TriggerWicked

Even tho I said i wouldnt be participating in anymore ebay auctions, I soon grew tired of my sidekick 2 and decided to toss it up for sale. I really liked the keypad, but hated the big flip screen. It felt like a bigass toy and barely fit in my pocket. Not to mention tmobile had instant messenger locked out so you would buy their 20 dollar a month plan. No thanks. It sold within a day and I decided I would snatch up another Motorola a630. I really liked the one I had back in the day. So I put aside my beef with moto phones and found what i thought to be a kickass deal. Everything checked out perfect. 100% positive feedback and close to 40 transactions, all good.

“Slightly used unlocked motorola GSM cell phone. In great condition, works well”

I won it for a measely 91 bucks, paid and began the wait. But the next day i got an email that there were issues charging the phone. It was just a little”touchy” and a “known issue” with the a630. Great. I checked it out and its due to a connection with the charge port and the battery. The seller agreed to refund me for a desktop charger since this would solve that issue. I didn’t really care so much about the charge issue due to the price and the refund. So I order the charger thinking it should arrive around the same time as the phone and all will be swell. While I am at it I snag a case, and a data cable to go with it.

Later in the week the phone arrives and just like she said it wouldn’t charge, no worry my desktop charger would be here any day. After what little use i could get out of it considering i couldnt charge it, the damn mic went out, so noone could hear a word i said. Of course i was fucking pissed, so i told her it was coming back. She agreed to a full refund when she received it. That night Jen went into labor and I didnt get to send it off. 5 days later when i check the mail my desktop charger had finally arrived, and of course it worked. So now i had a fully charged phone i couldnt do anything but text on. and i forgot to mention before that it is also the squeakiest loudest phone ever made, and the lagginess of a moto phone finally got to me.

I finally got it sent back and the tracking shows the phone was delivered. I went ahead and bid on a new phone so the second the refund went through my blackberry 7105t would be on its way. Mmmmm blackberry. But of course the seller of the moto phone is now nowhere to be found. No refund, no response to my emails. I even escalated the claim in Paypal to try and get things rolling, and still nothing. The person who sold the blackberry is getting a little irritated that i havent paid yet. I also went and got a nokia 6030 at walmart for 30 bucks cause i cant stand not having a phone. This was supposed to all be seamless, but is now a big mess.

Luckily the 6030 is a killer phone for only 30 bucks. If for any reason the blackberry turns out to be yet another p.o.s. I will probly just stick with the nokia, but if everything works out i can easily take the nokia back or sell it on ebay. For the most part Ebay is a great idea. It has become the yard sale of the web, but like everything else in the world, the assholes and retards ruin it for everyone.