it is $25 cheaper than from hoct, but i dont want to get a dud.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-GENUINE-OEM-...QQcmdZViewItem
I said bugger it, and bought a brand new one from Dell. Its 60 bucks but hey, at least its genuine and I know Ill get it in time. Also, I quite like the new adapter model that came with my i9300. You know, the one where its been designed well so you can coil teh cable aorund the adpater and it fits snugly together? Im hoping a new one form Dell will be like this. All teh ones on ebay seem to be teh old bulky brick ones
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post #16 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:27pm
the ones from dell are exactly the same design.
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post #17 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:28pm
RubberDuck, I would double check the address on the tracking of that shipment. If it didn't show up but USPS says it did, that sounds more life a USPS problem. As far as flagging the guy, there are literally thousands and thousands of ebay sellers, just like him, and it's not worth the time or frustration to try and retrieve 35 bucks. I'm chalking this one up to experience, because I had this little nagging voice inside that told me I shouldn't buy from a guy who had 28 negative feedbacks in the last 30 days just to save 10 bucks. Next time the nagging voice is going to get more credence.
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post #18 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:50pm
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Originally Posted by drizek
the ones from dell are exactly the same design.
bugger
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post #19 of 53
12/14/05 at 9:51pm
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Originally Posted by donjuancarlos
RubberDuck, I would double check the address on the tracking of that shipment. If it didn't show up but USPS says it did, that sounds more life a USPS problem. As far as flagging the guy, there are literally thousands and thousands of ebay sellers, just like him, and it's not worth the time or frustration to try and retrieve 35 bucks. I'm chalking this one up to experience, because I had this little nagging voice inside that told me I shouldn't buy from a guy who had 28 negative feedbacks in the last 30 days just to save 10 bucks. Next time the nagging voice is going to get more credence.
Sure but if everybody does teh same then there will only be more scam artists out there
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post #20 of 53
12/14/05 at 10:01pm
whats the best car adapter for the 9300?
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