So, last year, I ordered a laptop power adapter to replace the one which had simply worn out on my old computer. I found a reasonably inexpensive offer on an online store (the model I needed was somewhat uncommon) that shipped specifically to nordic/scandinavian countries, and ordered it.
The adapter, despite being the same as my old one for all intents and purposes, wasn't fully acknowledged by the laptop and kept giving me "the power supply is unrecognized: Battery charging may be slow" errors whenever I plugged it in. I soon noticed some odd deterioration inside the stress relief on the cable, where the cable insulation appeared to be simply flaking off. Not long after, the adapter suffered a massive structural failure and one of the internal wires just fell the fuck apart. It had neatly severed itself inside the insulation.
Since this was after just 6 months of the product's 1-year warranty, I contacted the supplier and asked about making a claim. What happened then was a 4-month-long hair-pulling extravaganza as their customer support said that they would get right on the case, before going completely dark for another 3 weeks or a month when I'd send a reminder email. After a couple months I managed to get the details necessary to pay them the shipping costs of sending me a new unit.
Even more months later, absolutely nothing has happened. When pressed, the customer service rep just said "Dear friend, we will send the replacement as soon as possible". That statement was repeated three times in as many months, after more than that many progressively more irritated reminder emails from me.
I eventually just escalated the claim via PayPal, telling them that the seller is clearly some scammy fuck selling shoddy bootlegs and running off with the money, which doesn't reflect nicely on PayPal. A week after escalating the claim, a replacement power adapter has arrived in the mail.
The adapter is of course a completely different model than the one I'd originally ordered, and since I've only just unpacked the damn thing, I can't tell whether or not it's going to fall apart provided I so much as plug it in... But even looking past the fact that it's a different item than what it's replacing (it's entirely possible that this thing is actually the legit product and of higher quality), the package is already pretty fucking funny.
If you thought bootleg Chinese engrish products are hilarious, how about a bootleg US customs form? Yes, the package had a nice big printed-and-pasted customs sheet attached to the outside wrapping, including all the weird typos and nonsensical formulation one would expect. Also a filled-out checkbox that was clearly printed onto the paper as an image, rather than actually being ticked by anyone. It also wasn't filled out properly, the parts of it that even could be filled out as specified.
Also note that the product was neither shipped from nor delivered to a location within the states.
Fuck this shit, man.
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