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I'm having trouble being objective so I wanted to ask opinions here.
I sold a car on Ebay (Porsche 944). I took plenty of pictures of the car, and listed what I knew was wrong and what I had done to it. It was an 83 in rough shape cosmetically but appeared to be good mechanically. I had owned it for almost 3 years, but really hadn't done anything but timing belts and some odds and ends.
The buyer was reasonable when he picked it up, was a mechanic and seemed familiar with porsche's. I gave him a chance to inspect the car before he paid me and he took it. I left good feedback.
2 weeks later I got a rambling email about all the things that were wrong, wiring was messed up, water pump was broken, headlights didn't work....etc etc. The guy threatened to leave bad feedback and accused me of ripping him off.
The WP was fine when I sold it. The wiring was obviously a little strange by the pictures but most everything worked when sold (except rad fan which was noted in sale). Basically: Everything he complained about was addressed in the add, in person before the sale, or wasn't wrong when I sold him the car.
We had several email exchanges, which ended in him wanting me to buy him a water pump and me refusing based on his exaggerated cost claims (appeared to be trying to rip me off).
Fast forward: he left negative feedback. I tried to remove that negative feedback via Ebay's feedback extortion policy, they told me I should drop the issue. I'm continuing to fight but it looks like I'll have to deal with it.
Am I in the wrong for selling him a car that he had bad luck with? Or am I in the right for believing that a sale is as-is and that if the add is correct, once it leaves the driveway issues are no longer my fault.
I sold a car on Ebay (Porsche 944). I took plenty of pictures of the car, and listed what I knew was wrong and what I had done to it. It was an 83 in rough shape cosmetically but appeared to be good mechanically. I had owned it for almost 3 years, but really hadn't done anything but timing belts and some odds and ends.
The buyer was reasonable when he picked it up, was a mechanic and seemed familiar with porsche's. I gave him a chance to inspect the car before he paid me and he took it. I left good feedback.
2 weeks later I got a rambling email about all the things that were wrong, wiring was messed up, water pump was broken, headlights didn't work....etc etc. The guy threatened to leave bad feedback and accused me of ripping him off.
The WP was fine when I sold it. The wiring was obviously a little strange by the pictures but most everything worked when sold (except rad fan which was noted in sale). Basically: Everything he complained about was addressed in the add, in person before the sale, or wasn't wrong when I sold him the car.
We had several email exchanges, which ended in him wanting me to buy him a water pump and me refusing based on his exaggerated cost claims (appeared to be trying to rip me off).
Fast forward: he left negative feedback. I tried to remove that negative feedback via Ebay's feedback extortion policy, they told me I should drop the issue. I'm continuing to fight but it looks like I'll have to deal with it.
Am I in the wrong for selling him a car that he had bad luck with? Or am I in the right for believing that a sale is as-is and that if the add is correct, once it leaves the driveway issues are no longer my fault.