Ripped off of 7k by fraudulent misrepresentation

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

OP I understand you're frustrated and looking for some kind of justice but as much as it would pain me personally I would just write this off.

From what you've said the guy knows what he is doing and the chances of seeing the money are slim.

By all means send a letter before action if you wish as it only costs a stamp, beyond that you are going to experience a lot of time and headache with very little potential for reward. 

Sell what you can, recycle the rest, don't have it hanging around for too long reminding you of the experience. 

If you'd like to set up an eBay business forget about any pallets or job lots of desirable items like tech, odds of finding these with any real prospect of profit without a lot of hard work is next to none. If you've been watching any Youtube videos most of them are staged   

Find a niche, set aside £1k-2k to invest, start slowly and work your up  

TonyMMM

Deleted_User said:

Should I report this as a GDPR breach or not?

Complete waste of time - and arguable anyway whether he would be required to somehow check a pallet load of "broken" laptops and tablets to see if they contained any personal data. 

eskbanker

Deleted_User said:

Should I report this as a GDPR breach or not?

Why do you see this as significant and worthy of any attention?  Surely your focus should be on trying to get your money back?

[Deleted User]

TonyMMM said:

Deleted_User said:

Should I report this as a GDPR breach or not?

Complete waste of time - and arguable anyway whether he would be required to somehow check a pallet load of "broken" laptops and tablets to see if they contained any personal data. 

Fair enough I just thought it might give me some leverage. I'll carry on with other avenues.....

soolin

Deleted_User said:

TonyMMM said:

Deleted_User said:

Should I report this as a GDPR breach or not?

Complete waste of time - and arguable anyway whether he would be required to somehow check a pallet load of "broken" laptops and tablets to see if they contained any personal data. 

Fair enough I just thought it might give me some leverage. I'll carry on with other avenues.....

I can't see how, and as previously mentioned it might cause you issues as well. 

You do need to concentrate on seeing if there is any avenues to be explored regarding all or even part of your money back.

born_again

Deleted_User said:

Should I report this as a GDPR breach or not?

Is it a GDPR breech though?
He was not storing any personal data on his own systems. I would guess he has bought a job lot of these & is now selling on to anyone willing to part with cash on the chance they will make money.

Alderbank

Going by your description of a pallet load of broken tablets, I suspect that your friend didn't buy them but was paid by a repair shop to dispose of a pallet of electrical scrap under the WEEE regulations. Cheekily he then sold it to you.

If you are eager to see him prosecuted for a criminal offence, breach of WEEE regs is a much better bet than GDPR.

Neither will get you any money back, unfortunately.

[Deleted User]

Alderbank said:

Going by your description of a pallet load of broken tablets, I suspect that your friend didn't buy them but was paid by a repair shop to dispose of a pallet of electrical scrap under the WEEE regulations. Cheekily he then sold it to you.

If you are eager to see him prosecuted for a criminal offence, breach of WEEE regs is a much better bet than GDPR.

Neither will get you any money back, unfortunately.

sounds highly likely.....

[Deleted User]

most of them have stickers of barcodes, branch it came from and NON-SALEABLE on the stickers.
They have been returned under insurance by the look of it. They state 'fault description-mishap'(instant replacement)

[Deleted User]

Maybe I'm clutching at straws here but I can tell what department store they have come from.....