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I recently sold a OQO Model 02 Ultra Mobile PC on eBay. A month after the sale the buyer emails me and tells me that the item does not work. I am saying tomyself, why would someone wait three weeks to check if something works. He tells me that he we was on a business trip to Singapore. I get a chargeback onpaypal for $620. I receive the OQO today and notice it says it was the Verizon model with the broadband built in. I am mad at myself for not noticing this andputting it on eBay. I could have gotten more money. I call Paypal to tell them the screen was scratched up beyond belief. I had send the OQO scratchless. Infact, it had a screen protector on it. I called the manufacturer to see if it still had warranty. It just so happens, that the serial number belongs to aperson named Ashram. It was bought December of 2007, not June of 2008 like my OQO was bought. The technical support person at OQO told me that he sold a cellphone on ebay, and a dsipute was filed against him because the phone did not work. When he received the phone, it was a totally different serial number.Someone had switched his working cell phone for an non working one. I check the specs, and I see I had just been frauded. I sent a Windows Vista OQO 80gb , theperson sent me a Windows XP Verizon Broadband, and 120gb. The person now has their $620 back and a working device. I called eBay again and told them whathappened. Now they know the situation. Furthermore, I filed a police report with the buyer's local police department and alerted USPS Mail Fraud division.
