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Ebay late delivery, then misdescribed item

Hello all,

Almost two months ago, ordered a phone from Hong Kong to where I live in Germany. When it finally arrived last Friday - following various issues with customs and the post office - it turned out that it had an azerty keyboard rather than the qwerty one that it was sold with. The ebay seller is being awkward, and ebay says that I only have 45 days to declare a problem to them. That deadline was before the phone even arrived.....

Is there anything that I can do?

Thanks!

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  • soolin
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    As you are in Germany the rules that we understand in the UK may well be different. In the UK though the seller would be correct in that you can only start a paypal claim within 45 days of payment.
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