Soldato
Howdy,
Right, this is my first ever hmm, complication with ebay etc,
Basically, i bought a Razer Deathadder on ebay for 17 pounds from china, thought id struck gold, i should have known better, i mean honestly, 17 quid for a deathadder come on, but i thought you know, its not a buy it now price, thought it must have just been a genuine auction and it didn't run up high so thought id struck lucky, well turns out this dude is selling a load of fake deathadders, (i checked all feedback just now, only one feedback is nuteral saying im not sure this product is real drivers don't work with it and the serial code he said is exactly same as my mouse, the rest of feed back are all positive, To look at this mouse though and box etc i could not tell any difference from a real one, but seriously just look closely and its so easy to tell the difference), iv done a lot of testing on it the day i got it, it performs lower than my 2004 razer diamondback 1600dpi mouse, the sensor is pretty poor, cant even stay in the same spot on screen when im not even moving the mouse, and it is advertised at 3500 dpi etc but apart from that, it does alright for a fake.. you cant download drivers for it no nothing. i emailed razer and told then and sent them the link to the guy whos selling them on ebay to stop him selling them as i am a razer fan, and you know, ill do anything i can to stop fake computer components being sold around, and razer emailed back saying thank you for letting me know who it was who is selling them and they are aware of the fake razer products going around etc. But yeah anyway, i opened up the mouse, and believe it or not, the wire was held to the PCB with insulation tape.... INSULATION TAPE!!!... Neat job of insulation taping, literally it looked brand new, not a single mark on it or the packaging or the pcb or anything, but tape.. really! even a fake mouse, jesus, fire hazard.
So, iv just gone on ebay and requested a refund using the contact seller thing, then gone to something like item i received not as advertised then gone to counterfit/fake, or something and just basically said you know, seriously its come in a pretty authentic looking box, looks the same, but to anyone who knows, the plastic that its made out of is worth more in scrap weight than the internals of this mouse therefor i request a refund, but im willing to send the mouse back though the postage is more valuable than this mouse.
But now iv just realised, that message goes to the seller? i thought it went to ebay or something or someone who maybe sorts this out.. so no doubt im going to get bad feedback now, (im 100% positive feedback atm). never ran into a problem like this..
Argh
i mean at the end of the day, for a fake mouse, iv got a few razers spare, i could probably just put the internals from one of my old spare death adders inside it, modify it a bit etc so that it works and performs half decent, if not then its absolutely fine as a spare etc, i mean im not going to argue over 17 quid at the end of the day.
I just thought then when i was on ebay having a browse, i had a bright idea (after a few beers) i know lets earn 17 quid back with a few clicks of a button, but i guess iv just opened a load of **** for my self now?
Right, this is my first ever hmm, complication with ebay etc,
Basically, i bought a Razer Deathadder on ebay for 17 pounds from china, thought id struck gold, i should have known better, i mean honestly, 17 quid for a deathadder come on, but i thought you know, its not a buy it now price, thought it must have just been a genuine auction and it didn't run up high so thought id struck lucky, well turns out this dude is selling a load of fake deathadders, (i checked all feedback just now, only one feedback is nuteral saying im not sure this product is real drivers don't work with it and the serial code he said is exactly same as my mouse, the rest of feed back are all positive, To look at this mouse though and box etc i could not tell any difference from a real one, but seriously just look closely and its so easy to tell the difference), iv done a lot of testing on it the day i got it, it performs lower than my 2004 razer diamondback 1600dpi mouse, the sensor is pretty poor, cant even stay in the same spot on screen when im not even moving the mouse, and it is advertised at 3500 dpi etc but apart from that, it does alright for a fake.. you cant download drivers for it no nothing. i emailed razer and told then and sent them the link to the guy whos selling them on ebay to stop him selling them as i am a razer fan, and you know, ill do anything i can to stop fake computer components being sold around, and razer emailed back saying thank you for letting me know who it was who is selling them and they are aware of the fake razer products going around etc. But yeah anyway, i opened up the mouse, and believe it or not, the wire was held to the PCB with insulation tape.... INSULATION TAPE!!!... Neat job of insulation taping, literally it looked brand new, not a single mark on it or the packaging or the pcb or anything, but tape.. really! even a fake mouse, jesus, fire hazard.
So, iv just gone on ebay and requested a refund using the contact seller thing, then gone to something like item i received not as advertised then gone to counterfit/fake, or something and just basically said you know, seriously its come in a pretty authentic looking box, looks the same, but to anyone who knows, the plastic that its made out of is worth more in scrap weight than the internals of this mouse therefor i request a refund, but im willing to send the mouse back though the postage is more valuable than this mouse.
But now iv just realised, that message goes to the seller? i thought it went to ebay or something or someone who maybe sorts this out.. so no doubt im going to get bad feedback now, (im 100% positive feedback atm). never ran into a problem like this..
Argh
i mean at the end of the day, for a fake mouse, iv got a few razers spare, i could probably just put the internals from one of my old spare death adders inside it, modify it a bit etc so that it works and performs half decent, if not then its absolutely fine as a spare etc, i mean im not going to argue over 17 quid at the end of the day.I just thought then when i was on ebay having a browse, i had a bright idea (after a few beers) i know lets earn 17 quid back with a few clicks of a button, but i guess iv just opened a load of **** for my self now?
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