Boot footy DVDs on Ebay...a lesson learned..

[jammybastard]

Just a little warning for my fellow BS.com friends regarding Ebay auctions...

I paid for what I thought was a legitmate copy of the 2 DVD Zinidine Zidane 2004 documentary "“Como un sueño”".

Here's the auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6416270330&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
Here's what I got: http://www.tangymusic.com/Ebay/bootdvd/bootdvd1.jpg

I'm not an Ebay n00b, but this one fooled me. Now I'm trying to get my money back w/o any luck.

The lesson I learned, and that I'd like to pass along, is that I should've looked through all of his previous auctions, because if I had I would've noticed that he had sold copies of Juventus dvds in the past, though he was clever in not stating directly that he was selling copies.

As many have said before, when it comes to Ebay definately "Buyer Beware".

[Brook]

Thanks, definately something we should all take into account. Sorry for your bad luck.

[ToonUSA]

Has anyone heard of trader-online? They are selling official soccer shorts for 8$. I thought it was too good to be true, but they have a 98% approval rate, and I looked through all of the comments and they appear to be a legit business. The reason I was skeptical was because they are from Malaysia, but they must just get them cheap from a warehouse that makes them.

[jec1]

thanx i heard that to

[jammybastard]

I got my money back thanks to the might of PayPal.
It helped that I told them flat out that this was illegally copied materials.
I filed on Saturday, and four hours later I had a full refund and a nice note from the seller that if I wanted to stop bootlegging I should go after thebig boys and not the smalltimers like him.

Furthermore, only half the content on the DVDs played.