Clearly a scam. They send dysfunctional products that don't match the item that was purchased and then offer to send the rest once you pay a little more. The disturbing part is that I completed the PayPal dispute and PayPal rejected my dispute because i wouldn't accept the discount for the legless laptop table they sent me.
I am the victim of a fraudulent transaction where I purchased a computer table stand online for Mother's Day and only received 2 of the 6 legs needed for it to actually stand up. When I explained this to the seller (a Chinese shell company with some random gmail address), they said I needed to send them more money and purchase additional legs, despite the instructions in the box indicating that for the device to work at all, you would need the 6 legs, all 6 of which are indicated as being attached parts of the included pre-assembled stand. Of course, this is absurd, since the "stand" is not even a stand with only two legs and could never even stand up, much less hold a computer. In fact, it could not even be marketed as anything more that a flat piece of particle board. No-one would ever purchase it online. It's a textbook scam. They promised as "deliver by Mother's Day" which makes you believe it's legitimate, and then they send it via the slowest cheapest delivery ( took 1 1/2 months to arrive). Then, when it does arrive, it is in need of additional purchases in order for it to work. No doubt if I sent them additional money I'd get maybe one or two of the legs and a request for more money for the rest. In reporting this to PayPal as part of their investigative review I included photos of the device and the instructions that show all legs included in the item purchased. I was surprised that Paypal simply decided to effectively defend the fraud. They suggested that since I didn't just accept the broken functionless device for half price (which makes no sense because with only two legs its has no functional value for anything) PayPal was rejecting my claim. Essentially PayPal was saying that because I did not support PayPal's decision that PayPal should profit some from this fraud, they were rejecting my claim....without even disputing that it was fraud. Is there a better way to have PayPal look at this than through their impersonal website?
