It sounds to me like the seller is looking for a way to get 20 pounds less than he BID for it.
If you can live with paying for shipping both ways, get the lens back from him and give him his refund. Relist the lens. You may even want to tell the seller you'll only refund shipping if there actually IS a mark on the lens . . .
If you can't live with that, then give the buyer some money back . . . you might ask for proof, but I don't know that he'd be able to profide it.
Anton Browne wrote:
I recently sold a lens on eBay, when the buyer received it he said there was a tiny bit of fungus on the front element which could only be seen at the right angle and that if he sold the lens he wouldn't get what he paid for it (a strange thing to say in my opinion). I checked had the lens thoroughly when I first bought it and before listing it on eBay and didn't notice anything at all... it is possible I missed it of course. I immediately offered a full refund including postage costs for the return of the lens. I got a reply saying that he'd taken the lens to a camera shop and they said it wasn't fungus but a slight parting of the elements and that it wouldn't affect pictures. The buyer then said if he sold it he would still get less that the bid price, clearly indicating that he wanted me to give him a rebate of �20 or so.
What should I do? I usually notice the tinniest marks on things and maybe this is a scam; simply a way of getting some money back. On the other hand I could have missed it and the buyer is being genuine.
AB
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