Am I in the wrong (as buyer of "for parts not working")?

[farfolomew]

Hi, I made my first big mistake as an eBay buyer in 10 years, or so.

I bought two computer parts (CPUs) that were listed as for parts, not working, but had possibly ambiguous descriptions. Neither of the descs said flat out they were tested as broken; in fact they didn't say much of anything and strongly hinted as being untested. My experience has taught me most untested CPUs pulled from machines are fine, which is why I bought them.

However, it turns out both were dead on arrival, and I felt bamboozled. Theres nothing that can be done to repair them, they can't be used "as parts" and this are paper weights.

Neither seller accepts returns and have denied my request for even a partial refund and me shipping item back at my expense, something that doesn't seem disadvantageous to them at all if they truly were unaware of the items working state prior to shipping.

Is this something I should take up with claims? Am I wrong for wanting at least partial refund for "parts/not working" items that I felt had, at best, an unclear description of their state of operation? If not, and I'm soley responsible, should a seller not be held accountable for possibly misrepresenting the status of an item despite selling it under a "not working" status?

[emerald1830]

The person you are replying to is NARU...so is most of the people that posted on this old thread...many are gone...gone...gone...

[ameri_kiwi92]

The listing did not say the _part_ was not working.  It said the _device_ was not working.  SOme of the parts were not even there.   And some of them could not conceivably have been not working since, for example, they were heavy metal which would have been the very last thing to get damaged and had they been the rest of the device would have been completely fragmented.    They were just _not_there_ and the only explanation is that either they were intentionally harvested or someone opened the device up to attempt repair and then failed to put everything back in before selling it "for parts".

[inhawaii]

I think you are in the wrong. Sorry this happened to you.  Live and learn. 

BUT

I hear on these boards that if you as a buyer claim something as "not as described" you will always win. So claim it was not as described. Tell them it works perfectly!  😃

[kh-leslie]

Hi everyone,

Due to the length of time that has passed since this thread began, we have locked it from future replies. If this is still an issue that warrants discussion, don't hesitate to begin a new thread here.

Thanks.