Conman: The ratcatcher

[bighit]

Back on topic, I wonder if situations like this might be alleviated if, say, it was a forum rule that if the buyer notified the seller within X (7, 14?) days of receipt (confirmed via tracking) that the item was defective or not as described, that the seller would take it back with a full refund, or lose sales rights.

Difficult to administer, and I’d suggest the buyer pays all the PF48 return costs to avoid an outbreak of “try it and see” or other forms of “buyer’s remorse”, but perhaps worth thinking about, even if only to decide against?

Gary C tried to offer an escrow service where the item was sent to him and the money to him. That way there was no issue of the money or item not arriving .

It may have worked if the person offering the service could check it was working as claimed but it seems a lot of work but it could save incidents like this or worse.

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Gary C tried to offer an escrow service where the item was sent to him and the money to him. That way there was no issue of the money or item not arriving .

It may have worked if the person offering the service could check it was working as claimed but it seems a lot of work but it could save incidents like this or worse.

Though a very good idea from Gary and a very generous offer I can still see a few problems with it.

If an item was sent to an escrow service and then posted on wouldn't it incure twice the postage costs ?

To be sure the article posted to the escrow service was as described then the parcel would have to be opened, checked for operation and then repackaged --- there have been instances where a different gun to that described has been allegedly been sent (Claud).
Another slight problem is that everyone's perception of condition is different, my idea of mint condition might not be the same as yours, so even if the escrow service opened the package and checked it out the new owner could still not be happy.
The escrow service would also have to cross reference each item checked with the description given in the sales section advert.

It's a minefield.



It's much easier to just ban anyone doing a dodgy sales deal --- in reality there aren't that many problem deals on here.




All the best Mick