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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I suspect your buyer would retaliate with negative feedback as well. Is it worth tarnishing your perfect feedback? Don't do business with him again.
If you leave him negative feedback he will come up with negative feedback for you. Some people are just hard to please. I feel you did the right thing by giving him the money back. I’m glad that most of the deals I've done on Agon have been a great experience. It's fun to talk with other audio nuts. Take your lose and chalk it up as experience.
If no Audiogon members ever leave negative feedback when it's deserved, then no members will ever know with whom they should be cautious, and the Audiogon feedback system will wither and die out of ineffectiveness.