I have a feeling we fell for a scam - buyer claiming counterfeit on a genuine very expensive item

I have listed my husband's very expensive phone (it's over $5000 brand new) and finally sold it at best offer for only $1300, much less than what we were hoping to get. But we really needed the money. I took all precautions - took very detailed photos, sent the buyer the IMEI number  and tracking number, insured the phone for $1300 when posted. She received the phone and literally the next day I receive a message that she believes the phone to be a copy or a fake. I am in a state of shock, I am not a retailer, I only sell my own second-hand goods and this phone was a gift from a close friend of my husband's. There is absolutely no chance that it is fake or a copy. She didn't even investigate,  i suggested that she takes the phone to a TAG store to check and she completely ignored that. I have a feeling this is a scam artist who is now requesting a return for refund and will send us back a fake phone to scam us.

 

My questions is, does anyone has any experience with what kind of process ebay/pay pal follows when a buyer claims the item to be fake? I listed the item with "no returns accepted" condition so I am also wondering - am I able to reject her return request?

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Just picked up on the trailing result of this saga, the biggest factor was exhibit A - the IMEI.

It is more than a unique serial number that identifies the phone, to the Telcos it's priceless and they use it also for other purposes, it has caught out many users who try and get away with "things".

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@duck---dodgers wrote:

Just picked up on the trailing result of this saga, the biggest factor was exhibit A - the IMEI.

It is more than a unique serial number that identifies the phone, to the Telcos it's priceless and they use it also for other purposes, it has caught out many users who try and get away with "things".


That's why none of us could understand why that number was never requested.

 

The buyer threatened to appeal the decision, I'd love to know whether they did or not. My guess is they knew they had met their match with the very diligent OP and realised they would get nowhere. They picked the wrong seller to try and pull a swifty on!

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I think somewhere in the thread OP said that she had requested the IMEI and the buyer went off saying they couldn't get it because seller had not sent charging equipment. 

 

 

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The IMEI is located under the battery on the case  

 

Doesn't need recharging for that

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I reckon that was just a pathetic excuse. If you can afford a $6,000 phone, surely you can afford a charger!!! I think the buyer was clutching at straws and knew he was fighting a losing battle, but wasn't backing down.

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@imastawka wrote:

The IMEI is located under the battery on the case  

 

Doesn't need recharging for that


Yes, so it is! I just checked my phone and there it was. 

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