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post #1 of 19
12/27/04 at 6:38pm
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Hi
Sad day
Won a XPS laptop from ebay,ON Nov, Call dell for Support to day,They tell
Me the laptop was report missing or stolen,Now what.lesson learn. :
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post #2 of 19
12/27/04 at 6:43pm
DOH! thats not good.

You could always contact the police and give them the info on the person who sold it to you. Get a lawyer and try to get your money back. (and the laptop would likely go back to the original owner)

Either that or learn how to fix it yourself...
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post #3 of 19
12/27/04 at 6:54pm
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Person is in Santa Maria, California,Iam in newyork,
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post #4 of 19
12/27/04 at 6:59pm
That's why you need to check the rating on the seller *AND* what they've sold before. Often times people will get good ratings selling $2-$10 items, and then go for the 'gold' with something like this.
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post #5 of 19
12/27/04 at 7:06pm
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I did,his rating was good I even call dell and check the service tag on it
it all so check out.
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post #6 of 19
12/27/04 at 8:03pm

Service Tag

You called Dell and checked the service tag after or before you bought this? In that case I don't understand - are they saying it was stolen and just hadn't made it into their "system" as such at the time you checked it or something else?
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post #7 of 19
12/27/04 at 8:31pm
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Before I bought this,at the time,eveything check out fine.when I call for support
that`s when they told me?
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post #8 of 19
12/27/04 at 8:46pm
How did you pay for it? You may try to get your money back via PayPal.
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post #9 of 19
12/27/04 at 8:59pm
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is been a month and so,a costly lesson.
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post #10 of 19
12/27/04 at 9:15pm
So, what's going to happen now? Police just will come to you and get the notebook away and will not go after the seller?
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post #11 of 19
12/27/04 at 9:26pm
if u have the auction number/ seller name i'd get ebay involved and see if u can get a refund because in the product description it didn't say "stolen". Take it ez, u can do something.
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post #12 of 19
12/27/04 at 9:41pm
i wonder if the seller reported to dell saying the laptop was stolen after he sold to the buyer?

also, please post the ebay seller id here too.
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post #13 of 19
12/27/04 at 10:02pm
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the seller is from in Santa Maria, California,here what dell told me they deliever
it,he said he never got it or got lost.Police from California is going to come to
new york pick up the laptop.I dont think so.I belive is the seller got away
with two laptop or got his money back from dell and sold the laptop on
ebay.Not to smart on his part.
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post #14 of 19
12/28/04 at 2:30am
Its pretty sad what some people will do for some extra coin, I had a replacement XPS sent to me from Dell, I was told I would receive return tags in the mail 4 -5 days after I got it. That was over a month ago, a couple of weeks ago I emailed Dell asking if this extra XPS was a gift that I get for free or what ? Next day I received return tags via email. Just think of the money I could have made if kept it... but of course it would have come back and bit me in the ass if I sold it. Sorry to hear aboot your loss...
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post #15 of 19
12/28/04 at 10:03am
koy, how much $$$ did you lose on this transaction?
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post #16 of 19
12/28/04 at 10:45am
I sincerely hope you paid with a creditcard, if you did you need to file a fraud chargeback through your CC company.

What is the sellers ID?

Name and shame, I say.
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post #17 of 19
12/28/04 at 12:18pm
if I bought a stolen laptop and I didnt know it was stolen.. I would NEVER give it back.. epsecially if I wouldnt get my money back!!!

I always take care of my stuff.. keep a good eye on it..etc.. someone has to be stupid to leave a laptop sitting out for someone to just steal so ez.. (like on the seat in your car.. someone could just break the window and snag it real ez) people just dont take care of their stuff..and THEY themselves are dumb for it..

and if I bought that laptop..and have to give it back.. Why the hell should I have to pay for that dumb persons mistake of letting his\her laptop get stolen?

if I were on the phone with dell and they told me it was stolen.. (CLICK) I would of hung up that second lol..

but I really hope you get your money back.. maybe their is some type of theft insurance..
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post #18 of 19
12/28/04 at 3:46pm
I'm afraid it wouldn't be your call to give or not it back. What you gonna do when they come for you? By "them" I mean "people in uniform". People who stupidly let others to steal their things... well stupidity is not a crime. On the other hand opposing to people in uniform is also stupid thing - but it is crime all right
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post #19 of 19
12/28/04 at 4:22pm
White collar crime for TEH win
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