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Wallstreet...With a Problem

What should I do about the Wallstreet?

  • Complain to seller/eBay/PayPal

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  • Resell the machine with the correct specs

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  • Murder the seller

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heebiejeebies

Well-known member
I just received her response back. She appears to be a very nice lady; was very apologetic and asked for the battery model number so she could chase up another one.

I feel guilty now for assuming that she would be unhelpful. I guess I assumed that because you only hear of the bad stories on eBay, never the good ones.

So cynicism takes another bullet in the chest. :)

 

MacJunky

Well-known member
If you lose contact with her just sell the spare RAM or something and put the money towards a new battery.

 

defor

You can make up something and come back to it late
Staff member
I wrote this before hearing your response that you contacted her, just was slow about sending the post, but figure to leave it than delete, because I hear a lot of this from "collectors" and the like:

I personally think you're overreacting:

1) If there were pictures and you didn't ask about scratching, it's your loss. Think about it: if someone advertises something as "clean" or "nice" it's their opinion, not an exact science. I've been burnt this way in the past- sold a machine as "nice" and when it arrived, because it had a scratch on the side of the case, it was actually returned to me, i was flamed with bad feedback, and forced to send a replacement machine at my cost. At the time I had no pictures, so i said whatever, unless I say "mint" no one will mind a 1/2 inch scratch that's barely visable. on the other hand, if there's pictures, and it shows up notably different, you have total bitching rights, now if the scratches are there and you missed them, or the photo looked better, but on inspection, the scratches are there, that's good salesmanship. No, it's not fair, but if everyone had to document every scratch or discoloration, a lot of things would never get sold. I frequently go after items that have bad cases, or whatever, and while it sucks when it arrives lookign worse than i was expecting, but unless you explicitly ask, and expect to wait forever for the "perfect" auction to come by, deal with it...

2) As stated, the battery charged, and lasted more than 0:00, in fact it looked like it would hold 2 hours by your assertation. 50% of the people out there on ebay are trying to rip you off, 50% dont want to learn the intracacies of a 7-year-old or whatever laptop that they've had stored for years just to know the exact length of the battery and what it should be.

3) the Ram and hard drive.. BOTH are a plus- so what if you bought the ram, that was bad planning on your part, and she shouldn't be penalized for making you waste money- go sell the new one you got- whatever. I frequently throw in "extras" for my customers, sometimes because i might take an extra day to ship or because i have no more use for the parts and alone they're not worth selling.

4) you pissed me off rightly about the woman crack.

Sorry for being so opinionated, but in all honesty, if there isn't at least some bit of the unknown in ebay sales, all items would be going for brand new prices. Such is the nature of online auctions and listings like craigslist and LEM. If you're so insistant on scratchfree or exact details, inquire. your lack of asking if your own fault.

 

Danamania

Official 68k Muse
1) If there were pictures and you didn't ask about scratching, it's your loss. Think about it: if someone advertises something as "clean" or "nice" it's their opinion, not an exact science.
And you can be lucky the opposite direction too - I bought a wallstreet 300 which, from the pics, looked really beat-up, and all I wanted from it was the logic board and CPU. Turns out the scratches in it aren't really visible irl, and the thing is as solid as a wallstreet gets. Unless you see something for yourself, irl, there's not much way to guarantee what it's like - I risk that on every eBay buy, but deal with it all the same.

Dana

 

equill

Well-known member
She told me it was still very good - so why would I assume it's dead? And, as stated above, it's of no use to me unless I can move it around so it really doesn't even out.
Anyway, with a bit of luck the battery reset thing might work.
Batteries are rightly not warranted by any seller of any thing, unless the batteries are new and you pay a new price. In line with both your obligation (for your own sake) and the universal warning of caveat emptor in any sale, whether that be in person, on line, by tender or from beyond the grave, it was your business to know that a battery of that age was almost certain to be wonkus.

You could luck out by resetting the Power Management Unit, or make sure of the matter by recelling. Even before the seller's offer, however, you had come out of the sale well ahead.

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