Jed
04-26-2005, 01:53 PM
So I'm looking for Megaman Battle Network 4 on eBay. I browse through some listings and see one going out soon at 99 cents. I check it out, and it's one of those overseas sellers. I'd bought things from Hong Kong, China, etc. before, so that wasn't a big deal. Shipping was $8.00, and $8.99 was much cheaper than anything else I'd seen, so I tossed a bid up.
A couple weeks later (still within his shipping timeframe, so all was well) I got it, everything was as he said it would be, folded up box, "basic" (not real) manual, and the game. I fired it up, played a bit, and it worked. So everything was fine...
Until one night, I turn it on and my save is erased. I wasn't very far, so it wasn't a big deal. I quickly got back to where I was and all was well.. until today.
This morning, I get an email from eBay saying that the auction has been removed (good job doing that 3 weeks after it ended -_-) for infringing copyrights, and the seller was tossed off eBay for good. A closer look at the cart itself revealed that it was made by "NIntondo." I play a little bit today, considerably farther than I was before, and WHILE I WAS PLAYING, the save was erased. It told me it had an error trying to save, and that was the end of that.
Now, I know it was only $8.99, but it's the principle of the matter. I'll try to go through Paypal to get it back and then promptly destroy the cart, but still. It's very frustrating to have the save keep erasing on you and all that. I'm glad he was thrown off eBay, too, his ID was johu_suge. He had halfway decent feedback, too, so I didn't suspect much. Bleh. End rant.
A couple weeks later (still within his shipping timeframe, so all was well) I got it, everything was as he said it would be, folded up box, "basic" (not real) manual, and the game. I fired it up, played a bit, and it worked. So everything was fine...
Until one night, I turn it on and my save is erased. I wasn't very far, so it wasn't a big deal. I quickly got back to where I was and all was well.. until today.
This morning, I get an email from eBay saying that the auction has been removed (good job doing that 3 weeks after it ended -_-) for infringing copyrights, and the seller was tossed off eBay for good. A closer look at the cart itself revealed that it was made by "NIntondo." I play a little bit today, considerably farther than I was before, and WHILE I WAS PLAYING, the save was erased. It told me it had an error trying to save, and that was the end of that.
Now, I know it was only $8.99, but it's the principle of the matter. I'll try to go through Paypal to get it back and then promptly destroy the cart, but still. It's very frustrating to have the save keep erasing on you and all that. I'm glad he was thrown off eBay, too, his ID was johu_suge. He had halfway decent feedback, too, so I didn't suspect much. Bleh. End rant.