Wednesday, September 5, 2007

FRAUD

A few months ago, I suddenly found my portable electronic English-Chinese dictionary was broken. I liked it a lot since it contained American slang which was very helpful for me as I am still not proficient in English, comparing to a native speaker. I always carried my pocket sized dictionary in my purse. So, I tried to look on the internet. I found the similar ones in a few online auction sites. However, those were in Hong Kong or Taiwan. I didn't want to bother my friends or families to help me to get it. I didn't know anyone living in Taiwan to help me either. I contacted the sellers throught emails. I either got no response or refusing to ship overseas. Anyway, I found one on ebay 2 weeks ago. I was thrilled!! I won the auction.
Phew! It finally arrived this morning. I was expecting it since I won the auction. It was exactly what I was looking for. After I unwrapped it, I almost cried. It was an absolutely different model from the one the seller posted. It was supposed to be ''Besta CD-27''. I got ''Besta N-710''. IT WAS NOT A TYPO. The ''magnificent'' N-710 is written in Simplified Chinese which I can't read much. The pronounciation was distorted and terrible. I typed 'shit' and it didn't sound right. #_# I looked on the internet and found that the manufacturer stopped making it because it was the model not passing the quality control tests due to some electrionic defect. OH MY GOD! How can I take this crap?
Steve sent the seller an email. She admitted that it was her mistake. Duh! She said we could either get a full refund or get a partial refund and keep the dictionary. Of course I am going to return it. Hate people being deceitful to me.
Now, I need to look for another one again... *sigh*

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