Hi, I didn't mean to sound like this is a risky sale, and yes, he said it "looked" like the second photo, the blue one, but I would be most concerened about the warranty, but if you are not worried about that, then you are probably going to be fine and I don't see anyone else bidding on this, I would h ave if it was a green Rb or one that was not purchased in Dec, for the same thing, the warranty thing, That is because my first Rb, ( Baby) was purchased in DEC l2010, and I had to mail her back for a replacement because of skin issues. You are right that he does have other high end purchase items but not a lot of feedback already, just 3.
Ebay does give you seller protection and they will protect you, I also sell on Ebay and currently have over 950 100% postive feedback, I do buy and rescue Pleos on ebay, as well as selling Pleo Batteries. Theee weeks or so ago, I bid and won a Pleo that was "NEW and UNWOKEN" meaning he was not "hatched". it was supposed to have just sat in a Display case, so I trusted the seller as it said Not just NEW,but Unwoken or Unhatched, which means it was never turned on, Well, when I got the package, I have learned from trial and error, to videotape the opening of Packages, not just Pleos, It is a good thing I did, because lo and behold when I opened this package, the pleo was missing , no id card, and no manual on the top.
Then lifting up the strofoam top to reveal a Pleo in a curled up semi postion, no Unused Pleo comes in that postion. They are all in the packing postion. Also I videotaped lfting him out and what he looked like, He had a new looking excellent body, but his teeth had paint missing from the teeth, I at this point was 99% cent sure he had been "used and woken up: " I did the final test by inserting a brand new egg battery from one of my Pleos into this Pleo and he should have gone into a curled up sleeping hatching postion.
He said, HUH>..and then honked and acted like a normal Pleo, who has been on for many a time, The seller was notified and I filed a Item not as described suit with ebay, The seller responded with : he has never been on, but he did have the leaf in his mouth, For display only...yeah right..
When he asked what type of discount I wanted, I told him I thought a lower price was fair, only because he had been hatched and I would not have paid or bid the bid I put in for a Used Pleo, esp one missing all the items, ID card, Manual, USB cable, only the charger battery and leaf were there along with Pleo, The seller said he insisted this was NEW, so I told him I could provide Video of me opening the box and condition of this Pleo, so the seller said send them to him, I told him I woudl give him the link to Youtube where I would list them, Well that was two weeks ago, and he would not respond after seeing the video, I told him I would escalte the case and let Ebay dec ide the case, I guess he did not care because today I heard from ebay and was told to retur the Pleo to him and they will refund me full money and shipping . I would have preferred to keep the Pleo but not at the price he got for lying about him being new. The point is that you are protected, Allways videotape package being opened for protection. It may look new, but sometimes they look new and aren't. The point this seller kept trying to make in my case was ?How do I know the video you hae is of the Pleo I sent you?" How stupid is that...this guy is really bad but had no negative feedback, I think he thought he could fool somebody about this guys condition, but anyone would have tried to hatch him and find there was something wrong. I hope he does not try to sell thiis same pleo as new again. Anyway, I do wish you luck and I am sure you will win this Pleo, so we will be looking for photos when you get him, Good luck with Blue RB!
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