Ebay Problem

[sexpuppet6000]

I had this item up on ebay. This dude won but my basement flooded and the item was damaged. I spent him an email regarding the damage and informed him not to send me payment. A week goes without any word from the winner and then he sends me payment. He hasn't responded to my email regarding the item. I sent him another email saying I will refund his payment as soon as he acknowledges that the item is no longer available. Almost a week now and no reply. Obviously he doesn't check his messages.

What do I do?

[pupazzo]

Lol house fires and basement floods always happen when people sell stuff too cheap on eBay hahaha

[lil_c09]

You mean, your item sold for too little, and now you don't want to sell the item?

If that's not the case, then just refund him the money, I mean if he doesn't check his emails, then he must not check his ebay often as well, but when he does then he will see that you refunded the payment.

[chrza]

Send him a refund, and in the message portion of the refund (i'm assuming you were paid via Paypal) just let him know what happened.

[sw1ft]

Send him pictures too! As someone suggested above, natural disasters tend to happen frequently on eBay!

[user01]

Give the item to him for half price. That way you don't lose money either!

[theguyz]

send refund back and state item no longer available.

Then in ebay listing even though over i beleive you can select action ( item no longer available lost/damaged ) and they will reimburse your listing fees.

[chrza]

Give the item to him for half price. That way you don't lose money either!

That's provided the user wants to pay for a damaged item.

[RenegadeX]

I'd remind myself who wrote this recently:

What really grinds my gears, is when people make a particular agreement to said dollar sum; only to flip flop and try to negotiate or excuse themselves after an already determined amount. It is not so much a dollar figure, but the disgust[sic] lack of integrity.

.. and then I'd remember Russell Peter's words, "Be a man.. do the right thing!"

Apologies if you really did suffer a flood, but surprisingly, the traumatic experience didn't make your blog or any of your off-topic RFD posts. If you've got photographic proof, send it to the guy along with the refund. I mean what's he going say - "You should have sent me the damaged item"? Hardly.

[mahpoaht]

Send him pictures too! As someone suggested above, natural disasters tend to happen frequently on eBay!

Lol house fires and basement floods always happen when people sell stuff too cheap on eBay hahaha

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Pictures or it wont happen.

[CheapScotsman]

Send him pictures too! As someone suggested above, natural disasters tend to happen frequently on eBay!

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Pictures or it wont happen.

Hmmm ... I wonder which pictures of a "flooded basement" from images.google.com should be used?

[MrDisco]

^ the solution would be take a pic of the damage with a piece of paper that has his nick written on it.

[CheapScotsman]

^ the solution would be take a pic of the damage with a piece of paper that has his nick written on it.

no photoshops allowed?

[chrza]

^ the solution would be take a pic of the damage with a piece of paper that has his nick written on it.

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