Kinda long winded so please bear with me.
Okay, here's the deal. Several months ago I sold an 800 Polaris engine to a guy on eBay. I had it listed truthful as used with low miles but also had it listed as sold as is, no warranty, no returns as I do with ANYTHING I sell on eBay. The guy bid the thing up to $500 OVER my reserve in the last 3 minutes of the auction. He paid me through PayPal promptly and I shipped it out to him. Before he even GETS the thing, he starts sending me e-mails about how he thinks he probably paid too much and hopes it is in good condition. I assured him that everything was as listed and that if I still ran that brand of sled I would have kept the engine for a spare for myself because I had that much confidence in it. The day he gets the engine he e-mails me and says that it isn't as advertised because the powervalves have been cleaned
which obviously means he had at least some of the engine apart. I e-mail him back and explain to him that that is part of normal seasonal maintenance. The next day he e-mails me and says that he had one of his friends check the runout on the crank and it measured .0014 (that's right, less than one and a half thousandths) and he just can't live with that. I tell him that is EXCEPTIONAL for a used 800 Polaris and that the factory spec allows up to .004 NEW. This was a very good motor but everytime I shot this guy down by proving to him that he had no valid basis for a refund, he would come back with some other excuse as to why he didn't like it and thought he should get his money back. I finally tell him that trying to deal with him is an exercise in futility and I don't care to do it anymore. A few days later he files a claim with PayPal that the engine was "not as advertised" and had "critical damage". Of course, I countered with the facts and had long since taken the money out of my PayPal account. After PayPal's mandatory waiting period, they rule in his favor, which as I understand is usually the case, and inform me that he is entitled to his money back after he sends me the engine back, which TOTALLY PISSES ME OFF! Here's the kicker, when I get the engine back, IT'S NOT EVEN THE ONE I SENT!! It has a broken crank, both cylinders are junk (fixable but NOT useable) and the case has a big hole in the bottom of it where the rod went through it when the crank broke and to top it all off, THE FLUCKING SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE LOWER CASE HALF DON'T MATCH!! I informed PayPal of this and that I had photos to back it all up and they told me that I had to file a complaint with my local Police. I did that and they STILL ruled in HIS favor. At this point, I don't feel this jerkoff should get ANYTHING but my foot up his *** for trying to scam me but PayPal keeps sending me messages that I need to pay the money. What do I do and what are the consequences if I just continue to tell them to f*ckoff? I already closed the bank account that my PayPal account was linked to just as a precaution but will they try to sue me or some other horse**** over this?
Okay, here's the deal. Several months ago I sold an 800 Polaris engine to a guy on eBay. I had it listed truthful as used with low miles but also had it listed as sold as is, no warranty, no returns as I do with ANYTHING I sell on eBay. The guy bid the thing up to $500 OVER my reserve in the last 3 minutes of the auction. He paid me through PayPal promptly and I shipped it out to him. Before he even GETS the thing, he starts sending me e-mails about how he thinks he probably paid too much and hopes it is in good condition. I assured him that everything was as listed and that if I still ran that brand of sled I would have kept the engine for a spare for myself because I had that much confidence in it. The day he gets the engine he e-mails me and says that it isn't as advertised because the powervalves have been cleaned
which obviously means he had at least some of the engine apart. I e-mail him back and explain to him that that is part of normal seasonal maintenance. The next day he e-mails me and says that he had one of his friends check the runout on the crank and it measured .0014 (that's right, less than one and a half thousandths) and he just can't live with that. I tell him that is EXCEPTIONAL for a used 800 Polaris and that the factory spec allows up to .004 NEW. This was a very good motor but everytime I shot this guy down by proving to him that he had no valid basis for a refund, he would come back with some other excuse as to why he didn't like it and thought he should get his money back. I finally tell him that trying to deal with him is an exercise in futility and I don't care to do it anymore. A few days later he files a claim with PayPal that the engine was "not as advertised" and had "critical damage". Of course, I countered with the facts and had long since taken the money out of my PayPal account. After PayPal's mandatory waiting period, they rule in his favor, which as I understand is usually the case, and inform me that he is entitled to his money back after he sends me the engine back, which TOTALLY PISSES ME OFF! Here's the kicker, when I get the engine back, IT'S NOT EVEN THE ONE I SENT!! It has a broken crank, both cylinders are junk (fixable but NOT useable) and the case has a big hole in the bottom of it where the rod went through it when the crank broke and to top it all off, THE FLUCKING SERIAL NUMBERS ON THE LOWER CASE HALF DON'T MATCH!! I informed PayPal of this and that I had photos to back it all up and they told me that I had to file a complaint with my local Police. I did that and they STILL ruled in HIS favor. At this point, I don't feel this jerkoff should get ANYTHING but my foot up his *** for trying to scam me but PayPal keeps sending me messages that I need to pay the money. What do I do and what are the consequences if I just continue to tell them to f*ckoff? I already closed the bank account that my PayPal account was linked to just as a precaution but will they try to sue me or some other horse**** over this?
