I signed up for a trade-in with them, mainly cause Samsung was offering a good rebate for trading in my 3 year old S10e.

Based on my self-diagnostic rating, the device value was deemed to be RM325. However, when the rider came to inspect the phone, he assessed the device value to be RM174.

1) Two micro scratches on the top right of the screen. I'd never noticed these before, but they were there and visible under direct sunlight at a certain angle. Okay fine, agree with them.

2) Device chassis classified as "dented". Their rating is either Flawless, Minor Scratches, Major Scratches or Dented. They classified my phone body as dented, based on some vague explanation that it is because the phone was dropped. But the edge was smooth to the touch. I couldn't accept it is dented. Video below.

3) Device battery classified as "bloated". This seemed like a joke to me. The guy said that the back of my phone was ever so slightly loose, so that means the battery is bloated. Mind you, I never had any overheating issue, and other than normal degradation over time, never an issue with my battery. Video below.

For both 2) and 3), I have the video below. Appreciate if you could let me know their assessment was fair. I decided to go ahead with the trade-in due to additional Samsung rebate. But I just feel kinda unhappy and am tempted to report them to the authorities for unfair/misleading trade-in practices. In my opinion, bloated battery and "dented" device condition are not subjective things, these should be very obvious. So I feel hard done by.

Dented Edge: https://streamable.com/iyixgu

Bloated Battery: https://streamable.com/nbjupr

that's obviously dented and obviously the battery is bloated as well.

instead of calling ppl a joke you really have to reflect on yourself. The rider provided a fair assessment in my opinion.

Value is not grade A and B

This post has been edited by PJng: May 9 2022, 03:37 PM

s10e for rm325? i would rather sell at garage sales can get atleast double lol

Yes but there is additional rebate of RM400 from Samsung, and an instant rebate of RM200 at the point of order. So total RM200 at point of purchase, and RM574 at point of trade in.

To me it wasn’t obvious, so appreciate your comment clarifying that the assessment for their rider wasn’t off.

Mind explaining how you can proclaim it is so obviously dented and bloated, please?

This post has been edited by contestchris: May 9 2022, 04:06 PM

I just watched the videos.. battery bloated looks obvious.
dented i cant say but looks like the corner is not perfect

that's not a scratch.. Google up what's scratch and dent. you will have hundreds of images for you to see and compare the phones within this 2 category. hairline scratches are considered as scuff marks. fyi.

bloating in electronic device is not only on phone. it happened in laptop and other devices.. the video you shown is clearly the bulge at the back of the phone which causes the cover to popup and wobble. again a simple googling may help.

i won't dare to sell my device claiming its just a scratch and battery as tip top condition. that's for sure.