Put a complaint into ebay, you can do a ‘goods not as described’ case.
Ultimately though, if the seller/ebay don’t sort it to your liking - the whole lot will have to go back, or you lose a controller and keep it and get $15 from the seller. The choice would be yours.
Also, it’s not really fair expecting the seller to fund a NEW controller for $30, since the one you got is presumably 2nd hand and worth $15.
The seller would be responsible for return post, since it was faulty. That said, Paypal in the UK (dunno about USA) do a sign up thing where you can claim return post back, but you have to opt into it every 6 months or so I believe.
A new PS3 controller is almost impossible to find. The one you see on Ebay and Amazon are all fakes, even if they claim they are genuine.
The good news is that most of the time they are easy to fix. There is tons of video on how to repair or maintain them.
I would try to get a discount from the seller and keep the PS3. In my opinion, the PS3 is still a excellent console with a ton of great games. Even if the graphics are not up to today’s standards, the games are still amazing. Bonus point: PS3 games are cheap. You can start your hunt in thrift stores, yard sales and Ebay.
Ok, how much (in percent) have you saved when buying from this seller compared to street prices for the PS3? I’d say, subtract this percentage from the controller and ask for refund accordingly. If you paid 100%, then of course it should be this $30 or whatever it is now.
Is there still warranty on the system? Is the seller a commercial one?
In the end, I guess he also has an interest to refund you, not taking back the whole PS3 including everything.
The PS3 was quite expensive, but it was exactly what I was looking for.
If my family were more patient, I may have been able to get a much better deal, but they were sick of not having a PS3, so I paid a lot for this particular PS3.
Yes, a used one but I was referring to new in box ones. If you really did score a brand new one that is not fake, you are lucky. Sony stopped producing the DS3 in 2016. I didn’t say it’s impossible to find a brand new one but it’s now a retro-gaming collectible.
The fake one are still ok but lack a bit of precision. A quick way to see if it’s a real or a fake: turn it on and don’t touch it. If it turn off within 5 to 7 minutes, it’s a fake. The fakes are very hard to distinguish from a real one, even the packaging is identical.
In my opinion RC, this is not a terrible buy. Controllers wear out especially from a heavy gamer.
Take the $15 bucks and buy another new one. You get a brand new controller that will last awhile for $15 bucks out of pocket.
My son is on his fourth controller and two of them where over a $100. They wear out, Corona didn’t help the situation either with him out of school.
Buying new at least you know you’ll get some usable time out of it or it could still be in warranty if you dont. With the used one it could last a week and no warranty.
Just my two cents.
I was as an Ebay sales account administrator for a while for a medium size specialty retailer. Here’s the deal. You are protected under Ebay’s buyer policy. Like Amazon’s, it’s pretty comprehensive. If your item wasn’t as described, and the buyer and you can’t reach a reasonable solution, you can appeal it to Ebay’s buyer protection team. Once they step in, it’s like calling in the FBI. Most all respectable sellers who want to keep selling and avoid bad feedback, sellers usually cave and give you what you want. Bad feedback hurts real bad (1 bad feedback wipes out 5 good ones) and I did everything I could to avoid it, even if it meant taking a hit.
