Bought a Motherboard and Price Was Dropped Immediately after by Almost 20% on eBay. Any Suggestions?

Ghosteye on 03/10/2018 - 20:38
Last edited 04/10/2018 - 08:56 by 1 other user

I bought a motherboard from eBay a couple of days ago using the US 15% discount coupon and got it delivered to my place today. The motherboard was initially 200++ and later dropped to 100++ by the exact same seller on the same listing.

Is there anything I can do to at least get the difference in amount back? I have not opened the box or the shroud yet. I thought of 3 options:

a) contact ebay and try to get a price guarantee coupon

b) contact the seller and try to get them to refund the difference

c) refund the motherboard and buy the exact same one again.

Are there any other options that others might have had success with? Have you encountered similar situations such as mine? What did you do? Am I out of luck?

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  • [Deactivated] on 03/10/2018 - 20:49
    +12

    Would you be offering to pay an additional $100, if your motherboard initially cost $100 and was relisted by the seller at $200?

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    Yeah, thought so. There's your answer.

    • Ghosteye on 03/10/2018 - 20:57
      -6

      I probably would if i thought the price was going to go to 300 lol

  • Car-la-la on 03/10/2018 - 20:51
    +1

    Move on, life's too short.
    You were obviously happy with it for the price at the time - deal's done.
    if the price had gone up would you have been happy to pay more for it?

    • Ghosteye on 03/10/2018 - 20:55

      True, the fomo feeling feelsbadman. I was watching this mobo for about 2 weeks as well, and decided to pull the trigger on the ebay 15%

      edit: it just seemed so coincidental that the price drop coincides with me buying the mobo

      • [Deactivated] on 03/10/2018 - 21:48
        +3

        Welcome to life.

      • ChillBro on 03/10/2018 - 23:52
        +4

        Let us know when you buy property.

  • dcep on 03/10/2018 - 22:06
    +2

    d) post as a deal to share with other ozb even when you've missed out

    • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 00:06

      the mobo is way below minimum stock levels, and it's last gen stuff

      • [Deactivated] on 04/10/2018 - 04:15

        Then that explains it, they are trying to move the board by gradually reducing the price until it is sold out. Clearance prices are hit and miss, buy now or risk it not being there tomorrow.

        • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 17:09

          yeah, I just found it odd that they were lowering the price by 20% increments… normally it would be in 10% increments

  • takutox on 03/10/2018 - 22:21
    +14

    Credit card chargeback, file a police report and claim travel insurance

    • blitz on 04/10/2018 - 00:10
      +1

      Also ACCC, a Current Affair and Broden.

  • rompastompa on 03/10/2018 - 23:36

    I'm pleasantly surprised you didn't call them a scammer ;)

    • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 00:02
      +4

      its a mistake on my part, no one is getting scammed here

  • Archi on 03/10/2018 - 23:43
    +1

    Try this…

    https://pages2.ebay.com.au/Best_Price_Guarantee

    • Take screen shot and copy link of cheaper item
    • start chat with eBay consultant on the above link.
    • tell them what happened and if you are lucky.. you'll get a credit back +5%

    If you do you know where to contact me to thank me.

    Credit to @jimmywong
    (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/405758）

    • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 00:09

      I just got off the chat with the ebay rep, basically the price guarantee only covers items from competitors, not items from ebay's own native ecosystem.

      I'm not sure why they pointed me in the direction of the ACCC though, felt like that was overkill.

      • Archi on 04/10/2018 - 00:27

        OK.. didn't know that.

        I did it a few days ago for the new gopro7. The business I claimed it against had an eBay store as well but the lower price was from their website.

      • HighAndDry on 04/10/2018 - 10:47

        Does the seller also have a brick and mortar shop, or their own online shop, that shows the lower price?

        Failing that, maybe just talk to the seller about getting store credit as a courtesy. Since they obviously made money from you…

        • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 17:21

          Nope, I think another person just snapped up the last one at the better price… I guess I'm out of luck

          • HighAndDry on 04/10/2018 - 17:22

            @Ghosteye: Ah sucks. Seller not in a generous mood? Drop them a message - worst thing that happens is they ignore you.

            • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 18:24

              @HighAndDry: yeah, I dropped them a message. Haven't got a reply yet

  • Some Human on 04/10/2018 - 01:02
    +2

    Time travel is probably your best option.

  • Donaldhump on 04/10/2018 - 07:19

    I bought a house in 2007 that dropped 200k in 1 year, life sucks somerimes

    • godofpizza on 04/10/2018 - 07:26

      how much is the house worth now?

      • Quantumcat on 04/10/2018 - 09:02

        -100K

      • Donaldhump on 04/10/2018 - 09:04

        1.8 times what i paid

        • HighAndDry on 04/10/2018 - 10:49

          80% over 11 years comes out to be around 5.49% annualised. Not great, but considering interest rates these days and the fact that it's property (so pretty safe over long timeframes), that's not exactly a bad return either, and that's not even accounting for rental income that should be at least another few percentage points per year. So you're looking at 7-8% annualised, which is a great return still, even through the GFC.

          The rule is true - property is always a good investment long term.

          • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 11:52

            @HighAndDry: Isnt there high speculation the housing bubble will pop soon?

            • HighAndDry on 04/10/2018 - 12:43

              @Ghosteye: Yeah - but in the case of unclesnake, after he bought in 2007, the property market already popped once (the GFC), and managed to recover. Which will happen again. The property bubble will likely pop, maybe even soon, but there will be another bubble after that, and the long-term trend will still be upwards.

              You will make more money, and get higher returns, when buying low obviously (e.g. if unclesnake had bought during/after the $200k price drop, the ppty would be something like 2.0x purchase price now) but ultimately it's a matter of how much money you make, not whether you'll make money.

          • dcep on 04/10/2018 - 22:27

            @HighAndDry: don't forget , we actually dodged the 08 GFC with mining boom that pumped up our housing further which later leads to construction boom resulted in overdrive mode

            it won't be that pretty this time round

  • [Deactivated] on 04/10/2018 - 08:30
    +2

    I can confirm that motherboards are a poor long term investment. You just got there a bit quicker.

    • Ghosteye on 04/10/2018 - 17:22

      I was actually going for a ryzen X370 board because they're not that much different from the X470 boards, so they're pretty future-proof to me, I was just looking to scoop one up at a really good price.

      • [Deactivated] on 04/10/2018 - 19:44

        I'm currently going through some machines I assembled around 2002. I think I paid $425 for one Abit motherboard. They all lasted to now when some power supplies are on their last legs or the cases started oxidising….so now I'm old fancy motherboard heavy. I almost got the LianLi plastic aquarium case at the time :p

        It's kinda fun now being able to overclock/volt them without caring like I used to.

        To answer the next question, reliable XP boxes circa 2002 are useful for microcontroller dev and plenty fast enough. Well that's how I justify hoarding them, anyway.

        God, ping of death and remote shutdown used to be fun at work back then.

  • iTzTeFish on 04/10/2018 - 09:57

    Dude was probably waiting for a sale to drop his price

  • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 07/10/2018 - 18:10

    $100 could be the difference between a gtx 1050ti and a 1060. Refund that and get it cheaper!

    Obviously make sure there isn't a craxy restocking fee or something. If it ends up only being a $50~ difference than I'd agree it's to much effort.

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