It's about the small victories.

Kinja'd!!! "sony1492" (sony1492)
12/27/2017 at 15:52 • Filed to: Ebay is a trigger word

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 I bought 2 cheap air filters for mockup purposes on a project. This is how one of them showed up.

Not 24hrs after contacting the company, they refunded me the price of both filters plus tax ($25). So I got some brand new cheapo air filters for free. Say what you will about eBay parts but the customer service is usually great.


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Kinja'd!!! Roadster Man > sony1492
12/27/2017 at 16:31

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Tru Dat. I got the wrong wheel bearing from an eBay seller once- after I snapped a pic and showed them that they sent the wrong part, they let me keep it and sent the correct wheel bearing ASAP.


Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > sony1492
12/28/2017 at 09:51

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I’ve had similar issues in the past with knock off products, with similar outcome. I assume that they just calculate that some percentage of their products being defective and thus requiring a refund is cheaper than the cost of making sure 100% of their product is quality.

As you say, there is much to be said (good and bad) about ebay parts, but usually the customer service is a simple “yeah, sorry we’re a bit sh*t, here’s a refund”