Same old story here Im afraid. Phoned Paypal, and he told me that it has either been dropped or someone has tried to open it. Apparanetly the red/green flashing light means that the internal anti-tamper device has been activated. Now heres the funny part - the reader has NEVER been out of my possession so no one else has had access to it, it has never been dropped or maltreadted in any way since new, having been kept in a foam lined case that I keep all my other work related gadgets with me which I need every day, Has only been used a few times as most of my clients (Im a gas engineer) pay by BACS. Im sure that these devices have some kind of self destruct mechanism in them whereas they only last a certain amount of time. Also its always been kept in the see through plastic box it came in, so the story which PAYPAL suggested to me is very weak and pathetic, and quite frankly is an attck on my MENSA certified level of intelligence. Im really thinking about going to trading standards about this after reading all of the other posts here, Im not going to let this go after reading all these posts. I have today very reluctantly bought a V2 from PAYPAL and shall be monitoring this very carefully. Im sure that there is something in EU Law about warranties and things being guaranteed for a lot longer than a year. I shall be researching this also. Its not the money, but a matter of principle as I dont like being hoodwinked and had over by multi million corps. Watch this space. This is just the beginning !
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