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andym World Chat Champion
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Posted: 06:46 - 18 May 2020 Post subject: Dead graphics card |
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Without boring people with all the details, I sold my GTX 1060 on gumtree and was paid through PayPal, 26 days later the buyer claimed the card never worked, (even though I stripped, cleaned, applied new thermal paste and tested it), and has just got his money back because he "returned the card".
OK, so he did return a Zotac GTX 1060, just not the one I sent him.
I've never bothered much with fault finding on circuit boards, but I want to try repairing this one, (so I'm not £120 AND a graphics card down), so can anyone shed some light on where to start, or recommend someone/somewhere that can have a look at it fairly cheap? |
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King29 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:10 - 18 May 2020 Post subject: |
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If you have the guys name and address, send him a letter saying you'll put him in the county court to regain your losses. If you want to have a stab at repairing it, try this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP2_w5Mebe8
Alternatively you could check the serial number on Zotac card to see if there is any warranty left on it on Zotac's website. |
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Posted: 12:15 - 18 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Freaking Paypal. ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
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Posted: 12:44 - 18 May 2020 Post subject: |
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Ouch! How low a blow
Now if it was me I'd have taken some photos to put on the listing, especially for something second hand. Would not the serial number be visible on one of these photos (that I hope) you have taken?
If so then first contact PayPal to explain the situation. The automated refund systems are doing the job that fits 99.9% of the time so no point getting angry at that. Go down the CC route if PayPal can't wrap their head around the concept of fraud.
If you don't have any photos...
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andym World Chat Champion
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Posted: 14:05 - 18 May 2020 Post subject: |
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@King29 - I tried baking it, that made no difference.
Also definitely no warranty left, that's why I put the effort in to cleaning it and applying new thermal paste etc.
@Easy-X - I took photos, unfortunately the one that would have contained the serial number wasn't clear or close enough and I don't sell many things online, so I didn't even think of making sure the serial numbers were clear.
Unfortunately I think the court would come to the same conclusion as PayPal.
It's DEFINITELY NOT just an output thing, the card is dead.
@xX-Alex-Xx - As Easy-X has said, the automated refund systems are doing the job 99.9% of the time, because this is a less waffly version of what I sent to paypal when I first read the dispute (the buyer didn't even contact me to say the card was faulty, just went straight to paypal for a refund):
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It doesn't matter that it took him 26 days to test the card in 3 different systems, but he managed to sell 2 of those systems in that time.
Or that he reduced the refund amount that he wanted, (paid £120, asked for £120 then reduced it to £100 a few days later).
Or that the brand new thermal paste I had applied only a month ago was as easy to remove as dried weetabix.
Or that he couldn't provide any spec, pictures, videos or information about any of his systems.
Or that he couldn't answer any basic questions about what happened with the card.
Or that he was given several options to resolve this, including me travelling to Braintree to help.
He raised a dispute, told PayPal "gib munny bcak" and they just said "OKAY Mr Nye, here you go" |
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Just call his mum, gain her trust, feck her doggy style, make pictures, send them to the scamer with a letter saying ''I'm your new daddy, now. Give me my money, you little cxnt''. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 21 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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