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eBay Instant Sale Scam
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The company buying your phones through instant sale is eBay seller 'alltechwholesale'. They make their money by lowering the quote once they receive the item and most people just accept the lower offer or give up from frustration trying to get their phone back.
They're reselling the phones on eBay themselves so it's in their best interest to give you the lowball price after receiving your device.
Best option is to sell on Craigslist. Or sell it on eBay yourself if you're in a small town where Craigslist isn't a good option.
They're reselling the phones on eBay themselves so it's in their best interest to give you the lowball price after receiving your device.
Best option is to sell on Craigslist. Or sell it on eBay yourself if you're in a small town where Craigslist isn't a good option.
It took them 16 days but I finally received what I was quoted.
2nd time I've used them successfully.
2nd time I've used them successfully.
They offered $560 for a 32 gig 4 and a 32gig 4s.
The only thing I didn't like was the lack of updates after FedEx dropped it off.
They received it on 3 October. I received the $560 in my PayPal 12 Oct.
More status updates would have been nice.
Don't waste your time emailing them. The girl answering their phone is very nice.
The only thing I didn't like was the lack of updates after FedEx dropped it off.
They received it on 3 October. I received the $560 in my PayPal 12 Oct.
More status updates would have been nice.
Don't waste your time emailing them. The girl answering their phone is very nice.
UPDATE.
Okay folks so I received my iPhone back today after the weeks of waiting and made an unboxing video.
Were they lying?!?! Let's find out shall we!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrxqOLbPVY&feature=plcp
Okay folks so I received my iPhone back today after the weeks of waiting and made an unboxing video.
Were they lying?!?! Let's find out shall we!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrxqOLbPVY&feature=plcp
Hmm. You should call them and explain. I had a positive experience. Both phones (one $200 and one $300) were accepted without question. I wonder if they would be open to resolving it. Keep us posted!
That's for sure. I emailed them. I'm sure they don't care and I'm already over the whole thing but it's just lame business practices.
I sold my 64GB 4S on eBay a couple weeks before the iPhone 5 announcement. I decided to accept international buyers to increase the buying pool. The winning bidder was from Russia and had only 1 feedback but it was positive and was for a MacBook he had just purchased.
I had some trepidation about shipping the phone to Russia even though I had already received full payment. Regardless of my worries, I shipped the phone out to the buyer a couple days after I received payment and after about a month and one week I received positive feedback from him. All appears to be well.
I have since read lots of horror stories from people selling smartphone on eBay and shipping them specifically to Russia. Their postal system has a lot of corruption and they will often steal packages. I consider myself lucky this time around and will only sell my electronics inside the U.S. or countries with good postal systems.
I had some trepidation about shipping the phone to Russia even though I had already received full payment. Regardless of my worries, I shipped the phone out to the buyer a couple days after I received payment and after about a month and one week I received positive feedback from him. All appears to be well.
I have since read lots of horror stories from people selling smartphone on eBay and shipping them specifically to Russia. Their postal system has a lot of corruption and they will often steal packages. I consider myself lucky this time around and will only sell my electronics inside the U.S. or countries with good postal systems.
Yeah I buy and sell apple products for a living, I only ship to the US... If someone wants it bad enough overseas there are companies that are here and will ship it to them... And for the shipping from the company to them, they're **** out of luck if it gets stolen
I used alltechwholesale and they gave me what they quoted. It took a bit over a week I believe but other than that I didn't have any issues.
You probably had no recourse because you had no evidence that the buyer changed parts. Other sellers have gotten reimbursed under paypal seller protection after providing photographic evidence that the returned iPhones are in fact not the same. Taking pictures of all the parts before shipping it most likely would have helped your case so it really depends on how proactive you are.
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You got lucky. I do ebay internationally but always exclude Russia, South America, Africa and Southeast Asia for obvious reason.