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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

glory

Showing 3 responses by jayctoy

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jayctoy
4,306 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.
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jayctoy
4,306 posts
 
Audiophile1 very good post,why did the buyer even need
to lie to the seller,when in fact it does not skip,
If I were the buyer,I will just sell it, to make
the seller happy,the problem of this buyer, He is
not very honest.Partly the buyer took advantage of
the kindness of the seller.Of course who want to do
business with this buyer, I wont.
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jayctoy
4,306 posts
 
I agree Chad.Thats funny, can you also send me a mug,
so I will become smart?Like my friend say, If you lie
do it right.
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