Reply With Quotelast year? really? twenty quid. really?
Hi, I'd appreciate your thoughts on a little watch related issue. I bought a movement described as new old stock last year on eBay. Took me a while to get round to sending it off to a watch repairer. The repairer comes back to me saying it's dead and looks like a used movement. I ask the seller to explain and refund me as it's not as described. I say the delay is not material, he says it's been too long, he bought it as new and then sold it on as such. Not much money involved (£20) but thinking of going to small claims on principle/out of anger. Thanks in advance.
last year? really? twenty quid. really?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Move on. It’s been a year - for the price of a round of drinks .....
If it's not as described then the time is not material. Recovering the money's not the issue.
I think you should file this one under 'Life's too short'.
mate, if this is what your like over a twenty quid eBay dud, then i hope you never get divorced!Originally Posted by ernestrome
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Yes - that may be useful some day given the amount involved..
Mate. Seriously after a year? For the value of £20 is it worth the effort? If everybody went to court over such small issues think what a place it would be to live in! Get over it.
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The amount isn’t even relevant here.
It’s been a year.
Not easy to lay blame.
Small claims court? Really?
If this is the worst card you’re dealt this year, you’re luckier than most.
It's the principle guys - get lawyered up OP and hit the seller where it hurts. A couple of years back I bought a 2009 Corsa boot floor from an old lady on eBay for £15. 8 months later when it broke she refused to refund me so I sued her ass for thousands and put her on the streets! I hear she died of hypothermia a few weeks later - she won't be ripping anyone else off again that's for sure!
I will suck it up then and leave it at that.
If you are earning anything more than £0.24 per hour, then i think that your decision makes sound financial sense
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
What I suspect has happened is that the seller replaced their broken movement then flogged the broken one. That's pretty scummy for 20 quid.
The CD player analogy doesn't really work, thanks for taking the time though.
Corsa boot floor. I did a crafty edit...
Please don't breed
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Ouch!
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And you look to take everyone that does you wrong to court? You must have a lot of time on your hands...
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Just out of interest. How did you make that payment? And how much did you pay the watch repairer?
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This isn’t serious, is it ?
PayPal. I've got to pay the watch repairer for his time and find a new movement
Seriously, £20? 1 year later. You need to do something more productive with your spare time.
Once in 1964 someone looked at me funny and i dropped my ice cream. It's seriously spoilt my enjoyment of anything cone shaped ever since and I'm thinking of suing the b@rtst@rds
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
His time? How much time did it really take him to tell you it was a dud?
the time taken to find a new movement - that's your problem not the sellers.
Did you get a quote or estimate for that?
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Small claims will cost you at least £70. On top of that you’re not guaranteed to win it’s your word against his after a whole year
You are truly a ‘seiko’ sir!
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Last edited by alpharulez; 5th July 2018 at 20:08.
I'm involved in a number of pedantic legal matters myself at the moment and would willingly take on your case.
Small claims would've cost 25 as it's less than 300.
Happily the seller and I came to an agreement once I let go of the anger.
Cheers.
Lol please don’t ever buy from Me
Well done letting go!
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Do you sell stuff that doesn't work?
The seller gave you something? 🤩
https://www.gov.uk/online-and-distan...for-businesses, might be worth checking time limits etc, but if seller was a businesses you are covered. On pure contractual terms, frustrated, vitiating factor, misrep, either fraudulent or negligent, rescission.
Not a business. With private sales the only issue is not as described.
I wouldn't have relied on my word. against his, I'd have cited the repairer's assessment.
Out of curiosity what was the agreement?
I got a quote for the work. Not for additional needing around!
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Surely the quote would have been over the purchase price of the watch movement?
Last edited by alpharulez; 5th July 2018 at 20:31.
I seriously hope he didn’t! After a year, that’s a completely unreasonable request - I’m aghast at the OPs brass neck for even asking.
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Indeed it would. Quartz movements can be cheap, doesn't mean the watch is.
Quartz...
I’m hesitating to ask. Damn I’m gonna have to ....
It wasn’t the battery was it ?
I just read this thread and claim my £20
It's the stress and sleepless nights of a year waiting to hear if you're happy with the £20 sale that would put me off ..
Never knowingly.If I did I’d like the buyer to not leave it a year before He complains.Good grief it could have only just deteriorated .
FTFY
then they have to have been proved to have lied to you, high burden.
Think you might have damaged your chances of buying from a number of guys here OP.
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