Review for user koretex from Eulogy

  • Eulogy (12)

    Bought a "fixed" PS3 from koretex. Wish I hadn't, as it wasn't fixed, pieces are missing, and seller refuses to resolve issue.

    Eulogy was the Seller on July 23, 2011 HardForum

    Koretex listed a repaired, working Playstation 3 system for sale on HardForum. After speaking to him via PM system, we agreed on a deal and I paid for the item.
    Koretex DID ship out the unit in a timely manner, and packing was done very well. This is the last "good" thing that I can say about my transaction with him, however.
    After receiving the unit and getting time to set it up and sit down and play it, I began running into issues. The PS3 would power off with the red light flashing after the harddrive light blinks a couple of times. I PM'd koretex and he said I was overheating it. The PS3 sits flat, on granite tile in an open setting. I doubted that it was overheating, but I obliged and tried to work with that.
    The PS3 functionality had gotten worse. After a day it finally got to the point where it will no longer even power on. I PM'd koretex again looking for help and ideas. After speaking to him over several PMs, he expected me to pay additionally to do the "YLOD" fix, and replacing missing pieces that he neglected to put back after he repaired it. I'm somewhat certain that these missing pieces (thermal pads) are somewhat contributing to the instability of this PS3.
    The thermal pads can be clearly seen in this video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePnCFKionE&feature=fvwrel
    Around the 4:45 mark - the two black thermal pads. Gilsky even goes on later to mention these, as they are removed. As can be clearly seen by this entire series of videos, there is absolutely no way for these to just "go missing in shipping" as the seller tried to tell me.
    After finding that these were missing, I let koretex know and asked that he refund my purchase and I will send the PS3 back. koretex said no to this and that I was simply out of luck on this deal - he did not counter offer or meet me halfway, even. Instead, he chose to continue saying that I am overheating the system, and that I need to go out and replace the thermal pads that he neglected to put back on. I don't understand how I am overheating a system that will not even power on, or why a seller would not disclose that they forgot something as important as that, and also why a seller would expect any buyer to pay for more money for their own blunder. I have resorted to opening a PayPal dispute and hope that will get me my money back.

    All in all, I am extremely dissatisfied with my dealing with koretex.

    August 17, 2011