Hobbes:

QUESTION - THE FILTER WAS WORKING WHEN I REMOVED IT FROM MY RADIO AND
SUBSEQUENTLY SENT IT TO HIM. SHOULDN'T HE HAVE ADVISED ME SHORTLY AFTER HE
RECEIVED THE FILTER THAT IT DID NOT WORK?

If you guaranteed it to be working on receipt -- Yes, he should have
installed and tested his purchase within a reasonable time, not to exceed a
week, unless he informs you that he can not test it immediately and gives
you a plausible reason. Four months is too long of a wait. How many
retailers guarantee anything past 90 days?

If you did not guarantee it to be working, i.e. sold is "as is," -- No, he
accepted the risk of it be defective when he purchased it.

I HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING WHETHER THE FILTER WAS MISHANDLED OR INSTALLED
IMPROPERLY. IF YOU WERE ME WOULD YOU RETURN THE MONEY HE PAID FOR HIS
PURCHASE SOME FOUR MONTHS EARLIER.

Not a chance. Your customer put himself in the position he is in by
neglecting to determine if the filter had been damaged in shipment, in a
reasonable time frame. Having failed to do this, he owns the problem, not
you. The issue of possible mishandling is moot, in this case.

This is not an issue of who is honest or is anyone cheating. It is an issue
centered on what should reasonably be expected of a buyer. Unfortunately, in
this case, the buyer neglected to follow through as he should.

Cheers,

K4ICL




"hobbes" wrote in message
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To the Group:

Please consider the following scenario. Back in October 2004 a person
places an ad in "rec.radio.swap" looking for a filter for his Ten Tec
radio.
I have such a working filter that is surplus to my needs since I sold a
Ten
Tec radio some two weeks earlier to an individual who did not want the
filter. I respond to the individual looking for the filter that I want
$65
for the filter and shipping. He sends me a postal money order, I send him
filter, and I hear nothing.

Yesterday, February 25, 2005, some four months later, I receive an e-mail
from the individual who purchased the filter advising me that the filter
is
dead. According to him, he never used the filter, but he had a freiend
install the filter in a radio and found it to be dead.

Question - The filter was working when I removed it from my radio and
subsequently sent it to him. Shouldn't he have advised me shortly after
he
received the filter that it did not work? I have no way of telling
whether
the filter was mishandled or installed improperly. If you were me would
you
return the money he paid for his purchase some four months earlier.

Thanks for reading this post.

Hobbes