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barryem · 10-31-2019, 08:17 PM

I've been buying things from Ebay since there was an Ebay and I do it very carefully and I've never been burned yet. I only buy from sellers who allow returns and who have at least a 99% approval rating and have a lot of sales.

I did once buy a Kobo Aura from Ebay and the guy sent me a Kobo Mini. I emailed him and he gave me a refund right away and told me to keep the Mini. I gave it to a neighbor.

Another time I bought a old used handheld computer and it's condition wasn't nearly as advertised. I emailed him and he offered to give me a refund and let me keep the device. I decided that even though it didn't match his description it was still okay and if I'd known it's condition I would have bought it at that price anyway so I told him to keep the money and I suggested he be more scrupulous about his descriptions.

In the first case I'm convinced it was an honest mistake. In the second case I'm less sure it was a mistake but I got what I wanted at a good price so I didn't feel bad about it.

Without exception all the rest of the probably over 100 items I've purchased from Ebay for myself and my neighbors have been just fine. I always have assumed that eventually I'll get burned but I've saved so much in the meantime I can afford to get burned.

Barry

JSWolf · 11-01-2019, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader

What he says!

EXCEPT

Apart from a couple of ebay sellers that sell blacklisted Kindles!
I guess older models still let you copy by USB/Sideload, but no books bought from Amazon unless DRM free and no connecting to Amazon.
No 3G at all.
Do some later models get blocked from WiFi or even bricked?

Think of a blacklisted Kindle as using an unregistered Kindle. I would think the WiFi would work. I've never read about a blacklisted Kindle being bricked. If Amazon did that, I think holy hell would break out like it did over 1984.

I get that most Kindles sold on eBay may be OK, but there are those that are blacklisted and it's not worth the risk.

DaleDe · 11-01-2019, 12:25 PM

Just for future reference we have a page on our wiki Blacklist (Amazon) for this.

10-31-2019, 08:17 PM	#31
barryem Wizard Posts: 2,459 Karma: 68781975 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Arkansas Device: Paperwhite 4	I've been buying things from Ebay since there was an Ebay and I do it very carefully and I've never been burned yet. I only buy from sellers who allow returns and who have at least a 99% approval rating and have a lot of sales. I did once buy a Kobo Aura from Ebay and the guy sent me a Kobo Mini. I emailed him and he gave me a refund right away and told me to keep the Mini. I gave it to a neighbor. Another time I bought a old used handheld computer and it's condition wasn't nearly as advertised. I emailed him and he offered to give me a refund and let me keep the device. I decided that even though it didn't match his description it was still okay and if I'd known it's condition I would have bought it at that price anyway so I told him to keep the money and I suggested he be more scrupulous about his descriptions. In the first case I'm convinced it was an honest mistake. In the second case I'm less sure it was a mistake but I got what I wanted at a good price so I didn't feel bad about it. Without exception all the rest of the probably over 100 items I've purchased from Ebay for myself and my neighbors have been just fine. I always have assumed that eventually I'll get burned but I've saved so much in the meantime I can afford to get burned. Barry

11-01-2019, 12:25 PM	#33
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Just for future reference we have a page on our wiki Blacklist (Amazon) for this.

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