Do you have to disclose your serial number when selling your laptop

do you have to disclose your serial number when selling your laptop

eBay is a buyer's paradise efemino. You have little choice but to yield to a buyer's will, however unreasonable it may be.
Buyer fraud is rampant. This unfortunate state of affairs has turned away many legitimate sellers of used equipment in recent years. eBay is now dominated by vendors beyond the reach of US law selling $1.99 items with free shipping from Hong Kong.
I am hardly a big seller, but when I sell electronic equipment I include a photograph of the serial numbers or other identifying marks right in the listing. I also put tamper-proof seals on anything that can be opened, and a note in the listing explaining that tampered items will not be accepted for return. I have never had a single return or complaint, but I have no intention of competing with the myriad of bottom feeders offering lower prices. Consider adopting similar practices when selling used Macs. You can include a sceenshot of About This Mac showing its serial number, as well one of the case exterior, to thwart fraudulent attempts to swap logic boards.
Without incontrovertible evidence of buyer fraud, a complaint to eBay will go nowhere. Take back the MBA, switched or not, and absorb the loss. Refusing to cooperate will just get your PayPal account frozen so that you can no longer conduct business.
Isn't eBay wonderful?

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