OT.What about unhappy ebay buyers?, Tell me if this is fair Options

[james2]

So, a friend of mine had a 56 chevy 2 door post he sold on Ebay. car was pretty solid, a little rust, no motor or tranny.

So the car sells for$3250.00, a little low if you check the price of the cars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

The buyer sends his friend to look at the car and pick it up. The guy crawls over and under the car inspecting it, pays and hauls it off.

Couple days later the high bidder calls and says he is not happy with the car. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

My friend offers to repurchase the car, and is happy to do so because he had a local buyer offer more money anyway.

The High bidder doesn't want to return the car, but wants part of his money back. Or if he does return the car, he wants an additional $1000 for trailering it both ways.

My friend ask me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) and i said no way! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

He is afraid of bad feedback. I told him to take the bad feedback and see if ebay will take it off or just live with it.

What would you do?

[Rusty]

Once upon a time, I sold a 914 to a guy two states over. Graduating from law school, it was the first car he ever bought himself. Daddy (also a lawyer) came with him. I warned him about the loving care and maintenance that a 914 needed. The young man bragged "I don't fix cars myself... I fix them with my checkbook."

He was happy with the car when he left. But, being 25+ years old, it wasn't perfect. I volunteered to pay for the battery he said failed during the trip back home. (Riiiiight...) After that came a litany of complaints... chips in the paint, something loose, alternator failure, starter problems, etc... in retrospect, I think the voltage regulator was the real culprit. But, when I sold it, it was running like a top. In the end, I told him to KMA or sue me.

I think your friend has already been more than patient.

If someone buys a used car, they have an inherent responsibility to do their homework. Sometimes there are things a seller just doesn't know.

Unless it's a case of outright fraud... bad title... stuff like that... the buyer doesn't have a leg to stand on.

I'd tell the buyer to KMA. Can buyers even leave negative feedback anymore? I know the rules changed recently.