I don't shop with eBay very often. I happen to run across a offer on a smart TV upgrader and pursued it. It was relatively cheap and it came from a eBay supplier. I unboxed the upgrader and found that the batteries for the remote were corroding inside the plastic. (that concerned me some as I wonder how long this particular box had sat on the shelf somewhere.) After I got the item setup I found that the supply cable for the power supply was a 220 plug in European style or something like Korea 220 volts. I went ahead and purchased a 220 to 110 adapter through Amazon and finally got it plugged in and powered up. It immediately went into an update of some sort and I'm not sure if it was for this particular upgrade item or the TV. After some time it allowed me to enter into the selection process for setting up the TV to upgrade it but it only had options for Central and South American countries plus one other country called “other”. After going through the hoops and some software choices it came back with the message that updates were not available for this country.
I guess what I'm asking the community is this a normal for items that are not top shelf and readily usable. I hesitate to call the seller a scam artist but he had to know that this would not work in the United States and that others like me have probably written in the same thing on seeking a return.
He replied to an email I sent to him :
Very sorry about this issue. Please set up an eBay return and I will make sure a full refund is sent once received back.
The return will cost more than the items worth right now and especially if I have to spend an hour boxing it back up. I've already invested too much time in this to make it work anyway.
