Deal with fellow DPer gone sour...need advice...
Hey guys. I recently bought 13 N64 games from a DP member through the B/S forum. He had stated that the games were all in "near mint - mint." I explained to him that the cosmetic condition was very important to me because I only wanted games in my collection that were at least NM. I sent a paypal payment of $72.00 (the agreed upon price). A couple of days later I recieved the games. Three of the 13 games were in decent condition, but the other ten were in really, really bad shape. They all had bad label damage...some torn, some scuffed, and a couple even had bubbling labels like the game had been wet. The two games that I was mainly interested in were Mario Party 2 and Pokemon Stadium 2. The Pokemon Stadium 2 label was scuffed really badly and the rear label was actually torn. The Mario Party 2 label was so badly worn that there was more "white" on the label than there was color. Obviously, I was pretty unhappy about this. I contacted the seller and explained my concern. He said that the games were in "excellent condition," and refused to give me a refund. I even offered to cover the return shipping costs myself, but still, he refused. Obviously, I was even more upset at this point. He then contacts me and says that he has a solution to our problem. He says that I should file an insurance claim since the games left is house in excelent condtion and arrived to me in less than excellent condition. He said that the post office carrier must have damaged the package. I told him that he and I both knew that this type of "damage," severe label damage, could NOT occur during shipping. In my understanding this would constitute insurance FRAUD, a VERY VERY serious issue. I told him that I would have no part in making the PO pay for something they had no hand in damaging. He still insisted on filing the claim anyway, but I of course refused. I told him that instead of a full refund I would accept a partial refund of $20.00 and I would keep the games and we would call it even. He agreed to this. He refunded $4.87 to my paypal account and said that he would get me the other $15.13 as soon as he could. The $4.87 payment happened on August 15th. I had not seen any other money as of today, so I PMed him to inquire about when to expect the balance. He PMed me back and said that he had changed his mind and that he was not going to pay me anymore and that I was lucky he refunded anything at all. I have PM's saved that show he agreed to the partial refund and also show that he tried to get me to commit insurance fraud. Simple question what should I do? Anything at all or just forget about the $15.00? Leave neg feedback in the feedback forum (which I'm sure he would reciprocate)? Any advice is appreciated.
I'm sorry for the long post, but it was necessary to explain the situation fully. Thanks for looking!!
Originally Posted by petewhitley
Do I have any recourse if and when he leaves negative feedback for me? I don't want to lose out on future trades because some jerk left unwarrented neg feedback.
