Originally Posted by
doug darter
Already a lot of glib replies. I can bet if it had happened to a lot of members here, you wouldn't be so happy to condemn!!
Say you bought a car.... OK, no guarantee, from a friend, newspaper advert, Exchange and mart, whatever, started it up, made an inspection, and all seemed to be working perfectly, and you agreed to buy it. No warranty, or guarantee implied. Cash changed hands. You drove it down the road, and there is a cloudburst. Rain pours through all the window seals, the demisters can't cope, and by the time you get a mile down the road, the carpets are soaked, and then all the electrics blow!!
Are you not going to go back to the seller and complain?? Of course you are. Are you going to ask for your money back?? Probably??
The law states (and this applies to new and second hand goods) that an item sold MUST BE FIT FOR PURPOSE. and this is the reason, as well as because I am an honest and reasonable person, just ask anybody I have sold a watch to over the last 15 years. A watch that gets water in the movement after 15 seconds is not fit for purpose!!
I re-iterate. I did not demand any recompense. I suggested it, because I thought it was reasonable under the circumstances, and it's what I would have done, in fact I have paid for the full cost of repairs for a watch which failed some weeks after I sold it, and replaced another like for like - s**t happens!! I acknowledged the fact that the seller was not responsible for the fault, though how he could not have known that the watch was leaking is a bit of a mystery as it was so bad.
My only beef is that he has failed to communicate with me.
It's like everything else these days.
Everything you buy from anybody. When you are buying, communications come thick and fast, everybody is willng to help, but once money has changed hands..... a completely different matter!