Entirely depends on the item listing. We don't know if the seller actually advertised the item as genuine, only OP's word.
True - we need to see the listing to be certain.
OP - post the listing already!
The fact that it's a fake should be more than enough to demand a refund. Yeah, you had to take it apart to find out, but it's not what you ordered. There was no valid warranty to void in the first place because it's fake.
Wouldn't it depend on where the warranty sticker pointed to though?
If the warranty number was the clone company's, then it would have voided the clone's warranty; that being said, if the warranty sticker was that of the company it was supposed to be from, then yes the company would be violating the law.
exactly. I don't know why so many are concerned about the warranty.
The link may have been something like this one
But I could be mis-remembering, what they bought, or misunderstanding.
Crystal Ball (I was in the thread as well, I think)
oooh...he's mutating a super cell phone battery. That's awesome!
I've always wanted to try that but never had the motivation to really look into it.
I will be using an HTC cell phone as my GPS unit (with the casing, LCD screen etc. removed
What is the item?
How do you know its a clone?
Are you sure it was listed as a genuine item?
ZippyDan sure isn't zippy with the replies.
So the guesses so far are:
- OP making carputer from cellphone?
- OP is powering up a sex toy
- OP is the clone seller getting ready to scam us all
- mechanical SPIDER!
others?
You thought you were buying original equipment, but that's not what you received.
The pieces don't matter. You can buy an item for any purpose you want, including taking it apart and voiding the warranty.
You're returning it because it's not as advertised, not because of a warranty issue.
Not sure, you need to explain the situation more and be honest about it.
Did you take apart the OEM product, take the part you need and replace it with the junk part?
That is unethical.
One time I had a broke ass guitar hero guitar, it didn't work out of box, but I didn't have a receipt for it so no return
I wanted a 2nd one anyway, so I bought an identical model.
I then took the broke one and put it in the box and returned it. Since it was same exact SKU and everything, I recieved a functional guitar in exchange.
No net loss involved, ethically free and clear.
eh? this sure sounds completely unethical to me.
Anyone who says the man isn't entitled to a refund is a complete fool. You are obviously too big of a dumbass to survive in this world.
Image this:
I have a turd and coat/wrap it in gold and sell it as a genuine complete piece of gold. You buy it and pay for it as if it was a complete piece of gold. Upon suspicion, you open it up to prove there is a turd inside, and it wasn't what you paid for (a complete piece of gold). If I say "Sorry, you opened it, you are no longer entitled to a refund" and you find that a worthy statement - you are, in fact, a complete and utter dumbass. Please rid the world of your genetics.
This is not even a matter of "Ordered X, Sent Y" this is a complete attempt at deception when you coat something in X but have Y inside of it.
Entirely depends on the item listing. We don't know if the seller actually advertised the item as genuine, only OP's word.
Not sure, you need to explain the situation more and be honest about it.
Did you take apart the OEM product, take the part you need and replace it with the junk part?
he's rigging up a tracking device (no really)
He is going to use the GPS from the cell phone and cell phone batteries to track a stolen laptop. He had to disassemble the phone to get at the parts he needed. Not sure if the item in question here is the phone or the batteries though.
Reading through the thread linked to...the OP is an odd duck. I believe he is making a tracking device, not ready to believe its for a stolen laptop.
This is part of the project. It has been on hold for a while now, but yes I live in a country with a lot of crime and I want to be able to track my valuables.
The item in question was a gps tracking device but not a phone or batteries.
Also, you are an odd duck