cost of returning item

sohappy

i bought a internet tablet from china (€138) and it arrived broken, the seller offered me 100 and i refused it,I let it run through pay pal and esclated it to a claim when the seller wouldent reply, paypal have made a decision that i should get a full refund but i have to return the item at my own cost, the weight for shipping is less than 1.5kg and looking at anpost it will cost about €66, should I be liable for the return shipping? paypal dont have a facility for me to argue the case further, they want me to supply tracking info in the next 10 days or the case will be closed,Do I have any options?

the groutch

hate you say it, but I think you're screwed no matter what you do.

this is the part of the risk of buying from china, every so often you'll get scammed.

jor el

sohappy wrote: »

Do I have any options?

No, and you should have taken the first offer of €100. If you decide to return the tablet without a tracking number you will probably get nothing back at all.

sohappy

A lesson Learned me thinks...

allthedoyles

Your username makes me so laugh !

You should have accepted the €100 and put it on a deposit for a decent tablet locally .
If you had known that it was going to €66 to return , I presume you would have accepted the €100.

Have you tried opening a dispute through the Chinese website ?

It is true that you are responsible for return shipping , but check again with Anpost , it may be cheaper and maybe should go package post ( registered of course )

I see this as your options :

1. keep tablet and get it fixed
2. keep it and sell it ( as needing repairs )
3. send it back and get refund through Paypal
4. Open dispute through purchase website

Online shopping is a real learning experience , and it is becoming more renowned , that electrical items from the Far-East can be dodgy .

sohappy

Update... went to the post office and the postage was only €20.95 to china for registered post with a tracking number. I still cant work that one out ,the only registered post in the rates section on the website is National only!
so im a tenner better off than I would have been if I had accepted their orignal offer, still down 20 yo yo's on the deal though,
Think Before You Buy !!

A Dub in Glasgo

and hope that the tracking works otherwise Paypal will not refund

TouchingVirus

No idea where you got €66 from. The rates calculator on the An Post site says €27

Anyways, you'll know for in future