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What would you do?

I sold a Meridian 508.24 to a member, and upon his first week of ownership, I called to see how he was making out with his new CDP. He told me that the unit skipped and because he did a lot of recording that he could not use it. He stated that he wouldn't feel right about selling something that he knew had a problem.
After hearing him out I agreed to take it back and see for myself what the problem was.I told him that he need to isolate the unit and he came back with, "I own B&W's 800 and I know what I am doing."
Upon getting the unit I played three hours on it with no problems. I knew it wouldn't skip but felt I needed to go the extra mile with him.
I called him and told him there was no skipping when played for three hours. He stated that he couldn't use it. I sent his money back and E-Mailed him and told him I wanted to leave him a negitive feedback. I have yet to leave him feedback.
I sold the unit and lost money on the sale.
There are many members out there that have alot of wisdom on deals like this. What would you do?

Thanks,
Gary

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jayctoy's avatar
jayctoy
1,962 posts
 
You know your CDP better than I, If I know the player is
in good shape and does not skip,and this buyer is claiming
is skipping,I will do the same, I will take it back and
prove it to myself.After three hours of no skip, then the
buyer probably just did not like it.I will call Him back
and tell Him the CDP did not skip for 3 hours of play,
And I would like to hear from Him, what kind a reaction
I will get from Him,Ussually you could tell if the person
is lying.If I find out,He is not honest, I will give Him
a negative feedback, and email all my audiophile buddies,
and warn them about this buyer.Audiogon a good place to buy
and sell,we dont need those, who are not honest enough to
accept the truth, I am sure If the buyer said,I am sorry
I did not like the sound,the outcome could have been
diferrent.My humble opinion.
bigjoe's avatar
bigjoe
680 posts
 
whats the matter with filing a dispute with audiogon that way you get to tell your story & the buyer gets to tell his side of the story.

mike
shoe
204 posts
 
Good question
If he paid to ship the unit back, personally, I would leave it alone.
In one sense you are fortunate that the unit came back in one piece. For all we know there may have been a bunch of horny gorillias jumpin around his living room.
bbaxley2
141 posts
 
remember who the guy is and dont sale to him ever.sale your cd player again and move on..80% of the people of the world live in a negative world,the othere 20% hides from them,,good luck
bgrazman
225 posts
 
...sleep better at night...

I think you did the right thing. When stung by such a "tire kicker" you must make the call about negative feedback--others would appreciate knowing, but you risk a "feedback battle".

best regards,
bgrazman
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