Re: Re: Poor Used Part Buying Experience
From: boz (boz@t-3.cc)
Date: Sun 24 Feb 2002 - 01:57:07 EST
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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