Is the following listing misleading or is it just me?

[amb4491]

Check this out: item # 361338693538

I just bought it, to mount a hard disk in the DVD drive bay. You need 2 of the brackets to do that, one bracket is useless.

The listing shows 4 brackets, (2 pairs), then shows various angles of one  bracket.

The title says "........adapter kit, 1pc, convenient." Thats says to me it is 1 adapter kit.

Found out after paying that it is only one bracket.

One bracket is only  half a mounting  kit and definately not convenient.  Actually it is useless,  if you intend to use this "kit" for what the titkle says it is for....to mount a 3.5" hard drive in a 5.25" bay.

I contacted the seller, and he replied ...sorry the listing clearly says 1PC, do you want  a refund?

I replied something like ...yes definately refund, I cannot use the kit for its intended purpose, please change the listing, it is not an an adapter kit, it is one braket, which is only half an adapter kit.

The seller did not reply,  and 7 hours or so later he posted the item.  Its onlt been a day, so he may eventually respond.

[enigmabear]

It says 1pc  being one piece. I am not sure how that makes a 'kit' but it sounds like you got one piece, which is what it says?

[padi*0409]

The seller shouldn't put in the listing picture 4 brackets when the listing is only for one, but Chinese sellers are a law unto themselves in many respects, though it does also say this in the listing "Quantity:A rack and four screws in a bag"

I agree with enigma that it looks as though you're only getting one bracket, perhaps just buy another one off them to do the job? 

[amb4491]

Yep, I get all that, I didn't read it really carefully. So you are both saying that I was not mislead into assuming I was buying an adapter kit to "conveniently" do the job clearly stated in the title?
Say I was buying any kit, which contains multiple pieces, and tacked on the end it said 1 piece, and I didn't carefully calculate how many screws the kit should contain, and I was sent only one piece of the kit,and only some of the screws. Would that still be alright? I can't see the difference.

[book-of-hezekiah]

It is misleading because there are contradictions.

Those of us who look at a lot of Chinese listings get a feel for the difference between what is stated and what is real.

I, personally, would take this as one bracket only, and this bracket comes out of the kit that is described. But that is because I know about these tricks.

I think there is a policy about who would win a dispute when there are discrepancies between the title, images and the description but I don't have the time to chase it now (scroll down to the end and click on site map and you might be able to find the policy in there).

I am a bit of a keyboard warrior and I if I was feeling like it I would report such a listing for keyword spamming.

I do hope you get a good outcome.

[davidc4430]

1, your buying from a chinese seller so you have to be aware that what you see isnt necessarily what you get.

2, its under $2 delivered

3, if it was me and i really really wanted it, id buy 2 just in case.

nuff said.

[4green2000]

listing says Quantity: A rack and four screws in a bag..

Mounting Bracket Adapter Kit 1PC..

if i was to buy this i would expect exactly that...1 piece..

[amb4491]

I know, I know, I thought I was wise to all the tricks. it was late at night, less than $2, this one got through under the radar. Picked up my mistake 1 minute after hitting the pay button. Sent a message immediately, saying I did just buy a kit, containing 2 brackets, didn't I?
I just skimmed through the sellers' negative feedback. He has mislead numerous buyers in the same way, on this bracket and other items. I guess there is no follow up to check that the seller has remedied the problem, on such cheap items.

[amb4491]

Seems you don't understand what I was buying, 4green2000.

There would be no reason to buy 1 bracket, it is useless on its own.

Simialrly there is no reason to sell one of these brackets on its own, one bracket cannot be used for the intended purpose.

A rack is designed to fit a device in a slot, a rack can consist of several parts.

You would never buy 2 racks to fit one device.

[fixnwear]

amb4491,

It doesn't matter how late at night I shopped, there is NO way I would have thought I would be getting anything else but 1 piece!

Weather it's useless or not is another matter.

Seller's title and description are most likely due to ignorance of the language and pfrasing - you get that in just about all Chinese listings, so what else is new?

Hardly a case a major and deliberate fraud, like a Great Train Robbery or robbing a casino of squillions of dollars.

For less than 2 bucks not even worth talking about - just get another one and be done with it.