Dealing With Defective Online Purchase

What was your latest online purchase? Did you receive the product in good condition or a broken one?

Hello there, it’s been a while since my last post and I think this is the longest interval that I have not posted in this community. Well honestly I have to find other ways to earn since earning here is getting harder for me. Who else doesn’t need extra cash for necessities?

I have previously posted about building my website and yes I have been managing my own website for a couple of months now and I will make it as the main source of my passive income. So it's keeping me busy these days. To give you an idea of how to earn using your website just in case you are not aware of. One way is to add affiliate links to your post. You will just have to invest time, effort and some extra cash for the start then you will have your return of investment thereafter.

Anyway going back to the first question in my introduction, it has something to do with affiliate marketing. If you can recall my post a month ago with the title, How Good Are You at Selling? I mentioned that I am an affiliate with involve dot asia. All the products I am purchasing in online shops that are connected to it are generating commissions. So it is like I am having a cashback.

I purchased a Gaming headset for my son the other day. Unfortunately I was disappointed because I received a defective product. The left ear speaker is not working so I immediately message the seller. This is not the first time that I received a defective product. However I am not returning the item and asking for a refund because it will just take long. So I will just fix it since most of the products I am purchasing online are electronics related.

I am pretty sure that the issue could possibly be poor soldering with the wire on the speaker. This is almost the case with electronic products because these devices are mass produced by machines.  It may pass quality control but due to poor soldering the wire connections could be loosen in the shipment. My suspicion was true so I ended up re-soldering the detached wire upon checking the inside.

I can deal with such situation and be patient with the seller if they are sure that their products are all good before shipping it out to the customer. But one thing I can’t seem to move on was that I was expecting a branded gaming headset as seen in the video and pictures. To my surprise they gave me an unknown brand that I had never heard of before. I kind of like a victim of false advertising or misleading information.

But instead of feeling bad about the situation I just told the seller that they should consider my complaint as a lesson and they apologize.

Buying products online is convenient especially when your location is a little bit far from malls. You will have to consider the time of travel, traffic and health risk. Unless you have your own car it is less hassle for the transportation.  But in terms of the assurance that you will receive it 100 percent good, it is kind of troublesome. So you will have to consider checking the seller’s information, the feedback of the customers who already purchased the product, the location of the seller or might as well send a direct message to the seller to ask for information about the product.

Anyway I need to cut this post for now. I am just letting you know that I am not leaving this community. It’s just that things are not the same anymore for me here that’s why I am having more time in building my own website to monetize.