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Ebay buyer threatening court action!!!
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Email him back to say his dispute is clearly vexatious and if he writes again, each reply will incur a £25 administration fee.0
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J_J_Carter wrote: »Email him back to say his dispute is clearly vexatious and if he writes again, each reply will incur a £25 administration fee.
Vexatious, good word.0 -
Can i ask the OP,
Why have you started a second thread on the same topic you started on 17/01 ?Lose is to not win......Loose is not tight......get it right!0 -
Can i ask the OP,
Why have you started a second thread on the same topic you started on 17/01 ?
The OP started this one a few hours before.... perhaps they could be merged. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/37373190 -
what an idiot. does he really think he can win in court, all they will tell him is he seen the item before paying if there was a crack in the handle he should of noticed this before taking the item away. tell him to go do one and forget about it.0
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Haha that is funny, it would cost him more than 500 to take you to court. Just email and say see you in court!!0
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He is totally trying it on, nobody is going to get to court over an alleged crack in a £9.50 item that they admit to having inspected before buying. Personally, I would not reply to them. As long as you appear to care they're probably going to keep bothering you with idle threats. He'll probably just get bored and eventually start bothering someone else who is easier to manipulate, but experience of people like this is that replying to them makes them worse rather than better.0
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lolHi,
Any help with this would be very much appreciated!!
I sold an item on ebay (listed as in a used condition as it had been taken out of the box, although not used) photo clearly showed the item and I inspected it before listing it - everything was fine with it.
The item was sold for £9.50 and the buy collected in person (I hadnt listed this as an option but as he preferred this and would pay cash on colletion I though all would be ok).
He collected the item, with no problems and plenty of time to inspect it before leaving. We even showed him the item working before he left.
The next day I then get an email saying the item has a cracked handle and he wants a £5 refund. I refued this as I hadnt sold an item with a cracked handled and only had his word for this (he didnt provide evidence). He escalated the claim to ebay, claiming the full £9.50 back plus £10 to cover his petrol costs!!
Ebay ruled in my favour yesturday saying as he collected the item and paid in cash he had no claim. However I have just had the below email from the buyer - Can he do this for an item which only cost him £9.50 (and the cost to drive and collect at his own choice)?? Its still only my word against his that the item had a small crack, he has never supplied evidence and I inspected it before listing....
Also, does he have access to my contact details through ebay and is it really worth while him doing this....help!
Ebay will not intervene as I did no pay by PayPal.
In the circumstances, I am going to file a court claim for £19.50. I will also claim for all court and solicitors fees.
Although I have 6 years to issue the claim I am not going to wait that long and will do so without any further notice.
I am giving you one last chance to refund the money I gave you, £9.50. Please reply within 7 days. Afterwards the matter will go to court with all expense and time involved. Do you really want to waste your time defending your ground and risking paying a lot more than what you can pay now?
I would reply to this silly buyer with a "be my guest" message.
Honestly, who does he think he is!? lol
Even if he went to the bother of filling out the paperwork for court and paying the fees involved, it is unlikely he would win the case. It really would be no hassle to you if he did all this.
Hes trying it on to try and frighten you into paying up.
Dont give in to it because if these buyers get their way one time, they go on to do it to others.0 -
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