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mouse dongle fell apart in usb port

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I unplugged a wireless (not bluetooth) mouse dongle from a laptop's USB A port, and one part came out, leaving the rest in the port.  I had to remove the other parts with tweezers, which someone kindly lent me. These are the bits that came out, before the port was cleared:

is Amazon so-called "marketplace" really a marketplace?

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I previously wrote of how bad traders Amazon UK and / or PAM-TECH have failed so far to refund money paid for a product delivered physically damaged and operationally dead-on-arrival. I think Amazon claim that they are not party to such orders, merely operate a marketplace, and that the contract is between the buyer and purported seller. If this is to be true, then it should be clear at every stage not only that the seller is a separate entity, but also the exact legal identity of that entity.  This includes the jurisdiction in which the seller is based, the full business name and registered office address, or person's name and address if sold by an individual.  There must be enough information to serve legal papers on the seller, should a dispute arise.  If the seller is in a different jurisdiction from the main Amazon subsidiary purporting to operate this "marketplace" (in this case Amazon UK), then this should certainly be made clear to the prospective buyer. In this o