SirKenin

It should be fine. I had a guy that sold me something off ebay saying it was a working pull, as is. It was DOA. I negged the guy, he negged back in revenge even though I paid on the spot, etc. I told him he can't sell DOA crap and hide behind as-is. He refunded me, we withdrew the feedback.

I sell stuff on there as-is too. It's all working, etc, when I sell it. I describe it exactly. I just don't want them blowing it up or changing their mind, then pawning it back off on me. In computers it happens a lot.

He's explained that it works fine. It probably does. He's changed the cooler on it, so it's hard to say whether the old one seized on him, he was overclocking it, he didn't like the look of the old heatsink, or whatever. He could have also damaged the chip when he changed it. There are variables, but just make sure you take a screenshot of the auction, then if it doesn't work when you get it you try and work it out with him. You can always neg him and file a Paypal dispute in a worst case scenario.

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PohTayToez

"As is" can really mean a lot of things. Sometime it means "I'm an idiot and I fried this part, so I'm going to try and shove it off on you and take your money". Sometimes it means "this doesn't function correctly, and I'm letting you know that so if you can't salvage it you don't take it back on me". Then again, it sometimes means "I know this part is good, but I'm not going to take a chance on you frying it and trying to get a refund".

When you see something like this, you gotta look at the seller's feedback, see if they've sold any other as-is items and what the buyers said, and then make a decision if it's worth the risk or not. Sometimes it is, sometimes it's better to pay more for something guaranteed working. I myself love the 'as is' descriptor, as I often am actually looking for broken computers and electronics on items, and 'as is' tends to make the auction go for less.

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