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Well i've never had anything like this happen before!
I sold a bass guitar on ebay which was in good condition, yes it had a few small dints in the paintwork. but they were old, polished flat again by use and none of them had cracked the paint, what i'd call insignificant dents. anyway i posted it off in a hard case wrapped in cardboard.
The buyer got back to me and said, it's not in the condition i expected, i'm a collector etc. i had said in the advert that it was "as it left the factory" but in the same sentance as condition and i really meant that it's specification was as it left the factory, he sounded pretty p*ssed off about this saying he was mislead. He also wanted to send the guitar back, so to stop it getting nasty i agreed.
Now the guitar came this morning and it does have some dents that have broken the paint and some scuffing too, which definatly weren't there when i sent it. You can tell they are fresh because all the damage on it before were worn and polished smooth around the edges by clothing but these are still jagged where the paint has been broken and exposed the wood underneath.
The damage could have been done during delivery somehow even though i packe dit well and i don't want to go accusing the guy of damaging it as if it was damaged in the post somehow before he got it it would just p*** him off even more. :bang: The damage really isn't too bad though, about 2 small dents the size of a match head and a scuff about the size of a 10p with a couple dents inside it.
What do you think i should do? I currently have my guitar and his money, i'm thinking for the hassle it's probably best to give him his money back and just put it down to experience. :shrug:
and as a bonus i cut my finger when cutting the brown tape on the package :shake:
I sold a bass guitar on ebay which was in good condition, yes it had a few small dints in the paintwork. but they were old, polished flat again by use and none of them had cracked the paint, what i'd call insignificant dents. anyway i posted it off in a hard case wrapped in cardboard.
The buyer got back to me and said, it's not in the condition i expected, i'm a collector etc. i had said in the advert that it was "as it left the factory" but in the same sentance as condition and i really meant that it's specification was as it left the factory, he sounded pretty p*ssed off about this saying he was mislead. He also wanted to send the guitar back, so to stop it getting nasty i agreed.
Now the guitar came this morning and it does have some dents that have broken the paint and some scuffing too, which definatly weren't there when i sent it. You can tell they are fresh because all the damage on it before were worn and polished smooth around the edges by clothing but these are still jagged where the paint has been broken and exposed the wood underneath.
The damage could have been done during delivery somehow even though i packe dit well and i don't want to go accusing the guy of damaging it as if it was damaged in the post somehow before he got it it would just p*** him off even more. :bang: The damage really isn't too bad though, about 2 small dents the size of a match head and a scuff about the size of a 10p with a couple dents inside it.
What do you think i should do? I currently have my guitar and his money, i'm thinking for the hassle it's probably best to give him his money back and just put it down to experience. :shrug:
and as a bonus i cut my finger when cutting the brown tape on the package :shake: