26 Dec
2021
26 Dec
'21
7:49 p.m.
Epay has messed the definitions up into a useless
mess.
I'd expect a vendor not selling on such to actually test the items.
Whether they are warranted is a separate issue.
On ebay they've screwed over sellers to the point that it's all but
wasting time to list there unless you sell either really new stock, or
list as parts, junk only.
Any attempt to describe the item as refurbished will mean most buyer
will claim a problem, Ebay will refund them and screw you.
Not sure what you mean here. Refurbished means that a seller has brought an item to the
original operating specs and that the item will operate as it should. This is also
eBay's meaning of refurbished. So I am not sure why you think they "screwed"
it up.
The problem on eBay is that a seller will pull something out of a box that has been
sitting on a shelf in the warehouse, at most hit it with some compressed air to get rid of
dust, describe it as "refurbished" and list it for an exorbitant price. Whether
it works or functions as intended is of no concern to them. With some electronics you can
get away with this - simple add-on boards from the IBM PC era for example. Most of the
time they will work and if it doesn't well prices or so jacked up that one
non-refunded/completed sale will turn enough profit to cover the original S&H (which
is usually the sellers actual real loss) on ten returns and still return a profit. With
PSUs, whole systems, stuff with batteries this practice is more likely not to work.
Of course my personal favorites are the seller refurbished items that "worked the
last time used but no guarantees and are sold as is". LOL. Makeup your mind is it
refurbished or is it junk?
-Ali