- An active eBay account
- A brain
- Patience
Alright what you are going to do is your going to search for something on eBay lets say we want a SideWinder x8 Now you are going to search for the item on eBay.
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Then, find a seller with low amount of feedback. This usually means they are inexperienced.
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Then send them a private message stating something like this:
Quote:Hey, I recently saw online that Microsoft had made recalls on the [PRODUCT NAME] similar to the one you are selling. I'm not saying this product is affected but I would like to
be sure. Could you please send me the pid? So i can make sure it isn't
affected.
---Or---
Quote:Hey, I saw your selling a [PRODUCT NAME] and I recently saw online that many of the [PRODUCT NAME]'s have been recalled. I want to make sure it's not affected before I buy it so could you please provide me the PID so I can check it on the Microsoft database to make sure it's not affected? Thanks in advanced mate :]
Then just wait a few days, and they should reply with something like this:
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---Or---
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