TMS99110 on Ebay.

[Jimhearne]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175524278894

 

Genuine ?

The picture looks very similar to Stuarts.

I've ordered one to find out.

Ebay says it's a supplier i have bought from before though i can't remember what.

 

Jim

 

[Stuart]

I've had various items from this seller coming up in my searches recently, usually with a title prefix "Inquire price", and all wanting £480 postage ... ;-/

[Jimhearne]

They changed the price to £8.39 after i asked.

Fingers crossed it's real.

 

Jim

[+dhe]

I'm sure, it's a real chip! 😃

[Jimhearne]

I guess that was too good to be true, just had the following message:

 

 

Dear buyer

I am so sorry to bother you and please forgive me, thanks so much.

we only have 5pc in stock of this item.

Our warehouse workers found that the outer packing of the item you ordered was damp when they checked the warehouse. Our engineers found that the item was damp and It was in very bad condition.We can't send a faulty item to you.

Dear buyer, our warehouse worker says that there will be arrivals for this item in about 7-8 weeks.
As soon as they arrive,we will contact you immediately.
Is that ok we give your mony now?

If you have any question or need any help, please contact me directly. I am sure all problems can be resolved by our cooperation.
Please don't open cases or leave any neutral or negative feedback which has very bad impact to my store.
We will give you a big discount for the future business.

If you need any other item,please tell me the exact MODEL you want and we will give you best price.

 

I asked why the picture on the auction was not of the real item.
I also asked them for a picture of the damaged chips as maybe i could refurbish them, i bet they don't send one.

 

I've had something very similar to this before.

 

Jim

 

[Jimhearne]

As expected:

 

 

dear buyer

thanks for your letter

i am relly sorry this items have been sent to original factory

because we can't sell bad items to buyer and we need to solve the problem at the first time

so if it is ok for me to give your mony?

As soon as they arrive,we will contact you immediately.

kind regards

 

I looked back in my emails and this company did almost exactly the same thing when i tried to by some TMX9909NL chips from them.

[Jimhearne]

As expected:

 

 

dear buyer

thanks for your letter

i am relly sorry this items have been sent to original factory

because we can't sell bad items to buyer and we need to solve the problem at the first time

so if it is ok for me to give your mony?

As soon as they arrive,we will contact you immediately.

kind regards

 

I looked back in my emails and this company did almost exactly the same thing in 2020 when i tried to buy some TMX9909NL chips from them.

Not sure how doing this benefits them if they just end up giving a refund. 

Maybe shows a demand for the parts and then they go and make fakes of them.

 

Jim

 

[+Ksarul]

18 hours ago, Jimhearne said:

As expected:

 

 

dear buyer

thanks for your letter

i am relly sorry this items have been sent to original factory

because we can't sell bad items to buyer and we need to solve the problem at the first time

so if it is ok for me to give your mony?

As soon as they arrive,we will contact you immediately.

kind regards

 

I looked back in my emails and this company did almost exactly the same thing in 2020 when i tried to buy some TMX9909NL chips from them.

Not sure how doing this benefits them if they just end up giving a refund. 

Maybe shows a demand for the parts and then they go and make fakes of them.

 

Jim

 

I thought this sounded familiar too--they did the same thing to me in 2020 with the TMX9909s I tried to order from them. I think they've had so many negative responses from the US that they refuse to ship here now. . .

[Jimhearne]

And the UK then, if so why don't they just exclude UK and US instead of all the messing about.

They had already sent me a tracking number before they told me the chips were damaged, not sure how that works.

At the listing is still up.

I know some Chinese people , i wonder what would happen if they ordered one.

 

Jim

 

[+acadiel]

10 hours ago, Ksarul said:

I thought this sounded familiar too--they did the same thing to me in 2020 with the TMX9909s I tried to order from them. I think they've had so many negative responses from the US that they refuse to ship here now. . .

Yeah, I see zero items by them.  I have to go to the UK site to see them.

 

[+Ksarul]

11 hours ago, Jimhearne said:

And the UK then, if so why don't they just exclude UK and US instead of all the messing about.

They had already sent me a tracking number before they told me the chips were damaged, not sure how that works.

At the listing is still up.

I know some Chinese people , i wonder what would happen if they ordered one.

 

Jim

 

Yeah, they sent tracking on the 9909s too--and when the tracking number data stayed in the originating city for almost a month, I asked what what was up. That was when they cancelled and gave a refund with the "damaged item excuse."