I bought a second hand Asus EEEPC for my daughter off Ebay. It was poorly packaged. Although it shipped in the original box, the part of the original box that secures the netbook so it doesn't slip and slide around the box during transit is missing. So when it arrived the netbook was just bumping around all over the place when the box was carried by the postman and us. I was half expecting it not to work but I opened the packaging and charged up the netbook and tried reinstalling Windows on it to see what happened.
Luckily it worked fine. The seller didn't forget to include anything listed in the auction. But the entire package stank heavily of ciggie smoke. The soft foamy fabric protective ASUS pouch that comes with it was so smelly I gagged. I think I might try to wash it in the machine to see if its salvageable. The seller didn't mention anything about this of course but I sort of don't expect him to, as I've never seen Ebay sellers mention their items smell of ciggies.
The item luckily sold at quite a low price compared to other simipar models. The photo on the auction wasn't great and the seller mentioned putting this up for sale on other sites so auction "may end early"... All factors which I think may have affected the final auction price.
So I don't feel like leaving a neg. But I feel I should leave a neutral. What do you think? I have just emailed the seller about this although I wasn't angry or rude, just said the item stank of ciggie smoke and the item was poirly packaged. I don't know if the seller is going to reply. I didn't ask for a refund or return and have no intention of doing so because it still works and if the pouch isn't salvageable I will consider buying a new one.
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firefly11 · 30/11/2012 18:18
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