robklurfield
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I wouldn't believe this story if it hadn't happened to me. For a true cynic, this one has me wondering if I've been underestimating the honesty of my fellow humans.
I bought a Crown Graphic on eBay about ten days ago. The seller described it as having come from a camera restorer who had put it in working order before my seller acquired it. He said quite plainly that the RF and everything else was working.
Well, lo' and behold, when it arrived, though everything looked cosmetically as pictured and described, the RF was not working at all. I brought this to the seller's attention. He offered a full refund, including shipping both ways. I thought I'd paid a reasonable price for a usable or repairable camera, but was still disappointed by the need to have something potentially major and costly done WHEN I expected, because of his description, otherwise. I wrote him again and expressed appreciation for his kind and fair offer and suggested that maybe I'd have a shop such as Essex Camera have a look and give an estimate.
Well to my utter shock, the seller first said okay (that was expected) and even offered to absorb some of the cost (fair and not quite expected), BUT THEN, WITHOUT EVEN telling me first, he REFUNDED THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE plus shipping to my PayPal account. He then e-mailed me to alert me to what he'd done, saying that he felt terribly guilty about the whole transaction (saying he wasn't aware of the problems). The kicker is that he said I should either return the camera OR keep it, take it to be repaired and, if I decided to keep it, refund back to him whatever was left from the refund or "whatever I thought was fair." My choice. Can you believe that???
I feel like Diogenes having been searching for an honest man and having actually stumbled upon one.
I will, in all likelihood, be taking the camera to Essex. Given the utter integrity of this PRIVATE SELLER, I will not get the camera serviced if the cost exceeds a reasonable number (ie, one that eats up all of the sale price), but will in that case send him the camera and keep my money. What goes around ought to come around, so I will NOT abuse this kind, fair and incredibly honest gesture. The trust alone (remember, I have BOTH the camera and MY money at this point) requires that I repay the gesture in kind. I am flabbergasted.
With nothing to lose at this point, I left this fellow spectacularly positive feedback, though I feel bad that the feedback screen didn't allow more space for shouting out to the whole eBay world what a good soul this guy is.
I bought a Crown Graphic on eBay about ten days ago. The seller described it as having come from a camera restorer who had put it in working order before my seller acquired it. He said quite plainly that the RF and everything else was working.
Well, lo' and behold, when it arrived, though everything looked cosmetically as pictured and described, the RF was not working at all. I brought this to the seller's attention. He offered a full refund, including shipping both ways. I thought I'd paid a reasonable price for a usable or repairable camera, but was still disappointed by the need to have something potentially major and costly done WHEN I expected, because of his description, otherwise. I wrote him again and expressed appreciation for his kind and fair offer and suggested that maybe I'd have a shop such as Essex Camera have a look and give an estimate.
Well to my utter shock, the seller first said okay (that was expected) and even offered to absorb some of the cost (fair and not quite expected), BUT THEN, WITHOUT EVEN telling me first, he REFUNDED THE ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE plus shipping to my PayPal account. He then e-mailed me to alert me to what he'd done, saying that he felt terribly guilty about the whole transaction (saying he wasn't aware of the problems). The kicker is that he said I should either return the camera OR keep it, take it to be repaired and, if I decided to keep it, refund back to him whatever was left from the refund or "whatever I thought was fair." My choice. Can you believe that???
I feel like Diogenes having been searching for an honest man and having actually stumbled upon one.
I will, in all likelihood, be taking the camera to Essex. Given the utter integrity of this PRIVATE SELLER, I will not get the camera serviced if the cost exceeds a reasonable number (ie, one that eats up all of the sale price), but will in that case send him the camera and keep my money. What goes around ought to come around, so I will NOT abuse this kind, fair and incredibly honest gesture. The trust alone (remember, I have BOTH the camera and MY money at this point) requires that I repay the gesture in kind. I am flabbergasted.
With nothing to lose at this point, I left this fellow spectacularly positive feedback, though I feel bad that the feedback screen didn't allow more space for shouting out to the whole eBay world what a good soul this guy is.
