I think im getting screwed....

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I sold a barely used Blu-Ray/HD-dvd rom drive to "thelead" last week. I have never had any problems with this drive as it has always played both formats perfectly. I only sold it because I bought a SG05-b that only uses a slim optical drive so I stole my wifes Blu-ray player from her laptop(therefore I dont need the blu-ray/hd dvdrom drive anymore).

Well today I get a pm from "thelead" -

"The drive is broken. I will take a picture if you like, but when I put my Vista disc in, it ate it up along with a "test" dvd afterwards. I opened up the bottom plate, and sure enough there was a piece of plastic that was broken off. We need to figure something out.
Forward Message"

My response-

"You are shitting me! Was there any damage to the box it was shipped in? It was shipped in perfect condition. Let me see a picture of what is broken. This has to be shipping damage which is good because fedex insures anything under $100 and I put it at $75. Please send pics to -email edited- as well as pictures of the box."

My other response-

"I also see from your feedback that you have negative heatware. I do not. I did not ship you a broken drive so please show me the damage as well as the box that it was shipped in."

His response-

"I am not blaming you at all. Give me three minutes to upload the photos."

Him again-

"Here are some pics:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1880/img1112e.jpg

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5952/img1110f.jpg

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8460/img1111w.jpg "

And him again-

"Please look at the very next positive eval from the same person. He asked me to pay him but his paypal account was locked and he didn't accept checks or money orders. He finally let me send him a check to pay him."

My response-

"This is a part that you broke taking the drive apart. Which is quite obvious."

End pm's

So what do you guys think? I sent off a perfectly working drive and from what I can tell, it looks like he took it apart and in the process broke the drive and wants me to pay for it.
 
PuppeteerNessus said:
So what do you guys think? I sent off a perfectly working drive and from what I can tell, it looks like he took it apart and in the process broke the drive and wants me to pay for it.
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I must say I agree with you. I hope you guys can work this out. GL
 
The box looks fairly beat up . . . so how do you know that it wasn't somehow damaged during shipping? And I don't understand how you concluded that it was "obvious" that the piece was broken when he opened the drive?
 
He most definitely should not have tampered with the drive.

It's unfortunate for him that, he acknowledges opening up the drive, that is a big no no and you sir, are at the advantage here.

Tell him lesson learned, next time don't open the drive and dispute it the proper way.
 
yenniedn said:
The box looks fairly beat up . . . so how do you know that it wasn't somehow damaged during shipping? And I don't understand how you concluded that it was "obvious" that the piece was broken when he opened the drive?
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Who's to know if that piece broke because he couldn't get the drive opened properly?

Like I mentioned before. He shouldn't have tampered with it. Tell fedex the story and they might agree with me as well.
 
I have no problems being identified as the "other" person. I promise I did not screw you. I opened it up after it ate up my disc...
 
the box does have a nice ding in it..it certainly could have been damaged in shipping.

I think Fed Ex insurance is the way to go, so no one gets hurt here...
 
I also bought 5 other items on this forum last week to put together a htpc and so far everything looks good with the other items. I am really trying to be very civil. I don't understand the interrogation.
 
When dealing with FedEx, does the receiver or shipper have to start the process?
 
thelead said:
I also bought 5 other items on this forum last week to put together a htpc and so far everything looks good with the other items. I am really trying to be very civil. I don't understand the interrogation.
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You. Should. Not. Have. Opened. The. Drive.

Are you certified to work on Blu-Ray/HD-DVD ROM DRIVES?:confused:
 
RangerSVT said:
He most definitely should not have tampered with the drive.

It's unfortunate for him that, he acknowledges opening up the drive, that is a big no no and you sir, are at the advantage here.

Tell him lesson learned, next time don't open the drive and dispute it the proper way.
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Agreed, his loss completely. He should have never opened the drive, period! Maybe it wasn't his fault, but all bets are off as soon as he opened up the unit.
Too bad for him. I'd give him nothing.

SPQQKY
 
SPQQKY said:
Agreed, his loss completely. He should have never opened the drive, period! Maybe it wasn't his fault, but all bets are off as soon as he opened up the unit.
Too bad for him. I'd give him nothing.

SPQQKY
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I do feel bad that its broke, but I sent it off in perfect condition. However, as he asked, the receiver contacts fedex since they accepted the package correct?
 
Parties are in contact. If anyone feels the need to post additional information here, please PM a mod.
 
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