I consider myself a tech-savvy man, up to date and abreast with current affairs and going ons of the modern world. It never occured to me that one day I will cheated on by an elderly lady off Mudah. Here’s my story.
I’ve been looking to get my hands on a pair of Airpods for a while now. Since the MCO started, I got the chance to save up some money for the purpose. While brand new Airpods are still too expensive for my liking, secondhand units though are just right for my budget. Hence how I started to look for one on Mudah.my, a popular online marketplace. It was not long before I stumble upon a pair of brand new Airpods, never opened before in a sealed box. It was listed slightly below market price. The seller worded it as “brand new sealed Airpods, got from lucky draw”.
Naturally, I asked for the Airpods serial number and look them up online and they checked out. The warranty expired but it was a legit Airpods unit. Without further ado, we agreed to meet at her place at Uptown Residences near Damansara Utama. I can’t believe my luck. A brand new unopened Airpods in a sealed box, too good to be true right? Well sort of. The elderly lady arrived and before I can proceed to open the box, she demanded that I pay for it first. I said I would normally test the merchandise first before paying but she insisted saying that once I opened the packaging it won’t be brand new anymore and she’ll have to sell it for less then.
Despite my usually skeptical and careful self, I agreed to her reasoning and proceed to transfer the money via online wire. I spent a good 10 minutes trying to connect the Airpods to my phone but to no avail. Yes I plugged in the Airpods to a power bank the whole time but still no luck. When I declared to the lady that the Airpods could be faulty, she nonchalantly claimed that it can’t possibly be since it’s brand new from a sealed box. Yes it was brand new but the warranty has expired and it could actually be a dud unit. She refused to accept my reasoning and casually walked away from the condo lobby. Not wanting to create a scene in the lobby area right next to the security personnel stationed there, I decided to go home first, with heavy heart of course. Perhaps I could try a few other ways to make the Airpods connect, you know being the resourceful man that I am.
After dozens of articles read and YouTube tutorials watched, I come to the realization two days later that the evil bitch really did sold me a bricked Airpods. Whether she did it on purpose or not, I guess we’ll never know. Sure it’s sealed in a box but sealing a refurbished or old gadgets back in a box is not really that hard to do nowadays. Yes I tried to reason with her and demanded nicely that she returned my money back for the faulty Airpods but she just flatly refuse. What am I going to do? Round up my gangster buddies and beat her up in her condo until she returns my money? Err no, I’m still way too civilized for that. So I did the next best thing and reported the case to a consumer tribunal and made a police report at a nearby station. At the time of writing it’s been weeks since I made those report and I have not heard anything back from them. Either they didn’t think my case merits any investigation or they just file this under NFA I don’t know. Honestly, I don’t have much faith in the system or getting my money back.
A normal, decent human being would usually return the money if they sell a faulty goods. I guess you can say Chan Yin Tho is not a decent human being. I don’t know how she sleeps at night cheating innocent people out of their hard-earned income. Pretty soundly I guess because she has no soul. To add further insult to injury, I reported the incident to Mudah first in case they could make this evil lady return my money. Their answer? We can’t do anything sir because we only provide a platform for people to buy and sell. If you get cheated by any scums online, that’s not our problem. They didn’t even have the guts to blacklist or remove this evil scammer from their website. So remember, if you get cheated on Mudah or I guess Carousell as well after this, don’t bother to report to them. You can basically go around and murder people you find on Mudah and they will wash their hands off the case. They simply don’t give a shit about their customer’s welfare.
And of course if you stumble upon a Mudah seller by the username Wish Wish or Chan Yin Tho (mobile number 016628764*), stay the hell away from her. Good thing I decided to wire the money online, or else I might not even know her name. The moral of the story here, don’t pay for anything first even if the goods is “brand new” in a sealed box. Test everything first and make sure they really work. If the seller insist that you pay first, just walk away. This is a painful and somewhat embarrassing story to tell but I had to lay it out here for the good of the people and so that nobody else will be cheated by evil human beings like Chan Yin Tho again in the future.
Sony CMT-SBT20 review
I have always wanted this micro Hi-Fi set. When I was small, I remember my uncles having one of these radios in their homes. I played around with them and the sound that they made was really sweet. But micro Hi-Fis, especially those from Sony are never cheap. At least cheap in my definition. Even when I can afford them in these past few years, they were not top of my priority. There’s so much I can do or spend on 300 ringgit. Until last week that is. I got myself this sweet baby for cheap, secondhand.
The sound was just as great as I remembered them. No cassette players of course but there’s still CD player, USB playback and Bluetooth. Strangely enough, I can never get my iPhone or iPad and most of my Android phones to connect to this radio’s Bluetooth. Only my Pixel 3 with NFC does. As I get most of my music from Spotify or a bunch online radio streaming sites, having Bluetooth connection is vital. If I ever sell my Pixel, I’ll have to get one of those Bluetooth audio receivers to listen with this radio. Just like all previous radios that I have in this house, I can never get good enough FM reception indoors. The FM tuner on this is useless. And CDs? Whoever got those nowadays?
Although there’s much cheaper models and brands out there with similar quality, I will always choose Sony. And that concludes my short and sweet review of my new favourite micro Hi-Fi set.
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