FleaDoctor
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Deal Thread URL: [For Sale] - SOLD MSI X470 Gaming Pro Carbon Ryzen ATX Motherboard R2800 | AMD
Seller: @SirSmokeAlot
Buyer: @FleaDoctor
Description of Bad Deal: Item was not as described as well as defective
During December I bought a motherboard at a premium price. The board was not as described in the ad, it was caked in black house dust. Already this had annoyed me, the seller described it as excellent. However this wasn't the main issue, upon opening the box I discovered the rear mounting plate for the CPU wasn't there, which renders the board unusable and far from excellent condition.
None of this was described in the ad or made aware to me. (perhaps it's my ignorance but when a seller describes a motherboard as excellent one assumes it's good to go, especially one marked at 75% of its new price even when out of warranty) Due to being on holiday with family over December, I had no time to build my PC and then work started with a busy year.
I then contacted the seller to resolve but he didn't seem to possess any urgency in resolving, I had to repeatedly contact him and remind him. I had already suggested we reverse the deal but he no longer had the money to give back to me. Months had gone by, by this point. Eventually, he bought a replacement rear mounting plate from Fruugo on the 7th of March 2024, the item has still not arrived so over the Easter Weekend I made my own plans and found a rear plate from asking around. This is where it gets juicy, after spending a few hours building my PC which I found some comfort in solace for this entire ordeal that I would finally get to use my PC I was met with another problem, you can imagine my excitement being popped like a balloon when I attempted the first power on. No POST, I was met with a CPU error. To clarify, for this build, I had bought a brand new Ryzen 5 5500 and Corsair Vengeance RAM from Evetech which I had pulled right out of the box. For the benefit of the doubt, I attempted to rule out maybe it was an OOB with the CPU so I borrowed my brother's Ryzen 7 5700x CPU and again met with the same CPU error. By this stage, I had said I'd had enough of this experience (who wouldn't after 4 months already?). He offered that he would pay me back over a few months once I sent the board back, I said as an act of good faith he would need to transfer the first payback amount before I sent the board back. Again, no response or attempt by him and back to Defcon 1 status *sound of crickets.
I think the key takeaway here is if one has to play Inspector Cluedo, coincidentally the board has a CPU error, and the CPU backplate was missing from the motherboard indicating that someone had already tampered with the CPU which tells me there was a problem here already.
In terms of ever getting money back out of this, i wait in hope rather than expectation.
Seller: @SirSmokeAlot
Buyer: @FleaDoctor
Description of Bad Deal: Item was not as described as well as defective
During December I bought a motherboard at a premium price. The board was not as described in the ad, it was caked in black house dust. Already this had annoyed me, the seller described it as excellent. However this wasn't the main issue, upon opening the box I discovered the rear mounting plate for the CPU wasn't there, which renders the board unusable and far from excellent condition.
None of this was described in the ad or made aware to me. (perhaps it's my ignorance but when a seller describes a motherboard as excellent one assumes it's good to go, especially one marked at 75% of its new price even when out of warranty) Due to being on holiday with family over December, I had no time to build my PC and then work started with a busy year.
I then contacted the seller to resolve but he didn't seem to possess any urgency in resolving, I had to repeatedly contact him and remind him. I had already suggested we reverse the deal but he no longer had the money to give back to me. Months had gone by, by this point. Eventually, he bought a replacement rear mounting plate from Fruugo on the 7th of March 2024, the item has still not arrived so over the Easter Weekend I made my own plans and found a rear plate from asking around. This is where it gets juicy, after spending a few hours building my PC which I found some comfort in solace for this entire ordeal that I would finally get to use my PC I was met with another problem, you can imagine my excitement being popped like a balloon when I attempted the first power on. No POST, I was met with a CPU error. To clarify, for this build, I had bought a brand new Ryzen 5 5500 and Corsair Vengeance RAM from Evetech which I had pulled right out of the box. For the benefit of the doubt, I attempted to rule out maybe it was an OOB with the CPU so I borrowed my brother's Ryzen 7 5700x CPU and again met with the same CPU error. By this stage, I had said I'd had enough of this experience (who wouldn't after 4 months already?). He offered that he would pay me back over a few months once I sent the board back, I said as an act of good faith he would need to transfer the first payback amount before I sent the board back. Again, no response or attempt by him and back to Defcon 1 status *sound of crickets.
I think the key takeaway here is if one has to play Inspector Cluedo, coincidentally the board has a CPU error, and the CPU backplate was missing from the motherboard indicating that someone had already tampered with the CPU which tells me there was a problem here already.
In terms of ever getting money back out of this, i wait in hope rather than expectation.
