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Guy screwed me on a craigslist transaction
November 12, 2011 at
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What happened was we did a phone trade and he gave me his Iphone which I thought was fully working. I tested it out and everything seemed good. I go home and the usb cable that plugs into the Iphone only goes in halfway and if I move the cable just a little bit it disconnects from the computer. I contacted him and he says its a small problem and he didnt think he should have ran it by me. Now he is ignoring me after I asked him to just undue the trade or pay $20-$40 so I can fix it somewhere.
Well Im kind of ticked off and dont get how someone would just do that and not try to resolve the issue. And before anyone goes and says its my fault that I didnt test the phone, no one would think to plug in a usb cable to see if it fits in the Iphone. Anyways, stupid of him he forgot to wipe his contacts and his facebook account. What would you do in my place? Let it go? Iphone warranty ran out so its coming out of my pocket.
Well Im kind of ticked off and dont get how someone would just do that and not try to resolve the issue. And before anyone goes and says its my fault that I didnt test the phone, no one would think to plug in a usb cable to see if it fits in the Iphone. Anyways, stupid of him he forgot to wipe his contacts and his facebook account. What would you do in my place? Let it go? Iphone warranty ran out so its coming out of my pocket.
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Primarily the other guy's.
Pay attention.
He sounds about as capable of that as dzap.
He's the idiot for not wiping his data. I say he should get what's coming to him. This is a lesson people need to learn when passing off their electronics to other parties.
I have no sympathy for idiots like these (aka "I left my facebook account logged in at the Apple Store.")
I'm not saying destroy his life...just post some crap on his profile so he'll know how to change his password. Privacy is more important than ever nowadays, and generally people are too loose with their data.
OP is at fault for not checking for hardware defects, but even if that wasn't the case, he should have still wiped his data.
Well Im kind of ticked off and dont get how someone would just do that and not try to resolve the issue. And before anyone goes and says its my fault that I didnt test the phone, no one would think to plug in a usb cable to see if it fits in the Iphone. Anyways, stupid of him he forgot to wipe his contacts and his facebook account. What would you do in my place? Let it go? Iphone warranty ran out so its coming out of my pocket.
Don't want to be at fault? Then buy a new one with a warranty.
Should he have told you? Sure.
But should you have checked it? Yes!
Checking everything about a used item should be common sense.
But hey, by all means keep attacking everyone to avoid taking responsibility for your own actions :p
I think he's a little bitter and obviously in denial.
You're so right! Keep buying shit on craigslist without checking if everything is in working condition! Then every time you get screwed over, you can make a thread and bitch about what a liar the seller is!
Two idiots joined in unity oh how cute.
Primarily the other guy's.
Pay attention.
OP, have you ever heard the saying, 'Caveat Emptor'? If you really have, as you claim, "bought over 200 iphones" that were used and this is the first time there was something wrong with something on one of them that you didn't check before buying, then you need to go out an buy a lottery ticket. Either you're the luckiest person in the world or you're lying.
OP, have you ever heard the saying, 'Caveat Emptor'? If you really have, as you claim, "bought over 200 iphones" that were used and this is the first time there was something wrong with something on one of them that you didn't check before buying, then you need to go out an buy a lottery ticket. Either you're the luckiest person in the world or you're lying.[/QUOTE]
Reread my post. I said I inspect my phones thorough but Im not someone who is going to do a 100 point inspection and wait an hour testing every single thing. So yea its the first one out of 200 where the USB port was broken. But anyway this is all my fault and you guys have common sense. Cheers
Reread my post. I said I inspect my phones thorough but Im not someone who is going to do a 100 point inspection and wait an hour testing every single thing. So yea its the first one out of 200 where the USB port was broken. But anyway this is all my fault and you guys have common sense. Cheers
So what did you hope to gain by posting about it here? Sympathy? Approval of messing up the guy's facebook account or messing with his contacts? Because you clearly weren't looking for honesty.
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So what did you hope to gain by posting about it here? Sympathy? Approval of messing up the guy's facebook account or messing with his contacts? Because you clearly weren't looking for honesty.
How about you read my first post and you'll know. All the post was about was whether I should drop it or do something about it as I had his info. Instead couple idiots turned it into how I'm the one to blame for this happening to me because I didn't check the phone properly. It's a f***ing USB port! Ask ten people that bought a phone on Craigslist and see if even one checked the port. You probably won't believe me when i say this and tell me I'm a liar and need to stop creating threads everytime I get screwed on Craigslist but I also sold 100's of phones and guess what not one person checked the port. But I'm guessing they are idiots because checking the port is crucial or you are asking for trouble right? I didn't create this thread for you to tell me what I did wrong. Like I said earlier if you wait long enough someone will come along to turn it around where OP is in the wrong when this thread wasn't even about that!
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One of the major things you do when inspecting a phone is plug it in to make sure it will mount correctly.
He's a jerk for not telling you, but life aint always fair.
Should you mess with him a bit? Yeah for sure!
You need to stop blaming everyone else though. You sound like a child.
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