help: what to do with a misleading ebaY purchase?

[countzero]

I guess I've been had too. Recently I won an item which the description said

"1 amiga ram expansion board, this has just been removed out of a working Commodore Amiga 500. I think it is min 2 meg but not 100% sure it may possibly even be 4 meg or if extremely lucky 8 meg. It has a switch to turn off memory for compatability for some of the games that wont work under extended RAM. As I say it has just been pulled from a working Amiga 500 and with the switch on and off it booted up and ran rick dangerous 2 in either mode it was switched at. The free mem displayed on screen also was significant and is visibly shown on the amiga desktop when booted up in either mode. This fits in the underside trapdoor found on the Amiga and can only be inserted one way as the connector is offset to oneside."

And what I got was this.

http://abone.netone.com.tr/ardaka/zydec_amram500+.jpg
http://abone.netone.com.tr/ardaka/zydec_amram500+-back.jpg

which looks pretty similar to a regular 512k expansion :

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1091

I can't try it because I don't have an amiga 500 at the moment. But judging from the x256 chips there's no way this can be a 2mb + expansion.

also the shipping price was outrageous. I paid 9 uk pounds (thinking the shipping rates in uk was quite high). but :
http://abone.netone.com.tr/ardaka/envelope.jpg

 :-x

[Effy]

countzero : ALWAYS ask shipping costs before the auction has ended !! That´s a result of all the experiences I have already had, and trust me, I HAVE bought a lot  :lol:

[SarahLB]

£9.00 is quite a lot actually!  If you want to know UK shipping rates you could check (if you have an idea of the weight of the item your going to buy) on the post office website, which I beleive is just www.postoffice.co.uk but if you search google you will find the address!  Then you only need to add a bit for packaging (for example, a jiffy bag that a DVD will fit into would be about 60p, cardboard boxes maybe between £1.00 and £3.00 depending upon the size,); a lot of people just recycle their packaging on Ebay anyway!  Obviously larger items such as steroes, laptops, Amigas etc you would expect to pay between £10-15

If your ever not sure contact the post office or someone in the UK who can tell you if your being ripped off or not!!! :-D

[Effy]

This is the same site but the options to send "overseas", so outside the UK but there seem to be a lot of options !!

SarahLB : thanks for that link, I have been searching it for a while  :lol:

[countzero]

thanks sarah&effy, I sent him the link and I asked him to explain why I paid 9 pounds for the shipping (ah after years, I need the pound sign on my kybrd, unfortunately it's been replaced by €). he already left a positive feedback for me, but if he doesn't have a good excuse for the overcharge or return the difference, I'll definitely not leave a positive feedback.

I wouldn't be so pissed if the board was actually a 2mb or 8mb expansion though ...

[lopos]

Here is another Post office Website where you can calculate the postage.
Hope that will help you in the future.

[SarahLB]

If you are ever going to buy something off Ebay ( I am presuming that your not based in the UK) and want a good idea if your being skanked over postage, mail me and I will tell you!! :-D

[SarahLB]

SarahLB : thanks for that link, I have been searching it for a while

@ Effy

Your welcome!!  ;-)

[TjLaZer]

Well after complaining to the seller, he appologised and refunded me $50 Canadian from the $153 Canadian I paid!!  I sent an email asking why the small refund?  Have not heard back in days.  What should I do now?

[x56h34]

I have heard that a tried and tested solution is to drive up there, kick down his front door, and let's just say take care of business (tm). :-)

[yogisumo]

x56h34 wrote:
I have heard that a tried and tested solution is to drive up there, kick down his front door, and let's just say take care of business (tm). :-)

Make sure you're wearing your steel toed running shoes..!!!
 :-o

[TjLaZer]

I wonder if I can solicit the services of the great DoomMaster himself?  I hear he is the one to see regarding situations like this?  :banana:

[TheMagicM]

I have heard that a tried and tested solution is to drive up there, kick down his front door, and let's just say take care of business (tm).

At first I thought you were Doommaster...but then I remembered..doommaster was not the one dishing out the butt kickings, but the one recieving them.. lol.

TJ: File a complint w/paypal and ebay.

[x56h34]

@TheMagicM:

Hence the (tm) at the end. :-)

[countzero]

Well, I got 6.13 uk ps back from him/her after my complaint, so the it's fine by me now. I left him/her a positive feedback.