mobile phones

[lamptable]

I recently tried to buy a battery for my mobile phone but the seller says the batteries are no longer available buy he is still selling the same phones is this right as he is selling throw away phones once the battery dies which could happen within weeks.

[jellybirddesigns]

Buying phones, batteries and electrical items from random sellers could be a recipe for disaster.

Very possibly cheap Chinese knockoffs which are a fire hazard.

What is the item number?

[lamptable]

But my question was.Why does Ebay allow merchants to sell mobile phones knowing the batteries for those phones are no longer available so phone is a throwaway after dead battery?

[domino-710]

My really - really - smart phone is now about 8 years old - second battery pobably 4 years old - but bought through the manufacturer.

Wasn't expensive.

[imastawka]

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@lamptable wrote:

But my question was.Why does Ebay allow merchants to sell mobile phones knowing the batteries for those phones are no longer available so phone is a throwaway after dead battery?

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It's called Buyer Beware.

Everyone should do rheir own research before buying.

On each and every listing is the term -  Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.

Not ebay's problem

[sandypebbles]

How would eBay even know anything about it?

Why are buyers buying phones from just anybody in the first place?

And keeping such sellers in business 

If buyers stuck to authorised sellers (if they simply must buy a phone on eBay in the first place) there would be no issue

Phones from random buyers have zero warranty and all the risks that come with it

Including burning your house down, and maybe taking the neighbours with it

'Throw away' phone is the very very least of the problem ''

Regardless of how 'lucky' one has been so far

Luck runs out