ExtremeHW gets "The Marketplace"

[BWG]

11 minutes ago, pioneerisloud said:

I've lost count of the reasonings behind why they've arrived broken now lol.  But yes, my last one was literally shipped naked in a flat rate box. -_-  My Sabertooth I overpaid for came nearly snapped in half.....but that one was actually USPS's fault not the sellers.  One board came with a CPU in the socket (as advertised), but there were bent pins underneath but it was advertised as "tested and working".  Yeah, my ebay luck has been horribad lately.

 

Maybe try reddit homelabs group instead of fleabay. Post what you want/need,  or look at what's for sale.

[EHW Ai]

On 13/05/2021 at 08:01, catmmm said:

 

Wow people are really that careless when they ship stuff?

 

Sometimes it happens before the when they ship stuff step... the listing for the attached images were supposed to be a new, other W-3175X cpu. 

 

Went through hoops, eventually got my ~$2,000 back. Settled on a different open box W3265. 

 

 

 

Edited July 3, 2021 by iamjanco
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[ENTERPRISE]

1 hour ago, iamjanco said:

 

Sometimes it happens before the when they ship stuff step... the listing for the attached images were supposed to be a new, other W-3175X cpu. 

 

Went through hoops, eventually got my ~$2,000 back. Settled on a different open box W3265. 

 

 

Noooooooooooooo, the anguish !!!!

[schuck6566]

2 hours ago, iamjanco said:

 

Sometimes it happens before the when they ship stuff step... the listing for the attached images were supposed to be a new, other W-3175X cpu. 

 

Went through hoops, eventually got my ~$2,000 back. Settled on a different open box W3265. 

 

 

 

Why does it look like someone just held a torch on it???

[EHW Ai]

^Couldn't say, didn't leave it unboxed very long. Just long enough to photograph it for return/refund purposes. 

 

When I initially queried the seller about his "new other" status upon seeing the delivered item, well:

 

 

I try to avoid making tech purchases on ebay as much as possible these days, and even Amazon given the amount of fake stuff being sold there by third party sellers.

Edited July 3, 2021 by iamjanco

[The Pook]

first time I ever heard someone have a problem buying stuff on eBay, tbh. I refuse to sell stuff but I buy stuff all the time. eBay sides with buyers to a fault.

[EHW Ai]

On 13/05/2021 at 16:05, The Pook said:

first time I ever heard someone have a problem buying stuff on eBay, tbh. I refuse to sell stuff but I buy stuff all the time. eBay sides with buyers to a fault.

yup, and that's one of the reasons they refunded me. That said, I did say tech purchases, usually major items. 

 

In other words, I still look to eBay for more cowbell 

Edited July 3, 2021 by iamjanco

[catmmm]

On 5/13/2021 at 4:05 PM, The Pook said:

first time I ever heard someone have a problem buying stuff on eBay, tbh. I refuse to sell stuff but I buy stuff all the time. eBay sides with buyers to a fault.

Yup.
I sell things on eBay as a side thing. I've been scammed a few times by buyers. I hate people lol

[ENTERPRISE]

On 13/05/2021 at 18:42, iamjanco said:

^Couldn't say, didn't leave it unboxed very long. Just long enough to photograph it for return/refund purposes. 

 

When I initially queried the seller about his "new other" status upon seeing the delivered item, well:

 

 

I try to avoid making tech purchases on ebay as much as possible these days, and even Amazon given the amount of fake stuff being sold there by third party sellers.

 

Ha, look at you busting out the moves "I am gonna bust yo ass with the U.S.C SECTION 1341" lol.

[EHW Ai]

Lol, just consider me a dead horse.

[pio]

By the way, not to ruin all the good sales for myself or anything, I've been having some halfway decent luck at mercari.  Scored several working (old) GPU's for dirt cheap there.  Just got my 990FX Sabertooth for $90 there too, and an FX 8350 which I can't wait to tinker with.  The pickings are slim there, but every once in a while there's a decent deal.  The sellers seem more initiated to package well and describe their items well too.

[catmmm]

On 18/05/2021 at 00:28, pioneerisloud said:

By the way, not to ruin all the good sales for myself or anything, I've been having some halfway decent luck at mercari.  Scored several working (old) GPU's for dirt cheap there.  Just got my 990FX Sabertooth for $90 there too, and an FX 8350 which I can't wait to tinker with.  The pickings are slim there, but every once in a while there's a decent deal.  The sellers seem more initiated to package well and describe their items well too.

I never even thought to look at mercari for stuff like that  

[pio]

Grrrr, count this as the FIFTH freaking mobo I have to send back to ebay.   

This time, the stupid thing is even almost functional, except there's a BIOS password installed that cannot be removed by clearing CMOS.  Why can't sellers check their junk before selling it on ebay?  

[UltraMega]

45 minutes ago, pioneerisloud said:

Grrrr, count this as the FIFTH freaking mobo I have to send back to ebay.   

This time, the stupid thing is even almost functional, except there's a BIOS password installed that cannot be removed by clearing CMOS.  Why can't sellers check their junk before selling it on ebay?  Do you check the sellers feedback rating before buying? I've had pretty good experiences with buying used on eBay. 

 

[damric]

6 hours ago, pioneerisloud said:

Grrrr, count this as the FIFTH freaking mobo I have to send back to ebay.   

This time, the stupid thing is even almost functional, except there's a BIOS password installed that cannot be removed by clearing CMOS.  Why can't sellers check their junk before selling it on ebay?  

There's a guy on ebay that can create a new BIOS IC if yours is the removable kind. I've used him in the past.

[ENTERPRISE]

Hey guys,

 

Just as an update, the classifieds section is ready to go, however I am awaiting a long ongoing application with Paypal to go through with regards to something called Mass Payouts. In order for users to transact money the Paypal API is required, which is super easy to setup, however you have to call up and apply for Mass Payouts to be enabled on any given account. This has really dragged on despite my calls to chase. I will be calling again today to speak with them. As soon as I have a green light on this, we are good to go  

 

Thanks,

E

[Avacado]

1 minute ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Hey guys,

 

Just as an update, the classifieds section is ready to go, however I am awaiting a long ongoing application with Paypal to go through with regards to something called Mass Payouts. In order for users to transact money the Paypal API is required, which is super easy to setup, however you have to call up and apply for Mass Payouts to be enabled on any given account. This has really dragged on despite my calls to chase. I will be calling again today to speak with them. As soon as I have a green light on this, we are good to go  

 

Thanks,

E

This is great news! we are close. I have so much stock I need to list. 

[damric]

It takes hours just to get a person on the line at paypal. Good luck!

[schuck6566]

49 minutes ago, damric said:

It takes hours just to get a person on the line at paypal. Good luck!

(paypal) "And what color was the card that was linked to your account for the payment in question?"

(me) "Blue"

(paypal) "We're sorry,but the seller says that according to their records the purchase was linked to a teal card..."

Edited May 27, 2021 by schuck6566

[pio]

[ENTERPRISE]

So I chased Paypal again on this and they are still dragging their feet, nothing changes there. Will be speaking with them next week once again.

[ENTERPRISE]

Good news. Everything is now sorted with Paypal. I basically waited a month for it to get sorted due to one thing...the staff there clearly did not know the procedure. The difference with the call today is I was put through to a guy in sales who enabled the mass payments API in literally 30 seconds. A month of our lives, we will never get back lol. 

 

So where now ? I am needing to run a couple of tests to ensure the API works correctly and that there are no undesired results. Furthermore there is an update to the core software for the classifieds section which I am keen to apply before the big opening, but depending on the timeframe on that I may release and then update later on.

[Avacado]

15 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Good news. Everything is now sorted with Paypal. I basically waited a month for it to get sorted due to one thing...the staff there clearly did not know the procedure. The difference with the call today is I was put through to a guy in sales who enabled the mass payments API in literally 30 seconds. A month of our lives, we will never get back lol. 

 

So where now ? I am needing to run a couple of tests to ensure the API works correctly and that there are no undesired results. Furthermore there is an update to the core software for the classifieds section which I am keen to apply before the big opening, but depending on the timeframe on that I may release and then update later on.

Sexy. Release the Kraken boss. 

[EHW Ai]

Fantastic! I can finally unload my collection of used blowup dolls. 

 

Buy two and get a third one free. Buy ten and I'll throw in a six-pack of paper towels. 

[Avacado]

1 minute ago, iamjanco said:

Fantastic! I can finally unload my collection of used blowup dolls. 

 

Buy two and get a third one free. Buy ten and I'll throw in a six-pack of paper towels. 

I almost thanked you for this, but then it would put Hi above No. in the standings and Pookie won't stand for it.