sold a new shrinkwrapped game on half.com, buyer claims an aol disc was in the case

[wasssup]

Just looking for a few opinions..I sold a game I bought new but never opened, it was still in factory shrinkwrap (I used to work at a babbages back in high school so I know what store shrinkwrapped items look like opposed to factory shrinkwrap).

Anyway, I got a message today claiming there was an AOL 9.0 disc inside, and he to know how i can explain this. I sold it for like $8, so the money was trivial, but I highly doubt the game wasn't there. Any recommendations as to how to tackle this??

 

[Beev]

Find another copy and send it to him I guess. Make sure you call him a lying asshole.

 

[hypn0tik]

Tell him to contact the manufacturer of the game and file a complaint since it was still in its original shrink wrap.

 

[pontifex]

did you make another thread or did someone delete the other posts?

 

[wasssup]

i'm guessing they were deleted? that's weird.

but yeah...bah i'm a stingy bastard, i don't like "giving" money away lol..

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: wasssup
..bah i'm a stingy bastard,.

Sounds like your buyer is too.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: Yreka

Originally posted by: wasssup
..bah i'm a stingy bastard,.

Sounds like your buyer is too.

.............and dishonest.

 

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Tell him to contact the manufacturer of the game and file a complaint since it was still in its original shrink wrap.

yup

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: hypn0tik
Tell him to contact the manufacturer of the game and file a complaint since it was still in its original shrink wrap.

Sounds about right.

 

[RaiderJ]

Where did you originally acquire the game?

 

[AlgaeEater]

You can't loose on this matter no what if the game was shrink wrapped. It's like a retail store selling a shrink wrapped Apple Ipod, and inside they find chocolate instead of an Ipod.

 

[ViviTheMage]

im calling bs....

 

[randalee]

Some kid that worked at Babbage's stole the game and put an AOL CD in there, and re-shrinkwrapped. Sorry it does happen all the time. Employees are often the worst thieves a store like that can have.

Send him 9 bucks refund and be done with it.

 

[wnangle]

This is a tough one. So many stores have shrink wrap machines, and even individuals have these machines to make software look unopened. Not sure why someone would claim an $8 game is an AOL disk unless it was so. My suggestion is to refund the money and next time, don't sell something shrink wrapped. Lesson learned.

 

[Schfifty Five]

There's shrinkwrap and then there's FILM wrap.

Usually new games will have a film wrap (like a present wrapped in clear wrapping paper, with the nice folds at the end, etc), though some new games will come in a shrinkwrap (you can tell by the "melted" line on one edge).

If it was a shrinkwrapped (melted edge), then there's a better chance it was resealed.