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  • Amazon Mouse 2, Refund Boogaloo

    Amazon Mouse 2, Refund Boogaloo

    After chatting with some people on Discord they convinced me to be bothered to return the broken mouse.

    They explained that since it was so cheap, the refund would be issued immediately.

    They were wrong, but wait a minute … £9.36?

    I paid £4.37, that was the whole point – get cheap mouse, and also why I couldn’t be bothered returning it.

    But if I’m being refunded more, well alright then. There’s a returns box in Morrisons, it’s quite good and must be a new thing. Last time I did a return it had to go to an Evri dropoff point.

    I bought this amazing device instead. It’s fine… The Bluetooth is laggy, but the wireless dongle works well.

    So to recap…

    • I got a £25 Amazon gift card code for trialling a new app for charging my car
    • I spent £4 of it on some e-waste
    • I returned the e-waste
    • I got more money than I spent as a refund
    • The mouse was probably someone’s old mouse that had failed, and they probably did a shady switch after buying a new one and returning it.

    I wonder who will get it next 😄

  • Cheap Amazon E-Waste Mouse

    Cheap Amazon E-Waste Mouse

    Wherein I thought I was getting a bargain mouse…

    For a bargain price, using the Amazon returns warehouse thing…

    But instead I received someone’s broken e-waste that has clearly been used quite a bit, before they returned it…

    This is clearly not a return that was barely used. Someones’s had this a good while. Look at the photos and the primary mouse button has a shiny bit on it. The pads on the bottom are scratched, and the little QA sticker has gone all transparent.

    So what went on? Did they buy a replacement and then put this in the box and return it for a refund?

    I’m not averse to second hand mice, I work in a school and have a functional immune system. A bit of finger gravy doesn’t scare me.

    No, the problem is the mouse doesn’t actually work. Plug the dongle in… Nothing happens. The PC sees a USB Mouse, but the mouse pointer doesn’t move.

    And for 4 quid it’s not worth my time and effort trying to return it. So you win this one Amazon, well done.

    Although I did buy this with a free £25 gift card I received for using the new charging app for my car, so… You lose Amazon 😄 It wasn’t my money in the first place.