Buying a used K4 from E-bay - Page 3

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by booklover6

That is really cool! Unless he sent your K4 to someone else, and you got someone else's K3. In that situation, the other buyer will not be too happy. (You can check his completed listings to see if this is a possibility). Didn't the listing have pics of what he was selling? Or was it just a stock photo?

I have 2 K3's and they are great. Use one or the other of them every day.

Damn stock photos!! I did notice seller had another K4 go out the next week, for $65

My "K4":http://www.ebay.ca/itm/190690077915?...#ht_500wt_1156

the other??? : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/190690075083#ht_500wt_1156

I bought this one for a friend, but I think she's gonna get my *ALMOST NEW* K4SO refurb...
WHY do I feel guilty about this?!?!?!?

Where is my conscience? HarryT? You there? What do I do?!?

Shopaholic · 06-30-2012, 08:00 PM

It's a relatively new seller, yep, using a stock photo. I never trust them. Ever!

You're making quite the assumption that your friend is getting a K4. They could end up with a K3 or who the heck knows what. If you start a dispute you have to send it back to the seller with tracking. $$$$$ with Canada Post! No tracking? No refund as per PayPal rules.

Conscience??? for what? You got screwed. You haven't done anything wrong!

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 08:02 PM

So I didn't get a deal? Uh-oh. I feel so lost..

booklover6 · 06-30-2012, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wald07

Damn stock photos!! I did notice seller had another K4 go out the next week, for $65

My "K4":http://www.ebay.ca/itm/190690077915?...#ht_500wt_1156

the other??? : http://www.ebay.ca/itm/190690075083#ht_500wt_1156

I bought this one for a friend, but I think she's gonna get my *ALMOST NEW* K4SO refurb...
WHY do I feel guilty about this?!?!?!?

Where is my conscience? HarryT? You there? What do I do?!?

Strange that I can't see the seller's completed listings. I think it's because I am not signed in on ebay.ca. But looking at the feedback, only the two you showed sold. Chances are the seller had two K3's and sold them as K4's.

As for giving your friend the K4 instead, nothing to feel guilty about. If you are selling it, adjust your price if needed. But keep the one you want.

booklover6 · 06-30-2012, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wald07

So I didn't get a deal? Uh-oh. I feel so lost..

Yes you did. I think cockatoo mom mis-read the situation.

Shopaholic · 06-30-2012, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by booklover6

Yes you did. I think cockatoo mom mis-read the situation.

Well it depends. If she's happy with the K3 that's another story BUT she bid on a K4 and received something else. That's not right!

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 08:43 PM

I have a K4SO. I thought I was buying another K4, for my dear friend.
Instead I received the Kindle 3G with the keyboard.

To buy a K4 is $109 and the K3G with keyboard is $189.
K4 has 2GB and K3G has 4GB and external speakers...

Soooo, I was going to keep my new e-bay purchase K3G keyboard, and give my friend my almost new K4SO refurb.

I am happy. Really and truly.

booklover6 · 06-30-2012, 08:46 PM

That sounds great, and I am sure your friend will be very happy to receive the K4! It's a win-win situation.

Hopefully that seller won't be selling any more Kindles!

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 08:55 PM

Especially when nobody knows what they are going to get!

booklover6 · 06-30-2012, 08:58 PM

Yes, that seller is VERY lucky that you and the other buyer are happy with what you got.

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 09:00 PM

I still would like to know how this happened.....I did send an e-mail, so we shall see.

ProfCrash · 06-30-2012, 10:25 PM

You got lucky. The K3 is a great device. I think that there is something fishy here because the K4 and K3 don't look that much alike. Also why sell K3 for that little money? It feels off.

Wald07 · 06-30-2012, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

You got lucky. The K3 is a great device. I think that there is something fishy here because the K4 and K3 don't look that much alike. Also why sell K3 for that little money? It feels off.

EXACTLY! I just don't understand

. Wouldn't you notice the "stock photo" looks nothing like the device you're selling?

I understand your skepticism, ProfCrash. I am wondering what happened as well, and waiting to hear back from the seller.

Check out the item? I'm lgardiner07 http://feedback.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI...ab=AllFeedback
And check out the other e-reader purchased by supermommia

But everything else lines up with the description. The seller promised a purple plaid case, and it came, said a silicon skin came with it, and the skin was on the K3, and inside the purple plaid case. Did the seller not realize what they had? It was a "Buy it Now" not an auction.

I must admit, at first glance, I was upset, until I realized that the K3G keyboard model was more $$$ than the simple K4.

I guess I really am lucky?

Shopaholic · 06-30-2012, 10:57 PM

eBay changed & now only show the last 15 days of listings. Try www.goofbay.com to see longer. All the listings I saw of theirs use stock photos. Bad, bad, bad!! If he/she is selling camera lenses then you'd darn well think they have a camera to take pictures of their stuff.

I don't trust sellers using stock photos as far as I can throw them! It shows laziness, carelessness or just plain stupidity. People need to see what they're buying and trust that what they see is what they're going to get. Some people even steal other peoples photos to make it look like they took it and it's not a stock photo.

It's a dangerous online world out there!

Shopaholic · 06-30-2012, 11:01 PM

Take a look at the backgrounds of this person's lego listings. They're all different. Similar looking but different. IMHO, they steal photos they've seen online to use in their listings.

Definately not trustworthy based on that.

If you're going to sell online, taking your own photos is a requirement.

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06-30-2012, 08:00 PM	#32
Shopaholic Cockatoo Mom! Posts: 1,509 Karma: 1841741 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: PW4, Kobo: A1, Clara, Libra 2, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini	It's a relatively new seller, yep, using a stock photo. I never trust them. Ever! You're making quite the assumption that your friend is getting a K4. They could end up with a K3 or who the heck knows what. If you start a dispute you have to send it back to the seller with tracking. $$$$$ with Canada Post! No tracking? No refund as per PayPal rules. Conscience??? for what? You got screwed. You haven't done anything wrong!

06-30-2012, 08:02 PM	#33
Wald07 Audiophile Posts: 452 Karma: 2470850 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Manitoba Device: Nexux7 2nd Gen & Kobo Touch	So I didn't get a deal? Uh-oh. I feel so lost..

06-30-2012, 08:43 PM	#37
Wald07 Audiophile Posts: 452 Karma: 2470850 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Manitoba Device: Nexux7 2nd Gen & Kobo Touch	I have a K4SO. I thought I was buying another K4, for my dear friend. Instead I received the Kindle 3G with the keyboard. To buy a K4 is $109 and the K3G with keyboard is $189. K4 has 2GB and K3G has 4GB and external speakers... Soooo, I was going to keep my new e-bay purchase K3G keyboard, and give my friend my almost new K4SO refurb. I am happy. Really and truly.

06-30-2012, 08:46 PM	#38
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	That sounds great, and I am sure your friend will be very happy to receive the K4! It's a win-win situation. Hopefully that seller won't be selling any more Kindles!

06-30-2012, 08:55 PM	#39
Wald07 Audiophile Posts: 452 Karma: 2470850 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Manitoba Device: Nexux7 2nd Gen & Kobo Touch	Especially when nobody knows what they are going to get!

06-30-2012, 08:58 PM	#40
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,545 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour	Yes, that seller is VERY lucky that you and the other buyer are happy with what you got.

06-30-2012, 09:00 PM	#41
Wald07 Audiophile Posts: 452 Karma: 2470850 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Manitoba Device: Nexux7 2nd Gen & Kobo Touch	I still would like to know how this happened.....I did send an e-mail, so we shall see.

06-30-2012, 10:25 PM	#42
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	You got lucky. The K3 is a great device. I think that there is something fishy here because the K4 and K3 don't look that much alike. Also why sell K3 for that little money? It feels off.

06-30-2012, 10:57 PM	#44
Shopaholic Cockatoo Mom! Posts: 1,509 Karma: 1841741 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: PW4, Kobo: A1, Clara, Libra 2, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini	eBay changed & now only show the last 15 days of listings. Try www.goofbay.com to see longer. All the listings I saw of theirs use stock photos. Bad, bad, bad!! If he/she is selling camera lenses then you'd darn well think they have a camera to take pictures of their stuff. I don't trust sellers using stock photos as far as I can throw them! It shows laziness, carelessness or just plain stupidity. People need to see what they're buying and trust that what they see is what they're going to get. Some people even steal other peoples photos to make it look like they took it and it's not a stock photo. It's a dangerous online world out there!

06-30-2012, 11:01 PM	#45
Shopaholic Cockatoo Mom! Posts: 1,509 Karma: 1841741 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: PW4, Kobo: A1, Clara, Libra 2, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini	Take a look at the backgrounds of this person's lego listings. They're all different. Similar looking but different. IMHO, they steal photos they've seen online to use in their listings. Definately not trustworthy based on that. If you're going to sell online, taking your own photos is a requirement.

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