ebay return
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jlee

Original Poster:

167 posts

118 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Slightly odd one. I ordered an LG phone from well known high street store via their ebay shop. Brand new one etc. I received a different make of phone probably worth half as much as the phone I ordered. I emailed them and told them, no response so opened a return case and sent the item back.

Today I had this from them. I thought selling on ebay was a nightmare.



We have recently received a parcel from yourself under Return Case ID: ***********, inside the parcel was a 'Samsung J3'
Your return case implies you received an incorrect unit, we reached out to you on April 12th to ask what you did receive and as of yet have not received a response.

After a full investigation by our dispatching warehouse it was determined that goods sent out to you via Royal Mail were in fact the LG G6 and not the Samsung J3 returned to us.
The unit you have returned, is not stocked in the dispatching warehouse, and so we can say with 100% certainty that this was not sent in place of the LG.
Can you advise if perhaps you have returned the J3 in error?

We have reached out to eBay and asked for their assistance with Return Case ID: **********
At this time your eBay return case has been placed on hold while eBay review the return/your account.

Should we not receive a response to this email, we will be forced to report this return to the police via an Action Fraud report.

BertBert

21,266 posts

240 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Was the Samsung new and boxed as well? I presume you will just have to respond with a definite, no, you sent me a Samsung.

Is there any way that a third party could have intercepted the parcel and switched phones?

Bert

Nickyboy

6,825 posts

263 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Sounds like someone has either returned a phone in the wrong box at some point and they never checked or it was switched en route, this would be obvious from shipping bag etc.

Was it in an LG box, sealed etc? That would be your main argument

jlee

Original Poster:

167 posts

118 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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Brand new in box.
just had email off ebay refunding me in full.

anonymous-user

83 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2019
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What a odd setup, glad you got refunded anyway.

Also just checked, if it's the one I am thinking of.. (the phone must have came from a WAREHOUSE) they are stocking the J3 on there ebay shop now.

jlee

Original Poster:

167 posts

118 months

Wednesday 24th April 2019
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It's put me off buying on there. It used to be a good site years ago. I stopped selling on there about 8 years ago after I ironically sold a phone (iphone 3gs) and the buyer said id sent an empty box. Ebay as usual side with the buyer so i was £150 out of pocket. I phoned action for fraud and the logged it down. Never heard a bean after that.