Peugeot Re: Re: Poor Used Part Buying Experience

From: boz (boz@t-3.cc)
Date: Sun 24 Feb 2002 - 01:57:07 EST

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    Corey:

    This issue is now over, on this list, I hope. Thanks once again for your
    'two cents' though....
    --Brian

    corey l brown wrote:

    > I think you are missing my point. if the mirror was not of good
    > quality you should have notified the seller and sent it back. It
    > sounds like he would have refunded your money. But, to expect him to
    > refund you, after you had altered the product is a different
    > story.corey
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: boz
    > To: Peugeot List
    > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 3:51 PM
    > Subject: [Peugeot-L] Re: Poor Used Part Buying Experience
    > Corey L. Brown wrote:
    > "If you did this at junk yard or with a new part they would
    > laugh at you
    > if you tried to return it..."
    >
    > You know what Corey? A new part wouldn't be defective, and a
    > reputable
    > junk yard doesn't sell broken parts, either. So there'd have
    > been nobody
    > laughing at me. In all my years of buying parts anywhere,
    > I've never had
    > such an experience. That fact speaks volumes, I think.....
    >
    > I guess my crime is breaking the glass during my last ditch
    > effort to
    > salvage something of value from that mirror. I broke a bit
    > more of
    > something that was already very broken, i.e., broken,
    > stripped pivot
    > mount. I guess that can happen on occasion when someone
    > (like me) has a
    > 'can do' philosphy in trying to make the most out of a
    > difficult
    > situation. Obviously, it didn't work out in the end, but
    > that's life.
    >
    > The real issue here is one of misrepresenting the conditon
    > of a used
    > part. If that hadn't been done, there would be no issue in
    > this case.
    > I'd have been happy as punch with a nice mirror installed in
    > about 10
    > minutes. And being a stickler in saying that a refund was in
    > order if I
    > hadn't broken the glass is also a bit disingenuous. That
    > mirror was
    > already defective--the only reason anyone would want it back
    > (without
    > the broken glass) would likely be to try to resell it to
    > somebody else
    > (perish the thought!).
    >
    > Perhaps next time I try to buy a part from someone here, I'd
    > better ask
    > everyone on the list if said party can be relied upon or
    > not. And that's
    > a sad state of affairs considering our sort of 'brotherhood
    > of Peugeot
    > owners' here. However, I do truly think most on this list
    > would not do
    > such a thing as what happened to me.
    >
    > --Brian O.
    >
    >
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