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How does this work though? If I would buy a card on eBay for example, I paid for it, install it and during registration I learn it is stolen, am I just basical
by takeda 5y ago
How does this work though?
If I would buy a card on eBay for example, I paid for it, install it and during registration I learn it is stolen, am I just basically f-ed? I mean, will anyone reimburse me the money I paid for it?
I would assume EVGA won't (since it was stolen from them), police won't, seller won't, eBay will say that it is between me and the seller.
How something like that gets resolved?
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- sersi 5y agoIn this case you should be able to issue a chargeback by showing that it's stolen goods and the credit card company will try to get its money back from the merchant.
- lrem 5y agoAnd the merchant will permaban your 10 your old account with bajillion fake internet points?
- nopcode 5y agoNo. eBay/PayPal usually favours the buyer and tends to instantly freeze the assets of the seller until this is resolved. This is especially true with "new" computer parts (lot's of fraud).
- ihattendorf 5y agoYes, if you open a dispute through eBay. Not if the first thing you do is initiate a chargeback with your CC provider. Chargeback is supposed to be done _after_ you've reasonably exhausted your options with the merchant.
- Tuna-Fish 5y agoWell, yes, you should instead do a dispute through eBay. But "I bought stolen property on your platform" is exactly the kind of problem that they have policies for and for which they will reinburse you.
- bserge 5y agoMake a new account.
- sundvor 5y agoAnd what if you use a debit card?
- distances 5y agoYou should ask for the original receipt when buying. Otherwise I would assume it's like with any stolen goods like bikes, you'll get no compensation/lose the product unless the seller can be reached and held responsible.
- Uberphallus 5y agoSince when are graphics cards registered?
- numpad0 5y agoYou can act innocent and make an insurance claim or do a chargeback or call EVGA that you are a third party to this crime, but that's kind of picking which big guys to fuck up microscopically. Everyone is kind of fucked once the theft had been committed. Value is destroyed, not merely moved. This is preventable by the totalitarian combo of serial numbering + point of sales reporting + hardware root of trust + account registration + mandatory activation, though it is also an almost immediate danger against an free and open society.
- rkangel 5y agoeBay's terms should cover you here. You go through the same sort of procedure as "I didn't get what I was promised" for the sale and you should get the money back. This is fine as long as you realise during the initial window (30 days?). I bought a cellphone a few years ago in the UK and 3 months after buying it it just stopped working. I spoke to my network and they told me that the IMEI had been listed as stolen. eBay basically said "it's been too long, nothing we can do".
- AnssiH 5y agoPayPal's dispute window is considerably longer (180 days from transaction), though. Credit card chargebacks are also an option.
- NullPrefix 5y agoWhat happens to your ebay account after a chargeback?
- AnssiH 5y agoI don't think they ban you for chargebacks, similar to how they don't ban you for PayPal claims (which I've used several times), unless there is an unusual amount of them or other such circumstances. They just deduct it from the seller (along with a dispute fee, depending on circumstances).