ive bought a 4GB (turns out to be a 1GB) mp4 player from mensan666 from ebay. so far there denying they sell anything less than 4GB players. heres some of the responses:
Dear cypher007_uk,
Hello,
Yesterday I sent a mass email to all my previous buyers informing the software
issue. Today I was surprised to see that I got 800+ replies and over 90%
of the emails have serious misunderstandings on what I said. I sent the brief
message out on the assumption that my buyers have general knowledge about
computers and electronics, which I was apparently wrong. Sorry about that
and in view of the confusions created, I am writing this email to explain
further again and give you more details. For those who understood what I
said may just delete this email.
To clarify here, the MP4 player you will receive or have received is in FULL
working condition and the bundled CD software issue does not need to be rectified
as this is NOT a problem at all.
What you got (or will get) is a software package containing many useless
applications and 2 of them were found to be not fully compatible so you are
advised not to use them. The 2 incompatible applications are useless for
the player and I just warned my buyers not to run them. If you bought graphic
cards, motherboards etc before you probably encountered similar situations
before - the package usually comes with lots of useless applications and
some are not just compatible with the model you bought, and some of them
won't install at all. They just put as many applications as possible in a
CD so that the same CD can be used for a wide range of products. In your
case, please simply do not use 1) the firmware upgrade tool and 2) the disk
tool that come with the package. The ONLY application that is required by
your MP4 player is the AMV conversion tool and this application just works
fine. You may just ignore ALL the rest. Please note that all OEM MP4 players
and some brand name players like Samsung, Casio, etc MP4 use the SAME software
package as it is the ONLY software package available that contains the AMV
conversion tool. The package just contains too many applications but not
all are useful or compatible.
So will they corrupt your player? For those who ran the firmware upgrade
tool, do not panic. Unless you actually used the firmware upgrade tool to
upgrade the player with something downloaded from the internet, your player
should be fine - just running it won't corrupt your player. And for those
who ran the disk tool, the tool simply fails to operate and ends up with
an error message. Unless you spend several hours drilling on them to make
them run, they won't corrupt or affect your player in anyway. That the two
tools will corrupt the player in the worst case said in my last email is
a very conservative statement to discourage buyers from drilling on these
two useless applications. I can't take the risk that some buyers spend days
and nights getting these two incompatible applications running and eventually
destroy the firmware etc. Sorry for the confusions.
I hope this email will clear up all technical misunderstandings. Please note
that the player you received (or will receive) has the best quality available
just as advertised, and the player shares many identical component with other
brand name players like Samsung and Casio. If you understand this email you
do not need to reply. Thank you very much and sorry again for the confusions
caused by my overly brief explanation.
Best regards,
mensan666
so after this bullshit i got fed up and started a disputed item procedure. his response:
I did reply to all your emails and your last email was sent just a few hours ago at mid-night. I received over 200+ emails everyday and usually you will hear my response within 24 hours. I am a victim as well and that fraudulent seller shinybeast failed to compete with me and tried to defame me. If your player is defective I can of course offer you a partial refund and reship you another earphones. However this resolution isn't offered by Paypal and since you opened a dispute here the only solution will be returning the item to me for a refund. Please advise what to do next and work out a solution together.
what should i do next?
p.s. his paypal account name is:
Forest Scorpion,
raptorred1959@yahoo.co.uk
hope that helps other people avoid this seller.