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Sold my PS4 on eBay to cover my Pro, buyer is claiming it's console banned, what do?
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Senteevs
Member
I'm dead
The time's past and no option has changed in the return detail section.
I've just spoken to chat and they said that should the buyer not respond at all, the return request will time out after 30 days from their original request (2nd of December).
Or, I can escalate the case right now for eBay to review all the details and make a decision.
What should I do GAF?
I'm thinking the buyer's silence may be a good sign and they may be spooked by my messages and evidence screenshots, and it may be best to let things lie for now and hope it just times out.
I've just spoken to chat and they said that should the buyer not respond at all, the return request will time out after 30 days from their original request (2nd of December).
Or, I can escalate the case right now for eBay to review all the details and make a decision.
What should I do GAF?
I'm thinking the buyer's silence may be a good sign and they may be spooked by my messages and evidence screenshots, and it may be best to let things lie for now and hope it just times out.
Yeah this is my thinking too.
I suffer with anxiety and depression and take medication for it, and this whole incident has done a number on me, I just want it to be over.
SprachBrooks
Member
What if the scammer is reading this thread and now decides to escalate it knowing eBay will make your life hell in this appeal!?
SeeNoWeevil
Member
It would do a number on me too. I don't think you did anything wrong, it's not your fault. Just shitty luck and shitty people.
Jacksinthe
Banned
Yup. Just let it time out. If the buyer didn't respond to your last message, consider yourself lucky and just wait it out.
Alternatively I would monitor his account until this is over to see if he puts up a PS4 on eBay and if he does - have someone else report it to eBay as fraudulent if he lists a serial number.
Alternatively I would monitor his account until this is over to see if he puts up a PS4 on eBay and if he does - have someone else report it to eBay as fraudulent if he lists a serial number.
I know how you feel. I'm sure you remember my unfortunate experience in BritGAF with eBay and selling my iPhone only to get ripped off by a Nigerian prince. That one knocked my anxiety about something rotten.
Yappadappadu
Member
I just sold it and will definitely take some pics and be able track it after sending it away on monday.
I did a factory reset and deleted all the content but don't I also have to deactivate it? Or is that done automatically when factory resetting the console?
EDIT:
Went to my PSN account on the playstation site and deactivated all my Playstations consoles. Now I'll just have to re-activate my PS4 Pro and I'm set, right?
Jacksinthe
Banned
The web deactivation works once every 6 months IIRC, but yes, just reactivate the new Pro as your primary.
BibiMaghoo
Member
You have done all you can, and made it a hassle for them to fuck you over. Chill now, wait it out. No point dwelling on it until something else changes.
It doesn't matter when you can't prove that's the console you actually shipped.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I hope everything goes your way OP. Selling anything on eBay is a roll of the dice hoping the buyer isn't looking to screw you out of your item.
Serial number won't change does it?
it wont, that's the ID of the console, so you can in fact prove that was your console
InfiniteCombo
Banned
I feel bad for you OP, but yea at this point try to wait it out, and try to relax a bit. This would do a number on pretty much anybody, I'm sure, but as a previous poster said, no point in dwelling on it right now. You've done the best you could with this shitty hand you've been dealt, so be happy about that. We're all rooting for you, man.
My humble perspective: This is starting to get on the paranoid side of things, for something that may not even serve as proof (as Weevilone mentions). That's why, if I sell my consoles, I sell them to mainstream stores (Best Buy, my local mom and pop classic games shop) because the amount of headaches potentially involved with the likes of eBay and Craigslist is not worth the extra $20 or so I can get by selling them via those venues. I rather have the peace of mind and ease of selling them to a reputable store.
I know lots of people have success stories selling them via Craigslist and eBay, and for some reason or another they may need the cash, instead of store credit. But personally, I rarely ever sell consoles, and if I do it's for an upgrade to a different console; in that case, store credit makes sense. I just wait for a good trade in deal and go from there.
My humble perspective: This is starting to get on the paranoid side of things, for something that may not even serve as proof (as Weevilone mentions). That's why, if I sell my consoles, I sell them to mainstream stores (Best Buy, my local mom and pop classic games shop) because the amount of headaches potentially involved with the likes of eBay and Craigslist is not worth the extra $20 or so I can get by selling them via those venues. I rather have the peace of mind and ease of selling them to a reputable store.
I know lots of people have success stories selling them via Craigslist and eBay, and for some reason or another they may need the cash, instead of store credit. But personally, I rarely ever sell consoles, and if I do it's for an upgrade to a different console; in that case, store credit makes sense. I just wait for a good trade in deal and go from there.
I've recently sold an unused Xbox One Elite console without the Elite controller and I'm getting a bit concerned about being burned too. Everything was sorted about 3 weeks ago and I have confirmation it was delivered and signed for, but I received a message just the other day from the buyer asking if it had been sent. I kept my reply simple so they had nothing to use against me, telling them the tracking number confirms it's been dropped off and I haven't heard back since.
I didn't jot down the serial number either (mainly because one of my selling points was that the console hasn't been unwrapped at all) but I just hope I get positive feedback before long and can breathe a sigh of relief. I'm probably not going to use eBay for selling anything more expensive than a game from now on.
I didn't jot down the serial number either (mainly because one of my selling points was that the console hasn't been unwrapped at all) but I just hope I get positive feedback before long and can breathe a sigh of relief. I'm probably not going to use eBay for selling anything more expensive than a game from now on.
Plumpbiscuit
Member
My advice is to leave it until it expires. The buyer's silence sounds like guilt and they probably won't pursue this. Don't for the love of God escalate it to eBay, they will most likely (if not definitely) find it in buyer's favour.
And how does that help when buyer sends EBay a photo of a totally different, banned console serial number and tells them that's what he received?
its always hard to win other guy is prepared to lie about everything.
I sold an iPhone 3 once where someone tried to either scam or didn't understand how to setup the phone.
Either way, after I replied with evidence that the phone was working- the buyer stopped replying as well. (My funds were being held and were eventually released)
Hopefully the same is happening to you op
Yappadappadu
Member
Done, thanks.
Should I make a thread about how I successfully sold my stuff on ebay? :^)
I mean this thread is about horror stories and people would rather share their negative experiences than the positive ones here. It's not like ebay was an absolute cesspool where sellers are being scammed left and right.
But it could also go the other way with sellers hiding stuff that isn't working right. Like I bought an NTSC BC PS3 model a few months back and nowhere was it mentioned that the drive wouldn't suck discs in by itself unless you pushed them all the way in. I took it upon myself to fix it, because you rarely find working ones here in Europe, but I didn't find out until much later that the system would not play BD movies. No biggy since I have other systems for that, but had I known that earlier I would have definitely returned it.
I've bought plenty of consols on ebay though and most of them were as described, so it's an outlier.
People only post horror stories.
But there are tens of thousands of auctions closing every day.
I've sold thousands of dollars worth of items on there and haven't had an issue with some common sense and I've used it since 2002.
Are you sure it won't play BD movies? And that it's not just a region issue (NTSC PS3 in Europe)?
Because the only PS3 units that should refuse to play BD movies (while playing game discs just fine) are developer units.
If the BD drive laser had going bad to the point that it couldn't read BD movie discs, then it shouldn't be able to read BD game discs. I've heard of the BD laser failing and PS3 units just reading CD and DVD media, but not a split where games play but movies don't.
I'd be curious to know the specific issue.
Welp
Just woke up to this:
Plus this lovely message from the buyer:
(I had a death in the family resulting in a late delivery)
Sigh, I'll never use ebay because of this.
Do you have the serial number and proof, because the next step is to go to the police I guess and tell them the guy is threatening you.
FinalStageBoss
Banned
Welp
Just woke up to this:
Plus this lovely message from the buyer:
(I had a death in the family resulting in a late delivery)
Plus this in the Return detail section:
Damn. eBay sucks.
BigEmil
Junior Member
If he didn't send you back the exact PS4 and all tell eBay to read his latest messages etcWelp
Just woke up to this:
Plus this lovely message from the buyer:
(I had a death in the family resulting in a late delivery)
Plus this in the Return detail section:
Dash_Riprock
Member
I think I'll just stick to craigslist and conducting the deals right in front of my local police station.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Welp
Just woke up to this:
Plus this lovely message from the buyer:
(I had a death in the family resulting in a late delivery)
Plus this in the Return detail section:
Being honest those kind of replies pretty much confirms your fears that the guy is scum and scamming you. He knows what he has done and it's certainly not right.
Sorry to hear about all this, will be interesting to see what machine you get back and if possible I'd certainly escalate it to the authorities.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
Yeah, i've sold plenty of hardware on ebay and haven't ran into issues. Sure there are some shitty buyers and sellers but tue decent ones far outweigh the bad ones
eBay have ruled in the buyers favour WITH THE BUYERS SCUMMY MESSAGES attached.
eBay at this point are worse than the buyer.
Ho...ly...shit. What a despicable human beingWelp
Just woke up to this:
Plus this lovely message from the buyer:
(I had a death in the family resulting in a late delivery)
Plus this in the Return detail section:
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Sorry you are taking this L. I'm gonna continue using eBay though and others shouldn't let this completely deter them either. Still the best way to sell imo.
edit* All hope is not lost. I would see what the person above me has to say. I have "lost" a case and still ended up winning in the end so it's worth a shot.
edit* All hope is not lost. I would see what the person above me has to say. I have "lost" a case and still ended up winning in the end so it's worth a shot.
PM me please