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I bought a copy of The Sims 2 on Ebay for £20 (The 4-CD version, usually retails ~£30+).
It arrived today. It's 4 CD-Rs!!! I am raging. I didn't spend £20 just to get pirated software.
I emailed the guy demanding a refund, and am wondering just how Ebay/PayPal deal with things like this (providing he doesn't refund my money)?
This happened to a friend of mine. Ebay has a fraud thing you can do to get your money back but you have to do it before 30 days. The scammer will try to lead you on, until that time has expired. Don't wait. He wont give you your money back.
Well he has less than 2 hours to pay up, I won't be led on.
Thanks TNG :)
Did he have a good rating?
(Im not an ebay user, really, only ever bought one thing and that sale went fine
Newsflash, this just in: You get what you pay for. Next time don't try to pay £10 less on ebay. Buy the games in a real store, ie Amazon.
BTW, feedback is your friend, look at it before buying something on ebay.
Nintendo, go jump. Don't be so condescending.
There is a lot of bs that goes on at ebay in regards to copyright. I've never had this happen myself, but I'd go straight to ebay, don't even talk to the guy. I don't know how they handle piracy in the UK, but in the US I would contact ebay, paypal, and send an e-mail to piracy@ea.com with all of the guy's info.
Nintendo, I hope you choke.
That really sucks what happened, Mark. I hate how insecure things like this can be.
This keeps getting better :lol:
He emailed back stating that "I never said it was original; I said it was 'used'. This is my backup copy, which is legal to sell."
Err, no it isn't I said. I gave him negative feedback on Ebay (stating he'd refused to refund, and had not sent me original software), and filed a complaint with PayPal.
He emailed me after I'd filed the complaint (which no doubt he'd received a copy of) apologising because he is 'new to Ebay and didn't know he couldn't sell a copy/backup'. He wanted me to return the discs recorded delivery, and when he received them he'd refund me.
Err, no. Refund me, and THEN I'll send your discs back.
He then responds stating that because I'd given him negative Ebay feedback stating he'd refused to refund, that he really WAS going to refuse to refund now, and it is up to PayPal to sort it out.
:lol: I swear, better than Eastenders.
What to do? Wait and see if PayPal actually give a ****?
Don't wait is my advice. Me and Mike waited with a programmer that between us we'd paid $1000 to, after he kept making excuses until the paypal limit thing expired to complain, and then he disappeared - both Mike and me are out of quite a lot of money because of this, so don't wait, demand an excuse, report everything immediatly.
NO! The disc send back is just another way to drain the time. He will say it never came, and he will just wait it out.
I would be surprised if paypal or ebay do anything. And the unfortunate thing is, you'll probably receive negative feedback on your ebay account now, just out of spite from the guy. The whole thing sucks.
Don't worry, he's not getting anything until he pays me.
I've emailed EA's piracy department as well (though I doubt they'll be interested in anything this small of scale).
I honestly think it's just some young bloke hoping to make some money by selling his backup. But I don't want to be the mug he sucked in. LOL
Chromate, he gave me positive feedback soon after I paid :)
Both PayPal and Ebay offer (allegedly) 'buyer protection'. The fact that this is someone profiting from piracy will hopefully help swing things my way; I have no qualms about kicking up a stink if they don't sort this out.
Try these guys (or at least tell the seller that you will report him if your money isn't returned):
http://www.elspa.com/piracy/report.asp
I would have thought that paypal and ebay wouldn't want to be involved in piracy, even by implication, but wether that will get your money back is another matter