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DOA- do we need to redefine the 'A'?

Goners,

There was a thread recently posted by a seller who was in a disagreement with his buyer about financial responsibility for fixing a malfunction that occured about six months after the sale. Most people agreed that asking a seller to help pay to fix a component that he had sold in perfect working order six months before was unreasonable, but that had the component arrived at the buyers doorstep dead, or had it broken within a short period of time, financial compensation or refund might have been in order.

Here's my question: should audiogon define a 'warranty' period that goes along with used sales? Even just 10 days or something like that? It really would stink to get a piece of gear, use it for a week, and have it die. But according to the policy that the seller is responsible only in cases of DOA, the buyer would have to front the whole bill for something like that. Having a specifically defined warranty period (which would, and should be quite short) might avoid a lot of potential conflict. Thoughts?
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loonytunz
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"Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances."

If you want high end gear at Best Buy prices, you're going to have to take some risks. To me, the risks are preferrable to paying retail.

I think Audiogon (the entity) best serves by being a relatively silent observer. We seem to be doing pretty darn well being left to our own devices. Additional rules and intervention on the part of the entity would only complicate matters and befowl the trusting atmosphere that has evolved here. Just my $0.02
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