Yes agreed. I also decided to return. If flash back to china ROM can possibly cause the region lock issue. Then waste more time down the road.
How is your refund process going? Did seller receive your parcel back yet or did he dispute the return? Did u get full refund back yet? I'm just scared the seller pull stunt, since u did mention they seem to know the tricks of shopee system.
refunded liao
-when i first chat with seller regarding this issue, he ask me to wait a while for the system refresh. they said they can do it in the back end.
-then next day, tell me to wait for their boss come back from malaysia
-then next day, tell me send technician down to check the phone
-then 30mins later, said technician busy, counter dispute me.... ask me to go some hotel to re-flash the phone or wait for replacement.
They sounds inconsistent.....
They don't have a location...
They don't know what product they are selling...or maybe they aware of the issues but act blur. e.g oneplus 11 region lock.
They trying to bypass shopee protection.......i not sure whether will honour afterward....
They got multi shops....then fake reviews...... u can see the same reviewers across the shops.
just don't type things in favor to the seller when u chatting with them, then shopee can initiate the return and refund for u.
the whole return and refund process took about 9 days.