northeastcat
01-11-2012, 05:46 PM
Just had a bad experience with buying through Amazon.com.
Bought a cell phone for my daughter in October as a Christmaas gift, when it came in I inspected it and all looked good, I bought a new phone and payed the price because I did not want a used one. On Christmas morning when she opened it she put the battery in, snapped the cover on and put it on charge... the phone wont power up. So now under close inspection I can see that the battery is creased, well shame on me for not catching that but I did buy a new phone and really was not expecting damage due to the packaging being mint when I recieved it... so I bought a new 'samsung' battery and installed it and the phone still wont power up, plugged in the charger and nothing. So I email the seller The OEM Shop and tell them my story and they say too bad you own it being it is beyond the 7 day return period... I thought 7 days wow seems a little crooked to me... and now with even closer inspection we find that the inside of the battery cover is stained and a little tweaked and the only reason that this could be like this is that they sold me a used junk phone and just took their chances that I would not be able to comply within their very convienent 7 day return policy... also consider that I was giving them the benefit of the doubt when I bought the new battery I had to order it and that took 4 days to come in. So I warn you all if you are going to buy anything from Amazon.com check the seller and if it is The OEM Shop stay away, do not buy from them. If we make sure not to use them and tell others too maybe we can force a crook out of business.
Bought a cell phone for my daughter in October as a Christmaas gift, when it came in I inspected it and all looked good, I bought a new phone and payed the price because I did not want a used one. On Christmas morning when she opened it she put the battery in, snapped the cover on and put it on charge... the phone wont power up. So now under close inspection I can see that the battery is creased, well shame on me for not catching that but I did buy a new phone and really was not expecting damage due to the packaging being mint when I recieved it... so I bought a new 'samsung' battery and installed it and the phone still wont power up, plugged in the charger and nothing. So I email the seller The OEM Shop and tell them my story and they say too bad you own it being it is beyond the 7 day return period... I thought 7 days wow seems a little crooked to me... and now with even closer inspection we find that the inside of the battery cover is stained and a little tweaked and the only reason that this could be like this is that they sold me a used junk phone and just took their chances that I would not be able to comply within their very convienent 7 day return policy... also consider that I was giving them the benefit of the doubt when I bought the new battery I had to order it and that took 4 days to come in. So I warn you all if you are going to buy anything from Amazon.com check the seller and if it is The OEM Shop stay away, do not buy from them. If we make sure not to use them and tell others too maybe we can force a crook out of business.