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I bought a raspberry pi off eBay earlier this year for about $120. It was fried and didnt actually work and was able to return it for a full refund. Seller was
by fasthands9 4y ago
I bought a raspberry pi off eBay earlier this year for about $120. It was fried and didnt actually work and was able to return it for a full refund.
Seller was super nice - but I imagine the reason they were nice is because they didnt want me to make an extra report about them. They prob had to pay for the $10 I spent to ship it back (unless it comes out of eBay?) but either way they can try that 10 more times and try to turn a profit on an otherwise valueless item.
- nullc 4y agoI've wondered before if there isn't a nice business for scammers on ebay where they buy high value broken parts for nothing then sell them and graciously accept returns from anyone who notices. Eventually the part lands on someone's shelf as a spare or for a delayed project and the issue isn't discovered until long after the return window. I doubt this would pan out for a rpi-- too low a price relative to the cost of accepting a couple returns. But there are many items it probably would work for...
- AussieWog93 4y agoYou could try it, but all you'd achieve is paying half a dozen lots of return postage before getting your account limited for having bad metrics.
- nullc 4y agoCan't you just also sell some random cheap crap (perhaps via drop-shipping) to pad the activity on your account and avoid having a bad rate of returns?
- AussieWog93 4y agoI mean, you could, but you'd still just continually be paying for returns on faulty items over and over again.
- fasthands9 4y agoI dont know how much the user paid to get my pi returned - but it couldnt have been much. They are pretty light and fit in a small envelope. It wasnt rush delivery or anything. I imagine if the rate of return was 80%, and eBay didnt ban you, youd make money (minus your time)