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by noncoml 2208 days ago
Why are you so adamant about not accepting the return?

Is it because eBay will charge you anyway? Well, in that case your problem here is not the buyer, but eBay.

I personally don't trust sellers that don't accept returns. More frequent that not, they bend the truth in their description. (I understand that's not what happened in your case)

Having said that, I never ever buy, or sell, anything that I cannot write off on eBay. Not worth the stress.
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ahmadassaf 2208 days ago
I'd be happy to accept the return if it was within reason, but this claim seem to be outrageous, and more on Apple than eBay as why they claim their batteries can last for 10 hours.

I feel I'd be obliged to accept the return but my fear is getting back a damaged or beyond laptop, and all in all its just an unpleasant experience

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noncoml 2208 days ago
> my fear is getting back a damaged or beyond laptop, and all in all its just an unpleasant experience

Completely understand. Just the stress of the thought that you may get back a damaged item makes it not worth it.

Hopefully it will be OK! Best of luck!

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sharkfinsoupmix 2207 days ago
Sigh. Loser bozos can't accept the reality of a product, so they blame the seller because reality and their delusions don't coincide and they can't do anything about the manufacturer. They're barking up the wrong tree and looking for a scapegoat. Expectations and sour grapes human behavior fail.
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jjoonathan 2208 days ago
If you accept returns, people will use your listing as a dirt cheap rental service. This problem is much more pronounced for goods that are desirable to rent, of course.

Even if a listing says "No Returns" eBay allows returns for SINAD (significantly not-as-described).

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noncoml 2208 days ago
> If you accept returns, people will use your listing as a dirt cheap rental service

I would say a small percentage of people.

But I understand. That's why eBay is not suited for one-off sellers. It's meant for little shops, that will amortized the cost of the "free rental service". Just like Amazon does.

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jjoonathan 2207 days ago
Right, but it's a legitimate reason to offer "no returns" (which on eBay actually means "SNAD only").
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