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Sold a watch £1000 and the winning bidder is in germany

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  • cambb
    cambb Posts: 228 Forumite
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    An update on the watch

    I asked the guy to obtain a quote for the repair however he has now emailed me saying the watch has now been repaired and now has a white face. He has asked if i'll be prepared to meeting some of the costs of the 190 euro repair.

    I never asked him to get the watch repaired and now it's got a white face instead of the rose face so how can i now get the watch back as it's been altered.

    Any advice?
  • adam2484
    adam2484 Posts: 436 Forumite
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    parcelforce would insure but it's like 60quid
  • soolin
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    adam2484 wrote: »
    parcelforce would insure but it's like 60quid

    I'm not sure you are on the correct thread.
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  • soolin
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    cambb wrote: »
    An update on the watch

    I asked the guy to obtain a quote for the repair however he has now emailed me saying the watch has now been repaired and now has a white face. He has asked if i'll be prepared to meeting some of the costs of the 190 euro repair.

    I never asked him to get the watch repaired and now it's got a white face instead of the rose face so how can i now get the watch back as it's been altered.

    Any advice?

    I would now actually stand firm and say that you cannot accept a return where a material alteration has been made to the watch and a return was really all you felt was appropriate in this case.

    If he goes to paypal, asusming he still has time, then they would want the watch returned anyway and he probably wouldn't want to do that now he is out of pocket for an unathorised repair.

    Frankly the best I would have done was refund the outward postage as a goodwill gesture, but I'm not sure I would even do that now.
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  • adam2484
    adam2484 Posts: 436 Forumite
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    lol im an idiot i didn't see there were 2 other pages to this thread an it had moved on a bit. i was answering the original question from my experience... i'll be quiet now !
  • soolin
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    adam2484 wrote: »
    lol im an idiot i didn't see there were 2 other pages to this thread an it had moved on a bit. i was answering the original question from my experience... i'll be quiet now !

    No problem I thought we had a glitch as I was reading a thread this morning and when I replied it went to a different thread, I was hoping to prove it wasn't just me doing posting wrong!
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  • cambb
    cambb Posts: 228 Forumite
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    Do i have the right to not accept it back as it's been modified and what do you think Paypal will do if he files a dispute?

    The Paypal 45 days is up on Saturday this week.
  • sharnad
    sharnad Posts: 9,904 Forumite
    Someone is going to come along with more info but I would say to tell him he decided to accept the watch when he had it repaired and since he was had it repaired he can no longer return it for a refund as he can not return it in the sent condition and refuse to give him anything towards it
    Needing to lose weight start date 26 December 2011 current loss 60 pound Down. Lots more to go to get into my size 6 jeans
  • cambb
    cambb Posts: 228 Forumite
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    I've done some digging around and would you believe it he has the watch for sale on ebay Germany for 1,750 Euros the number of the auction is 380118812058.

    If i ask for the watch back i presume he will only get the £921 back for it and not the cost of the repair?
  • soolin
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    cambb wrote: »
    I've done some digging around and would you believe it he has the watch for sale on ebay Germany for 1,750 Euros the number of the auction is 380118812058.

    If i ask for the watch back i presume he will only get the £921 back for it and not the cost of the repair?

    He can only get back what he orignally paid.
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