Now, today's videoisn't goingtobethemostentertainingintheworld, but I feltlike I neededtobringthistoyouguyshisattention, especiallyifyou're a regularselleroffitemsonline.
Now I'veboughtyou a fewscanvideosinthepastwhereby I buythingsthataredefinitelytoogoodtobetrue.
Andthenweunboxthemtoseewhatactuallyturnsup.
Today.
I'm comingatyoufrom a slightlydifferentperspective, theperspectiveoffthecellarthemselves.
So a whileago I soldthisonline, thislaptop, youmayrecognizeit.
I'veuseditin a coupleofvideosbeforethisLenovoyoungerStill, retailersknewforabout 6 £700 intheUK I solditfor a few £100 becausethat's what I paidforitonroughly a yearago.
Now, now, because I wasawayswitchingharddrivesfrommymainPCtothislaptoporspecificallytheSSD.
Whenever I wantedtotestgamesonthisthing, I leftmostofthescrewsmissingatthebacksthat I couldjustsimplypopthelidoff, replacetheharddriveandthen, youknow, runthegamesstraightonthissystem.
Ifever I wantedtotestoutwhich I'vedoneso a coupleoftimes.
However, before I soldthisonline, I gaveit a nicebitof a upgrade.
I bought a SamsungSSDfor a brandnewone, and I alsopulloftheoldscrewsbackintheirslots, soitwasreadyforthenextusertoenjoy.
I putWindows 10 onitonDDE.
Thesalewentthroughsmoothly.
However, I didnoticethatthebuyerwasin a bitof a rushwhenitcametoreceivingthislaptopas I receivedconstantmessages, eventhoughthetimeinwhichitsoldtothetimeinwhichyougotdeliveredwasonlytwoorthreedays.
Sowhen I sentmyself, I wassuretotakelotsofpicturesofit, as I dowitheveryitem I sellonline.
I tookpicturesofthebackpicturesofthefrontpicturesofthesaladsandtoldhimaboutthey'relittlecracksandblemishesthatwe'reallaroundthecasingofthelaptop.
Soabout a dayafter I arrived, I received a messagefromthebuyertellingmethatitwasn't bootingupandnothingtheyweretryingwasactuallyworking.
So I justthoughtthispoint.
PerhapstheychangedtheirmindsonTheywantedtosenditbackbecausetheyregrettedspendingasmuchmoneyastheydidon a laptop, ortheywantedsomething a littlebetter.
SpectNow, whenitcomesto a return, there's notmuchpointinarguing.
So I justsay, Okay, senditbackand I willrefundyouthemoneyassoonasitgetsbacktomeand I'vehad a chancetotestit, whetherit's workingorno.
Nowthisiswherethesortofdumbso I adorePettysideofthatpersonwhoboughtthisstartstoshowbecauseas I turnthecelland I'llshowyounow, infact, itwasinthisveryconditionwhen I sentit.
Therewerenoissueswhenitcameback.
Itdidn't lookanyscruffierthanitdidwhen I sentit.
Butas I turnediton, I noticedthat I wasreceivingthismessageonscreen, whichsays, Checkingmediaasyoucanseeupthatifit's gonnafocus a lotafter a while, itswitcheditselfofffornothingreallycameofthislaptop.
Itdidn't bootintotheoperatingsystematall.
OnAtthatpoint, I wasthinking, Well, okay, that's just a quickwindowsreinstallation.
Butthisiswherethingsgetsilly.
As I lookedattheback, I noticedthatthescrews I'vereplacedwe'remissing.
So I openeditupas I'llshowyounowin a sortofreconstructivemanner.
AnditturnsoutthattheSSTthebrandnewSamsungSSTthat I putinthisthingwasmissing, whichisjustridiculous.
So I immediatelymessagethebuyerandsaid, TheSSdayismissing.
You'veboughtthisandyou'vesentitbackwithoutthe S s D day.
PrettymuchharvestedtheSSToutoffthelaptoptokeepinhopeshavebeensendingthislaptopbacktomeandgetting a fullrefund.
Therefore, getting a freeSSDoutofthiswholesituation.
Now, I don't knowaboutyou, but I'm gonnanoticesomethinglikethatprettyquickly, especiallyif I'vegottoreinstallanoperatingsystemonit.
Sotheaudacityofthisbuyerisjustastounding, tobehonest, andit's quite a stupidthingtotryandgetawaywithnow.
As I mentionedbefore, thisisn't themostentertainingvideointheworld.
But I wantedtomakeittosortofmakeyouawarethattherearepeopleouttherewhoaregoingtotryandtakeyoufor a Fordifyou'resendingyouroldstuffonnine.
Sointermsofrefundingthebuyer, I haven't donesojustyetbecause I followed a complainttotryandgettheSSTbackfromthemortotryandgettheequivalentmonetaryvalueoffitrefundedtome.
I wouldadvisetakinglotsofphotosoftheserialnumbersasmanyasyoucan, evenifyoudon't putthemallinyourlistingjustsothatyou'vegot a personalcollectionofimagesthatyoucanreferto, shouldyoueverencounter a returnrequest.
Onething I usedtodowouldbetoput a littlemark.
I'm somewhereontheitem, perhapswith, like, a Sharpieorsomethingsomewherewherethebuyerisn't goingtosee.