Just before christmas I decided to buy an iphone for my mother's birthday which was later in January. I shopped around and found the cheapest to be on Ebay US, despite being an Australian resident, I figured it would arrive on time and purchased [this](

It took almost 2 weeks to arrive, but it came yesterday (a week before my mother's birthday)...I decided to open it up to inspect the phone and found I had purchased a fake copy, despite no mention of a clone in the item's description.

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It arrived with a charger, spare battery and sylus. The front of the phone has a camera, which the real iphone 3g doesnt and as well as having flash next to the camera, the back says "Ti-Phone 3g Camera 10.2 MEGA PIXELS 16GB FLASH-LIGHT"...The OS, is incredibly slow and ugly like any chinese phone, complete with Tv tuner and dual sim. Also, after inspecting it...i found it has only 70mb rather than the promised 16gb.

I contacted ebay and they told me to make a paypal claim. After making a claim and ringing paypal, I was told that in the last week, there were a few similar claims against the seller and he has not responded to any of them. Despite the obvious scam, I cannot get a refund until I wait 10 days for the guy to reply or 30 days for the final decision.

I need the refund to atleast attempt to buy my mum another gift, is there anyway i can speed up this process? What happens if I don't get a refund in time? should I tell my mum what happened? will I look cheap?
user
Bought a fake iphone thinking it was real, need a refund within 7 days.
assistant
Just before christmas I decided to buy an iphone for my mother's birthday which was later in January. I shopped around and found the cheapest to be on Ebay US, despite being an Australian resident, I figured it would arrive on time and purchased [this](

It took almost 2 weeks to arrive, but it came yesterday (a week before my mother's birthday)...I decided to open it up to inspect the phone and found I had purchased a fake copy, despite no mention of a clone in the item's description.

[pic 1](

[pic 2](

It arrived with a charger, spare battery and sylus. The front of the phone has a camera, which the real iphone 3g doesnt and as well as having flash next to the camera, the back says "Ti-Phone 3g Camera 10.2 MEGA PIXELS 16GB FLASH-LIGHT"...The OS, is incredibly slow and ugly like any chinese phone, complete with Tv tuner and dual sim. Also, after inspecting it...i found it has only 70mb rather than the promised 16gb.

I contacted ebay and they told me to make a paypal claim. After making a claim and ringing paypal, I was told that in the last week, there were a few similar claims against the seller and he has not responded to any of them. Despite the obvious scam, I cannot get a refund until I wait 10 days for the guy to reply or 30 days for the final decision.

I need the refund to atleast attempt to buy my mum another gift, is there anyway i can speed up this process? What happens if I don't get a refund in time? should I tell my mum what happened? will I look cheap?
user
bought fake iphone 3g, broke within 3 days, i need a refund, can't get a refund until i
assistant