Re: Re: Poor Used Part Buying Experience
From: Midvally (midvally@shaw.ca)
Date: Mon 25 Feb 2002 - 11:35:52 EST
For anyone trying this at home, next time use a heat-gun to warm up the
mirror and it's adhesives befor tying to remove the glass. Works like a
charm.
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From: "boz" <boz@t-3.cc>
To: "Peugeot List" <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: 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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