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  • blaise802001
    blaise802001 Posts: 2,138 Forumite
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    FloFlo wrote: »
    He's not offering to fix them, he's offering to replace with a new on! E.g 200 people send in their broken psps and sit and wait for a new one to arrive - meanwhile seller is selling your psps and buying a one way ticket to Barbados.


    But if you read the auction it says you get your new psp before he takes your old one away as a courier delivers it!! :confused::confused:
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    maniac886 wrote: »
    This guy here has been offering the same service and has very good feedback.

    I have e-mailed a few buyers who have purchased this service from the link above to see what their response is.

    My brother's psp is busted so I may give it a try!
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • richyrichuk
    richyrichuk Posts: 345 Forumite
    FloFlo wrote: »
    He's not offering to fix them, he's offering to replace with a new on! E.g 200 people send in their broken psps and sit and wait for a new one to arrive - meanwhile seller is selling your psps and buying a one way ticket to Barbados.

    ano that but when he takes the old 1s might be fixing them up, making them look pritty and puttin them in a box or something. and also the courrier breaks the seal in front of u...so could be any tape he's taking off.
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    ano that but when he takes the old 1s might be fixing them up, making them look pritty and puttin them in a box or something. and also the courrier breaks the seal in front of u...so could be any tape he's taking off.

    Just admit you were wrong, stop clutching at straws, lol.
  • richyrichuk
    richyrichuk Posts: 345 Forumite
    FloFlo wrote: »
    Just admit you were wrong, stop clutching at straws, lol.


    how am i wrong? better solution than u matey....:D
  • steviebabes
    steviebabes Posts: 2,071 Forumite
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    He's now got a neg for this, and returned a neg!
  • maniac886
    maniac886 Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    I have had a response from some of the buyers, here is one;

    ]Yes belive it or not it is legit, I didn't think so at first but it all went smoothly, my wife was at home to take delivery, but someone comes to the door, parcel force I think, they open the box give you the psp and charger and you give them your old one...
    Not sure if its brand new, looks like a catalog return, had the protective films on, but a bit of dirt here and there, nothing that wouldnt clean though. All in all avery good deal
    "He's a maniac, maniac that's for sure,
    He will kill your cat and nail him to the door" :eek:
    Murphys No More Pies Club Member #95
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    how am i wrong? better solution than u matey....:D

    Your solution is the buyers are so thick they think a repaired psp is a new one! And that he just happens to have brand new psp boxes and packaging to put them in.
  • MrB_2
    MrB_2 Posts: 729 Forumite
    The con, and it is a con, is he obviously knows of a retailer who will dispatched PSP's without a postage charge. He simply gives orders a PSP in your name and uses your address. Most couriers WILL NOT open a package to check the contents, so the customer, you, open to check it. Hardly ever done on the doorstep is it? The switch is then made. The courier takes it back as faulty, maybe damaged in transit, or whatever. 07707jaimie has his money, thank you very much. Any come back is on you. Oh yes, you probably, if you get away with it, will have another courier knocking your door with the replacement PSP that was "damaged", BUT BY THEN 07707jaime has shut his account and moved onto another con.
    I'm back after a break :money:
  • freddysmith
    freddysmith Posts: 2,002 Forumite
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    maniac886 wrote: »
    I have had a response from some of the buyers, here is one;

    ]Yes belive it or not it is legit, I didn't think so at first but it all went smoothly, my wife was at home to take delivery, but someone comes to the door, parcel force I think, they open the box give you the psp and charger and you give them your old one...
    Not sure if its brand new, looks like a catalog return, had the protective films on, but a bit of dirt here and there, nothing that wouldnt clean though. All in all avery good deal

    Strange how Parcel Force are allowed to open a sealed box addressed to the receipent and be present to watch an exchange of contents and then take it back. I am sure he might be risking his job if involved with this activity. Out of interest I will send an Email to Parcel Force to see if this is a service they offer.
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