Bad Ebay seller alert
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 3:49 pm
I thought I should post a warning here since the seller, hannah71783, still has a number of games listed on Ebay, including several 3DO games.
As I posted on these forums, I recently purchased a copy of the 3DO version of Flashback. When I took it out of the package I noticed it had several scratches, but assumed they wouldn't affect gameplay. Last night I tried the game out, only to find it is non-functional. I booted up my 3DO six times, and every time it crashed when I selected Start. Looking over the disc, I realized that the scratches were deeper than they seemed at first glance. Just to see what would happen, I tried it out on 4DO; 4DO crashed as soon as I loaded the disc.
Major bummer, but it happens. The real problem came when I contacted the seller, explaining what happened and requesting a refund. Here was her response:
Note that despite her insistence that she does not accept returns, the game was not listed as being sold "as is". To add insult to injury, there's the horrendous grammar, as though she can't even be bothered to type up a coherent response for every single buyer she's swindling. Definitely the worst Ebay experience I've had in years of using the service.
As I posted on these forums, I recently purchased a copy of the 3DO version of Flashback. When I took it out of the package I noticed it had several scratches, but assumed they wouldn't affect gameplay. Last night I tried the game out, only to find it is non-functional. I booted up my 3DO six times, and every time it crashed when I selected Start. Looking over the disc, I realized that the scratches were deeper than they seemed at first glance. Just to see what would happen, I tried it out on 4DO; 4DO crashed as soon as I loaded the disc.
Major bummer, but it happens. The real problem came when I contacted the seller, explaining what happened and requesting a refund. Here was her response:
Note that despite her insistence that she does not accept returns, the game was not listed as being sold "as is". To add insult to injury, there's the horrendous grammar, as though she can't even be bothered to type up a coherent response for every single buyer she's swindling. Definitely the worst Ebay experience I've had in years of using the service.