on 25-07-2017 04:27 PM
Having been stung in the past over buying a fake USB memry stick in the past from China,I thought it safe buying from a local Australian seller,but the moment I paid for it,I was informed the item would not arrive in the mail for 2 weeks to a month,so checking out the sellers ID account I saw that he was based in China but was somehow calling himself Australian based and even though he had a really high rating of 25000 sales I looked through the negative comments and 4 of them were people typing in all caps FAKE USB DRIVE FAKE ,I immediately contacted the seller expressing my concerns and he replied in 30 minutes saying not to worry everything will be fine the USB Memory Stick is geniune,but sure enough it was fake and when I contacted the seller saying It is fake you know,Not Happy,he replied 2 days later saying I should take a video of the USB not working and email the video to the hotmail account,I replied via eBay asking what good is emailing a video of it not working and it has been 24 hours and still no reply
is there anyway of getting a refund, the only option I see is posting it to china,and with Australia Post but with the rates of postage these days it will probably cost me $20 in postage
Any Ideas ?
Daren
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on 25-07-2017 09:22 PM
Sending fakes through AP within Australia may not be a problem....there is no reason why AP should even know what is in the parcel.
BUT the OP is talking about sending an item back to China. That is a different kettle of fish when Customs get involved and there are Declarations of Contents on the parcel.
No skin off my nose....I told the OP how to go about getting a refund without return.
on 25-07-2017 04:35 PM
You cannot post fakes through Australia Post so you cannot return it to China.
You should have checked the feedback before buying, not after.
You could try a dispute for item not as described. You may need to get a letter from a qualified 3rd party to say the item is fake and then point out that you cannot return fakes through AP. You may be able to get a refund without returning the item.
25-07-2017 06:18 PM - edited 25-07-2017 06:20 PM
@lyndal1838 wrote:You cannot post fakes through Australia Post
actually you can, as long as the supplyer of goods takes responsability for the item and it compliyes within postal t&c's, they can do so via a form of return label (although overseas sellers cant do this)
on 25-07-2017 06:45 PM
lyndal - and the rest of you who keep telling people they can't send fake things through Australia post.
WRONG!
Firstly, all those so called fakes would have arrived to the buyer's addresses with APO. So - what is the problem in sending it back the same way?
Secondly - if the item is not of explosive nature - who is going to open parcels to make sure the contents are not FAKE? And even if they did that (which they don't ever) how would they know it's fake?
And thirdly - pay attention here:
APO is quite happily selling fake Chanel bags, other designer items, fake make up and tons of other stuff on their auctions for parcels that were not delivered.
And - the winning bidders are not allowed to do charge backs on their c/cards, not allowed to complain that the item is fake - those are the conditions of bidding online for their items, and to cap it all - they of course deliver by post winning bidder's items!
Someone in our office did email them asking why they are selling fakes and the answer was: We don't care - as all proceeds go to charity"
on 25-07-2017 07:06 PM
on 25-07-2017 07:32 PM
(I thought it was the knights who say ni, not nee.)
Anyhooo.............why is it fake? Is it a stick that doesn't work (just a stick)
Or is it one of those that say 64 gig, but only hold 8 gig?
on 25-07-2017 07:37 PM
on 25-07-2017 07:57 PM
Bummer. I've heard a lot of stories about these chinese sticks
Best to buy from B & M stores for sticks in future.
Open an INAD through ebay. If they want it back, they'll have to pay postage.
on 25-07-2017 09:22 PM
Sending fakes through AP within Australia may not be a problem....there is no reason why AP should even know what is in the parcel.
BUT the OP is talking about sending an item back to China. That is a different kettle of fish when Customs get involved and there are Declarations of Contents on the parcel.
No skin off my nose....I told the OP how to go about getting a refund without return.