Same here. I paid my money for 4GB, but got 1GB.

I would actually consider settling for 2GB if e-britain would quickly give a decent refund, but 1GB?!?!?! And he has been slow in responding to my Dispute with him.

Hopefully when there are enough of us filing a Item Significantly Not As Described complaint, then we might stand a better chance of raising the awareness to eBay. In the mean time, do not leave feedback yet. Leave it to the LAST MOMENT and drop a negative feedback on them!!

STAY WELL AWAY FROM e-britain and his 1GB Players!! DO NOT BID, DO NOT BUY!!!

Unfortunately I have just bought one of these MP4 players for my daughter for Christmas from Ugoogle or whatever their name is on ebay..
I don't want to tell my daughter Santa Claus sent her a dud !

How can I test it to see if I have been dudded?
Can I do it by opening the back cover?

Can someone please give me directions on how I can do it without formating the whole thing? I am knew to this and I would appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks

PKXXX check a few pages back and there is a description of how to check for the real capacity. You can either try filling it up and seeing where is gets corrputed, formatting it and seeing the real cap, or pop the back and check the chip model number against the manufacturer list. Use google to find that.

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Just a follow up on ugoogle. His feedback is currently getting smashed right now and he has turned the feeback comments to private so unfortunately people can't see the warning messages.

Also, he's sending out unpaid item disputes for the rare individuals whom he has had to issue a refund.

I'll be thumping this one back as well.

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Thanks Stoli40 for the heads up about the Unapid Item Disputes. I suppose I should exepct one to come my way at some point.

An update of my situation with e-britain:
e-britain has finally given me a response over the Dispute I opened. He says they are friendly, and asks me to email him and close the dispute. This is a bit laughable, don't you think? He says that they are a "friendly" company. If indeed they were "friendly", they would not have cheated me, and cheated any of you!

I am prepared to escalate this to a claim, and I have you guys as witnesses - any money I get back from e-britain I am donating to the running of mympxplayer.org.

Furthermore - I sincerely apologise for these embarrassing acts of certain people in Hong Kong and China. Not all vendors from/in Hong Kong are like this.



STAY AWAY FROM e-britain of Tronfy Technology Co. LTD., uk@ebuyhk.com DO NOT BID, DO NOT BUY!

Strummin'Ronin, I think the reason they post an "Upaid Items Dispute" after a refund is because it is the only way to get their eBay commission fee back and it is a final swipe at the buyer who caught them out.

And you are right not all the HK and China vendors are crooks. It is a shame that the scammers make buying a player like Russian Roulette.

Thanks tadad1- looks like we are getting somewhere:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/fvf-abuse.html

Can't deny that fighting these douchbags legally like we are doing now can be dangerous tho... I must admit I am scared of whatever organised crime people that are involved with these scams.



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Other Ugoole e-britain victims on a photography forum. May be we could join forces?

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=183345

What i would suggest to those who received an unpaid item strike after a refund, to file a complaint with eBay.

It is under the eBay policy to remove the strike filed by sellers if you can provide proof of payments, email communications (eg refund), etc.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/tp/appeal-upi.html

Don't let the sellers get away with it. Your accounts might also be suspended if you receive too many strikes.

I've emailed ebay and about the situation and they basically said there isn't anything they can do until the actual strike is given.

However getting it removed shouldn't be a problem as proof of payment and even the refund will be on your PayPal record. So I'm not that worried about it, I just don't want him getting any selling fees back.

Also, I tried emailing him direct to send a rocket up the appropriate orifice but it got batted back as no longer registered. Looks like he might be running for the hills.

If he does reappear under a new name and someone picks up on it, please let everyone know.