欧州自転車レース追っかけ日記 eBay scam aftermath, AVP on the Road and Wiggle (UK)

欧州在住者が自転車レースを追い掛けてる日記とか

eBay scam aftermath, AVP on the Road and Wiggle (UK)

AVP on the Road

AVP on the Road (avpontheroad.be) was very quick delivering the items that I ordered. Its address (or his address) is not too far from my place (Belgium to Luxembourg), so the quick delivery on the local postal service was expected. I was surprised to see a notice paper in the mailbox (physical mailbox). I missed the delivery so I will pick it up at the local post office later.

Ebay Scam aftermath

If you search on the Net (for my case my preferred search engine is DuckDuckGo but you can use Google) for 1. "Fake GeForce GTX 1050 Ti" or 2. "GeForce GTX 1050 Ti", you will find some sites explaining what they are.

A genuine (manufactured by MSI, ASUS or others) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti graphics board does not have an additional auxiliary power port BECAUSE the chip on it was relatively different (in terms of manufacturing methods or process) from previous generations and it got power-efficient. So much so the board draws up to 75 Watts and does need one (additional power port).

Fake GeForce GTX 1050 Ti boards do have an additional power port because they are actually disguised older boards that drew more power and had an additional power port.

Mine does have an additional power port and this clearly indicates that it is not real. One of its video output ports is a VGA port and this is also the indication that this is fake.

I didn't have to test it on a PC. I knew for a fact that this was a fake.

Now the seller (I guess he / she bought it on "Wish" or similarly dubious sites for a very low price tried to sell it and make money. Fuck the scammer!

I complained it on eBay and asked for return. Now the seller offered to refund part of the price I paid and settle it. I get to keep the item but what use do I find for this fake board? Nothing!!!!!

But I accepted the offer thinking that I don't want to use more time or energy for this kind of mess. I lost money but I learned a lesson.

Wiggle purchases

Surprisingly the items that I ordered came quicker than I had expected they would. I am happy with what I found in the box.

You see I bought one item (Topeak Basket Front with 3e Fixer) from Wiggle because Amazon Germany failed to deliver the same item in its entirety. I only got part of the item, specifically only the basket but not the fixer. This is how it should have been but Amazon Germany failed to perform.

The box contained the basket and the fixer. I am happy.

In Japanese: 続きをどうぞ

eBayで偽物をつかまされた件

文句を言いました。すると売り手は金額の一部を返すから、それで処理してくれ、と言って来た。商品自体は僕の手元に残るという条件だそうだ。

もちろん、憂しくない。だって、FAKEつまり、偽物のグラフィックボードが手元にあってどうするの？使えないのに、ゴミじゃない。

でもこれ以上この件で時間を消費する事自体が無駄な行為なので、売り手からの条件を受けることにしました。ゴミのためにお金だして、どうするんだ。腹立たしい。

MX-5に買ったアイテム
ベルギーから届きました。ただし、不在だったので、明日以降郵便局に引き取りに行きます。AVP on the Roadというサイトから買いました。まだ見てませんが、こちらはちゃんとしたものが届いてるはず。

Wiggleから買った商品

速い！あっという間に届いた。以前より早い。Brexitしても全く影響無し。内容物は注文したもので間違い無し。アマゾン（独）が間違えて一部しか送ってこなかった例のTopeak Basket Front with 3e Fixerですが、ちゃんとフィクサー（つまりハンドルバーアダプター）も入ってました。当然です、商品名にそう買いてあるじゃ無いか。

アマゾンへ送り返す準備をして、郵便局へ行き、同時に上記の商品も受け取ります。

そんな、感じ。