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            <title>[WTS] New 13&amp;quot; Macbook Pro i5 [SOLD]</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2710754</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Item(s):&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Macbook Pro 13&amp;quot; 2.5Ghz i5&lt;br /&gt;Model: MD101Z/PA&lt;br /&gt;Specs as standard to this model type:&lt;br /&gt;500GB HDD&lt;br /&gt;4GB RAM&lt;br /&gt;Intel HD4000 graphics&lt;br /&gt;Superdrive&lt;br /&gt;Bluetooth 4.0&lt;br /&gt;Wifi N/G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://store.apple.com/my/configure/MD101ZP/A' target='_blank'&gt;http://store.apple.com/my/configure/MD101ZP/A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Package includes:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One sealed unopened Macbook Pro box with all its standard contents including a Macbook, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Price:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;s&gt;RM3,299 (normal retail price RM3,699)&lt;/s&gt; SOLD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warranty:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Received as a gift.  Serial number not yet registered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dealing method:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Location:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KL/PJ&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Contact method/details:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Item(s) conditions:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New unopened box&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Picture:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you really need a picture of a box?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reason for sale:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t want it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Others:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I reserve the right to cancel this sale, or who I sell it to.</description>
            <author>theMadMan</author>
            <category>Garage Sales Archive</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:36:11 +0800</pubDate>
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            <title>Galaxy Nexus claimed to hv warranty by Hertz9511</title>
            <link>http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2346507</link>
            <description>&lt;b&gt;Forumer complaining against &lt;/b&gt;: hertz9511 or whoever sold the phone first without disclosing its problems and voided warranty&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Item being sold/bought &lt;/b&gt;: Galaxy Nexus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Original thread link&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2312260&amp;hl=' target='_blank'&gt;http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2312260&amp;hl=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Date of transaction &lt;/b&gt;: 19 April 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Details of the complaint&lt;/b&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The item was advertised as an AP set with warranty valid till next year (receipt dated 14-3-2012).  Turns out the warranty isn&amp;#39;t valid and I only found this out later.  There were a number of previous owners even though the phone is only 2 months old.  The two previous owners I contacted claim to not know anything about this issue.  As I bought it from hertz9511, I can only raise this dispute with him, though he may or may not be at fault.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the long story:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('b199bb6ff9d6b8a18592afc804de6ff3')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;b199bb6ff9d6b8a18592afc804de6ff3&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;When I first picked up the unit, I had a smooth transaction with the hertz9511.  However I did not notice a few things until later.  At that time of purchase, I figured that the warranty should cover any issues that crop up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a few days after when I started to use the phone extensively that I noticed the vibrate wasn&amp;#39;t working.  I then tried to get warranty from the receipt provided.  Turns out the shop doesn&amp;#39;t exist anymore.  After some investigation, I found that the shop keepers are now at another location.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I brought it there and they told me that the unit had previously been brought in for service before and had water damage.  Because of that, they would not be able to provide service as most standard warranty doesn&amp;#39;t cover water damage.  However, while they were showing me the insides of the unit to prove to me there was water damage, they discovered that the vibrate motor wires were disconnected.  So it was fixed FOC by them.  I was very satisfied with the service provided.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, the phone has no warranty and I think this should be reason enough for me to raise a dispute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next thing that I discovered is that the picture quality is consistently bad.  Rather embarrassingly, I was trying to trade it (with full disclosure) with a Galaxy S2 owner and he pointed this out to me.  The colors are desaturated and cloudy looking.  At first I thought that maybe because the Galaxy Nexus doesn&amp;#39;t have a good camera.  Later when I compared it with another similar-spec smartphone camera, it became obvious that it was worse.  I even tried out the Nexus units at the store and they don&amp;#39;t have the problem.  So this is probably due to the water damage, which was not disclosed to me.  &lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to seek advice from all of you on how to resolve this problem.  At this point I am not blaming anyone yet, but would like to use this thread to seek the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have talked to the seller, hertz9511, and he tells me he isn&amp;#39;t aware of these problems and had traded it from another seller, Dinodino123.  I also PM-ed Dinodino123 but he doesn&amp;#39;t remember who he bought (or traded) it from.  It may be possible that neither of them know of the problems with the voided warranty.  But I can only deal with hertz9511 since he&amp;#39;s the one that sold me the unit.  Perhaps he can add to this thread by calling out Dinodino123 who can then call out the person he traded it from?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To summarize:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) The shop offering the AP set has closed (found alternate)&lt;br /&gt;2) Vibrate motor not working (fixed, courtesy of the shop)&lt;br /&gt;3) Alternate shop won&amp;#39;t fix future problems because warranty isn&amp;#39;t valid due to water damage (unresolved)&lt;br /&gt;4) Bad camera (unresolved)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Any extra details&lt;/b&gt; : (will provide number and more details if needed later)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The details in the original &lt;a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2312260&amp;hl=' target='_blank'&gt;posting&lt;/a&gt; has since been removed, so I am taking it from my Google Reader cache:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('dbf32874463fcb362298e9ac10aeecf0')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;dbf32874463fcb362298e9ac10aeecf0&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Item(s): Samsung Galaxy Nexus (AP)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Package includes: Full Set&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Price: RM 1200 firm  &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt; thanks to human10 to tell me da market price &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warranty: 11 Month by AP company&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dealing method: Prefer COD, buyer can test kaw2 during COD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location of seller: KL, can COD at any Putra LRT Station&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact method/details: Call or SMS me at 0xx-xxxxxx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Age of item: bought on 14 March 2012, so its only 1 month and 4 day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Item(s) conditions: running on AOKP custom rom android 4.0.4/superb/tiptop/rooted but I can make it stock for u if u confirmed &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picture: Please see attachment provided &lt;!--emo&amp;:)--&gt;&lt;img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /&gt;&lt;!--endemo--&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Updated 15 May: Changed the subject of the complaint to Dinodino123 as hertz has responded and given his story.  I hope it is an appropriate change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the &lt;a href='http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2279866' target='_blank'&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; for Dinodino123&amp;#39;s original sale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER BEGIN--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilertop&quot; onClick=&quot;openClose('d4ba3312f761d581dd079880528e6aaa')&quot; style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&amp;raquo; Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... &amp;laquo;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;spoilermain&quot; id=&quot;d4ba3312f761d581dd079880528e6aaa&quot; style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER END--&gt;Item(s):samsung galaxy nexus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Package includes:full set&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Price:1400&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warranty:11months plus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dealing method:cod&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Location of seller:damansara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contact method/details:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Age of item:2 week&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Item(s) conditions:perfect&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picture:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reason for sale:looking for other gadget&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--SPOILER DIV--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Updated 17 May: Changing subject back to hertz on the advice of the moderator.</description>
            <author>theMadMan</author>
            <category>Dispute Resolution Corner</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:05:43 +0800</pubDate>
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