[sdiy] Re: [AH] Dillemma: bad buyer, advice needed

[cheater cheater]

You are in no way obliged to return the money.

D.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Joey Gonzalez <synthesizeme at gmail.com> wrote:
> I sold an mks70 to a guy outside of eBay for $750. I sold it to help fund a
> trip to Canada. A day after I emailed the buyer to let him know that I would
> not be able to ship until I returned from Canada on the 22nd
>
> The buyer agreed to this, and said it was no problem.
>
> Fast forward to yesterday, the buyer posted an item not received dispute on
> paypal. I had not heard anything from him so I emailed wonderin what was up.
>
> He told me he needed a refund because he needed the synth earlier, and
> bought another one local, and is now broke.
>
> I told him that refunding is not an option, that our original agreement
> stands for shipping after the 22nd, and that the dispute is invalid due to
> those terms.
>
> The way I see it is that he could have bought 20 synths, a new car, and a
> house, and it wouldn't have an effect on our transaction because he agreed
> to the delayed shipping date.
>
> He is also posting that the synth has to be broken because of my
> unwillingness to refund.
>
> I have all of the emails saved from beginning to end.
>
> So what I'm asking is: am I wrong to not refund this guy?
>
> I feel as if his method to get the refund is shady behavior, and that he
> should have contacted me first. Combined with his reporting that I must be
> selling something broken, an the fact that our original agreement has not
> been broken, I don't feel inclined to give him a refund at all.
>
> I have a perfect eBay feedback score and good references on both this forum
> and vintage synth explorer, so I think that should be enough to prove that
> I'm not trying to offload a broken item.
>
> I think he's just trying to screw me put of money.
>
> What would you guys do?
>
>
> Via mobile
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