Hi, I bought a PC game off ebay last week, it arrived on Friday and appears to be a pirate copy. I did try and install it but it would not work.

I’ve tried to contact the seller 5 times now but I’m not getting any replies. Dose anyone have any ideas how I can get my money back?

Cheers.

Over eBay? Forget it.

not unless the game also happens to contain some private photos of his ;)

[ 06-20-2006, 10:58 AM: Message edited by: ZFR ]

How did you pay for it?

Put in a claim through the buyer protection thing.
I claimed my money back when I paid for a water cooling kit that never existed....

<font color=skyblue>Just send some professional-looking, stern e-mails that let him know you understand your legal rights and all that and that he has a limited time before you turn him in for his illegal act of selling the CD. If you sound smart enough, it might work.</font>

I agree, threaten to turn him in for not only pirating merchandise, but then illegally selling it over the internet.

Ipurchased all 5 seasons of Babylon 5 on ebay. They didn't look original to me so I put a comment to ebay. The guy I bought from never followed up but I did noticed later there was a flag not to buy from this guy. I don't remember if it was an email or on ebay; I think it was an email..

Ebay or paypal might get your money back, I would file with both anyway. Enough complaints and they will shut em down eventually. If was less than $25 don't count on a refund though.

I wait until exactly 89 days after auction end to leave negative feedback to minimize risk of false negative retaliation. Only had to do it once out of over 300 purchases. That butthole deserved it!

I paid with paypal, and it was under £15 so I dount I'll get anything back. But I'll contact ebay and paypal and see what happens.

Any suggestions on what to put in a "professional-looking, stern e-mail"

Cheers

I think ebay has an obligation not to sell this sort od stuff, or at lease take action when it's found. If they're not going to do anything, call your local authorities or even send an email to some celebs like Rosie O'Donnell and others who use ebay for charity work. Let them know what they're associated with.

Contact the SPA... they might want to do something about someone selling pirated software on Ebay, because I'd be willing to bet you're not the only person taken by this guy.

The last two ideas are really good, and as for the email, just indicate to e-bay that you were duped into buying pirated software through their site, and that you plan on notifying the appropriate authorities. Regardless of what they do, you do need to notify the appropriate authorities anyway, and get that scum bag off the net.

If you can find out where he lives, call the cops. Worked for us.

scary prospect for those people with bad intentions they can obtain that kind of info easily

If all else fails... threaten to tear his testicles off... if you do, he knows you are serious and might give you something as compensation or something to sate your bloodlust....

[ 07-03-2006, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: N^N ]

N^N: Yes, *THAT* works. Especially if you threaten *BOTH* with legal action *AND* bodily harm. Nothing is more fearsome than knowing that someone who attacked you on a dark street and slashed you with a knife is going to sue you.