Help! Mom in a difficult spot. I buy and sell on ebay and have dealt with customers and sellers, but never quite like the seller my young adult son has encountered. He made a purchase of a vintage electronic, described as "checked over in perfect working order", but when he got it, there was a very obvious broken, non-working part. I told my son, whom wants to keep the purchase, to work with the seller and make an offer which reflected the chance he was taking at making a repair. We aren't talking replacement part - out and back in- we are talking super glue. My son being the teenager he is told the seller he would settle for 50% of his money back. The seller jumped on the naive offer and in addition offered up rude, lame excuses and never an apology. He also offered to take the item back, inspection at his discression as to whether he would give a refund. Insisting he can get every penny he sold this broken down thing to my son for. That just says to me - more lying and deception - different buyer. I want my son the keep this and take the chance if it's what he wants, but I'm not sure it's worth the risk. After ignoring Mom's advice and accepting the 50% refund does he have any way of getting ebay to help out? So far, he has listen and not attempted any repair, the item is still in "received as" condition.
