need advice...sale gone strange..

[BigPotato]

last week i sold a co worker a stereo receiver. i gave him a killer deal on it. he called me up, and i walked him thru how to set it up and everything. took about 45 min the phone.

then this Fri he calls me up and says that he went out and purchased a home theater setup. the setup included a receiver.

now he wants to return the receiver to me.

what would u do if u were in my shoes?

i already know what I am going to do, but i wanted to see everyone's responses.

thx

 

[UltraQuiet]

Tell him, " I sold it to you because I no longer had a use for it and I have no interest in buying it back."

 

[Evadman]

If the co-worker is a good friend I would take it back. Oterwise, I would say no and ask why in the world he would buy a new setup when he already had one.

 

[Deeko]

Depends on how good a friend I guess....tell him if he can return what he bought from you, he can return the one he bought from the store too.

 

[diskop]

Nah, I don't think your coworker really believes he can return the receiver to you. Unless he's a great friend tell him tough luck.

 

[RossMAN]

It depends on:

How much you sold it to him for?
How badly do you need that money?
How good of a friend is he?

I'd probably say tough sh!t you own it, sale is final.

 

[BigPotato]

i sold it for him for $60.00

the money isn't hte issue. the issue is that i have been trying to get rid of that receiver, and now i finally have.

on a scale of 1 to 10 on 10 being your BEEEST friend, i'd say he's about a 6.75

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: BigPotato
i sold it for him for $60.00

the money isn't hte issue. the issue is that i have been trying to get rid of that receiver, and now i finally have.

on a scale of 1 to 10 on 10 being your BEEEST friend, i'd say he's about a 6.75

Screw him. That's 100% his problem that he's a dumbass and bought another receiver.

 

[Miramonti]

You could bs your way of why you can't take it back (if you don't have legitimate reasons, like you missed the op. to sell it to someone else), but otherwise I'd say

"Thats pretty lame dude. You didn't have to buy it in the first place, and I spent 45 minutes on the phone with you hooking it, and then you go out and buy something else, so you want your money back? Whatever. I'm not best buy dude, but bring it back, everything the way it was, and I'll give you your money back.

"

Its pretty lame, thats certain. But if it didn't cost you more than 45 minutes just consider thats what he sold his respect for.

/edit...but make sure he didn't blow it out before you refund him.

 

[diskop]

I've done this before, where I bought smething off a friend and then bought a quality one in a retail store later. I didn't think once that I could go return it to my friend, no matter how good he was. All sales are final, he isn't a department store.

 

[Smolek]

do you think you could get 60.00 from someone else ? If so, just take it back from him. It wouldnt be worth any possible trouble between you two.

 

[gopunk]

you guys are right, but not really.

it is *right* to say "all sales final" etc etc.

but is it worth $60 to piss this guy off? you have to work with this guy every day, keep in mind. so while it may not be the "right" thing, i say just refund, and never sell him anything again.

 

[BigPotato]

well, i wanted to see what u guys said...

here is what i did:

he called me up and told me whats up. i knew instantly that he wantedto return it.

i told him that it wasn't cool waht he was doing. how would he feel if he was in my shoes? i reamed him about the fact that i spent my time to help him because he purchased the receiver off of me. i was in no obligation to help him in the first place, but because he got that receiver from me, i wanted to make sure that he knew how to hook it up and use it correctly.

he was pretty quiet about everyhting. then i said, "look, u can have your money back. u know how i feel about this situation, and this is NOT cool. I am not very happy with the situation at all. however, since u are my friend, then i will do this for u. but don't expect any favors anytime soon at all."

he offered to let me keep $20.00, but i declied politely because i kind of felt insulted and honestly, i wanted him to feel bad about it.

do u think i handled this well?

 

[UltraQuiet]

Originally posted by: BigPotato
well, i wanted to see what u guys said...

here is what i did:

he called me up and told me whats up. i knew instantly that he wantedto return it.

i told him that it wasn't cool waht he was doing. how would he feel if he was in my shoes? i reamed him about the fact that i spent my time to help him because he purchased the receiver off of me. i was in no obligation to help him in the first place, but because he got that receiver from me, i wanted to make sure that he knew how to hook it up and use it correctly.

he was pretty quiet about everyhting. then i said, "look, u can have your money back. u know how i feel about this situation, and this is NOT cool. I am not very happy with the situation at all. however, since u are my friend, then i will do this for u. but don't expect any favors anytime soon at all."

he offered to let me keep $20.00, but i declied politely because i kind of felt insulted and honestly, i wanted him to feel bad about it.

do u think i handled this well?

Yes. I think he took advantage of your friendship and he needs to know you aren't happy about him doing so.

 

[diskop]

Yes, he took advantage of your friendship. But I think you were a little harsh. Not a lot, just a little bit. But all in all a good job.

 

[glenn1]

You did better than i would have. I would have simply sent him a link to the "sell your item now" page on Ebay.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Buy it back for $50. You dont want to work with someone you pissed off.

-PAB

 

[unclebabar]

did he ask you to buy it or did you try to sell it to him? if he asked to buy it, he's a at worst a moron or at best green, and I wouldn't have an reservations about not taking it back. if you tried to sell him, then I think you should have taken it back (provided you got the $20 for your time) in the interest of preserving cordial relations..

you took 45 minutes to explain how to hook up a stereo?

 

[crawford]

I think you handled it really well, thats prolly the best way to have handled it. Its perfect because he feels bad now for something that he really should feel bad for. He is a douche for asking for it in the first place, especially because you were so nice and spent all that time telling him how to hook it up.

 

[unclebabar]

oh yeah, if money isn't an issue, why don't you just donate to the salvation army or whatever your favorite charity is.

 

[yakko]

Even if you were my best friend in the world I wouldn't take it back. I would also probably call you a dumbass for buying a new setup when you just bought one.

 

[BigPotato]

Originally posted by: unclebabar
did he ask you to buy it or did you try to sell it to him? if he asked to buy it, he's a at worst a moron or at best green, and I wouldn't have an reservations about not taking it back. if you tried to sell him, then I think you should have taken it back (provided you got the $20 for your time) in the interest of preserving cordial relations..

you took 45 minutes to explain how to hook up a stereo?

he asked me for home theater advice because he knows i'm into stuff like that....and he asked if i knew of any good deals for receivers. i told him that i had an older one that i can give him for a good deal. so he came to me looking for a deal.

it took him 45 minutes because of the language barrier....he doesn't understand english very well and i had to describe every single thing to him. it was no big deal to me anyhow.

 

[BigPotato]

i should have explained it better....

but refunding the money isn't an issue....i'm not a rich man by any means.

 

[compuwiz1]

Hey, why not suggest, that since you no longer needed it, sold it to him, and therefore have no interest in owning it again, why doesn't he sell it to someone else, since he no longer needs it?

 

[Format C:]

Give him his money back and tell him to throw it in the trash, you don't want it back. When he asks why, tell him that you sold it because you wanted to be rid of it and that you thought you could do so and give someone a good deal in exchange for a token amount of money for your efforts and generosity, but since neither of those have any value you'd rather just be done with the hassle and not have a reminder around of how little you're worth in other people's eyes, and that $60 is a cheap price to pay to find out what value others place upon you, your time, and your friendship. That ought to guilt the hell out of him.