MDchanic

Yes, since it's working now, tell him to plug it in, stick it, and press the UP YOURS button on his dashboard.

- Eric

pogo69

IF the buyer wants to return it and makes a complaint to ebay or paypay he will probably win it and be able to return it based on it was sold as NEW...doesnt really matter what you put in the description about what you regard as nos. ebay has to compete with amazon and if the buyer is not happy he will be taken care of... its not a swap meet jmo

Indy_68_S

Negative.
He won't win either scenario.
Ad stated clearly "NOS does NOT mean perfect. These parts are anywhere from 30 to 70 years old".

And, it can't be returned as it has now been tampered with.

Koda

Stop communication with him, you are right, he is wrong, and there is a good chance he is trying to scam you out of money. If he keeps bugging you, open a complaint with ebay.

kjr442

This guy got what he paid for, a nos part, with nos grease in it. I have learned over the years that new old stock is never really perfect, and now he has learned the same thing.

bw1339

Old grease in a 50 year old part? Say it ain't so!

Tell him to pound sand. Not one penny, out of principle.

truckerlary

The hard truth of this whole thing is that with ebays new policy is that if he complains enough to them they will automatically take the money from your account if there is the slightest chance they feel he's been wronged. As was said earlier they seem to stick up for the buyer first.

steverw

I still say you owe him nothing. You need to contact EBAY NOW, and tell them whats going on.
Perfect show condition is completely different than perfect "working condition". Alot of trailer queen "show cars" do not even run, they have no internal components in the motor, no oil. They just look good for the "show"
So even better for him, this antenna looks new and if hes not lying, it now works like new too. But again maybe he is lying, maybe he opened it up and F%&*#ed it up, or robbed parts out of it. Anyway I think it would be in your best interest to contact EBAY ASAP.

pogo69

man you really sound 'out there' I dont see EVIDENCE that this person is a scammer, I read him as someone willing to spend high bucks for a nice part but wants it perfect. (maybe to perfect)

lazy394

X2. If he had an issue it should have been made known before dismantling the part. Now it is no longer a new part and can never be resold as such.
Unless you cave to his $75 ( even a partial will not appease this type, and he may even try again even if you do pay the 75 anyway ) you will hear from Ebay anyway.
I say with the advice from this thread bring it on. I have had dealings like this through Ebay before and have retained my 100% and had the venomous feedback removed, some folks are just mean.

deaddds

He did call me before supposedly cleaning the motor and wanted $100 back. That's when I offered a normally non returnable part refund as I had had a crappy day and really didn't want to listen to it. He didn't want to send it back due to the condition of the part being as nice as it gets but wanted compensation for it not working. The stalemate was my not bench testing it before the sale but no bidders asking me to either.

MDchanic

There is no stalemate.

You sold him an NOS part, which was, as represented, an NOS part.

He is whining scum.

Open a case with eBay. He has opened, messed with, and, as far as you know, damaged the pristine NOS part which you sold him in good faith, and is attempting to renege on a legal contract, and fraudulently extort you.

- Eric

kevdog442

Lol, I wish ebay worked like that. eBay always sides with the buyer, sellers really take all the risk. If he wants to send it back for a full refund, he can. Doesn't matter if he screwed with it or not, or whether there was a return policy or not. That's his only option though, I don't think they enforce partial refunds. He either keeps it or sends it back.

Olds_71_442

Like everyone said....contact ebay now. If he does it first, you look like you are in the wrong.

oldsguybry

Maybe he should stick the antenna where the sun don't shine ! jk . Actually It's up to you . I feel you don't have to do anything , but that would be your decision .

bluecab

If he read the listing then he has no basis whatever to complain.
As suggested, I would not accept a negative feedback from him.

mrolds69

I did say I've bought and sold 5 THOUSAND items on ebay, right (at 100% FB)? Sorry you don't get it. I gave good advice. I'm not "out there", I call them like I see them!

MDchanic

On a slightly digressive note, I've just begun selling off several boxes of old Porsche junk that I'll never use, and I've got a NOS engine compartment light for sale right now that you can buy new from vendors for about $60, but it's been bid up to $109 already, with another 3 days to go.

I wrote, I'm getting a little worried that someone is going to buy it and think the friggin' thing is solid gold or something.

- Eric

oldcutlass

Capitalism at it's finest Eric.

Oldskeeper

Pat, if he sends it back I'll give you 50 bucks for it now that it's used and not sure if it works and I'll see if I can get it to fit one of my cars.
Just kidding with you, I doubt this issue will go any further, his wife is most likely pushing the issue.
Steve

deaddds

Score me some Dead tickets and Ill send it to you!

Oldskeeper

Pat, I'll find out when they are playing one of the casinos up here (they are still playing right) and I'll see what I can do.

Octania

You sold an NOS part
he got what was described, he is just claiming that he understands NOS to mean "perfect" and that is *so* not the case.

what is his problem? 3 hours is NOTHING in the restoration prodess. It took a friend and me over 3 hours to install the MANUAL antenna in the 71 Challenger! The replacement fender was poorly made, and the support too far away, making the antenna nut threads unable to catch a thread. Take it out, fits fine... put it in, nope. Try a different orientaton- same result.... repeat. The fender maker should pay for our time, right?

I agree with the above
you need to start the epay case first for your protection.
notify your bank that no transfers are to be made to paypal/ epay.wthout your authorization.

I just saw a notice for the Grateful Dead at Chicago... seats... $1000. What has the world come to? Sit outside the stadium, or is that not allowed now? At least I hear Kid rock offers $20 tickets.

Magna86

You owe him nothing let him complain. You were clear in your ad and he knew what he was buying. He tampered with it and now the part is no longer NOS and who knows what he did to it.

classicmuscle442

N O S is new old stock, fair amount of these parts when brand new were not perfect, you do not owe him a dime.

pogo69

I believe this is an actual NOS part and therefore would be a perfect part for that application

Blackpage

I'm sorry, no way I'd pay $1000 to see the Grateful Dead without Jerry Garcia. Trey Anastasio is fine, Captain Trips he is not.

Seen the real McCoy too many times for far less and not far from their prime.

deaddds

Steve, your problem is you never stay for the headliner. You always go home after Manilow closes his set.

pogo69

LoL now that was funny, you deserve positive feedback on that one

GoodOldsGuyDougie

This is the #1 scam on ebay. Buyer says item damaged or another BS Story. And wants money back or partial refund-or he will leave a negative. Total BS!

71rocket

E-Bay add was very clear. He's trying to squeeze money out of you.

Olds442redberet

You know, I usually have one incident like this per year. I even had a guy tell me the part he bought never arrived. I had to remind him about the shipment tracking number before he decided to drop it. LOL

Octania

Weird
I have had an item shipped to Canada [despite my ads' text stating USA destinations only] disappear via USPS. I sent tracking # to buyer but I can do no more. The posi to Australia never arrived? I sent it to an address in CA, sent buyer tracking info, what more can I do? Then there is the "rebuilt" J heads that "still needed valves and guides..." Got that settled with a partial refund, 'cause I hate to have buyers feel they didn't get what they were buying...

Now I get this from ePay:

"Thanks for consistently delivering exceptional service to your buyers. We're here to provide you a marketplace where you can sell with confidence. That's why we've taken the following steps during the past month to protect your account:

Prevented 1 eBay Money Back Guarantee request(s) from being opened too early in the past 2 months
We've already updated your seller dashboard to reflect these changes, which are for transactions made during the past year. When we remove transaction defects, your transaction defect rate may not go down if you had transactions that received more than one defect."

I feel so safe now
ePay has me covered...

Oh I see a negative feedback from "steve505011"

Steven Szenti
P.O. Box 285
Okanagan Falls British Columbia v0h1r0

I sent a partial refund because shipping was not as bad as I first figured. I sent the item. I provided tracking # to epay and the buyer. Twice.

He issues NFB because he "never got the item"
WTH?

Banned bidder now of course.
Start the epay appeal process
Problems caused after the item leaves my hands are not MY FAULT.

deaddds

Well I guess it worked out. I didn't get neg feedback but got posted I'm a liar so alls well that ends well? Hopefully the other parts buyers like, makes up the difference?

Diego

You are able to post a response to his feedback - would be a good way to hedge any negative impression someone may get. "Sent him properly described NOS item, complains that it requires cleaning - people sometimes!" could go a long way.

kjr442

x2

Indy_68_S

x3

Simply post "Buyer didn't read ad or understand concept of NOS parts."

pogo69

what feed back rating did you get... actually its as i suspected he was not out to scam anyone he was just very fussy probably similar to a lot of people on here, he left POSITIVE feedback

deaddds

I couldn't post a response. I guess if its technically left as positive you can't follow up. Oh well.