In early August, I sold a hard drive for very little money ($15 plus $3 shipping). Listing states no returns. Today I get a message from the seller basically stating that it did not work and he wants a refund. Just that, no attempt to figure out what could have happened, and 2 months and change after the item arrived to his location.
What gave me pause at the beginning was that this was going to a Miami address and had a bunch of weird characters and names in the 2nd line of the address. It sounded like those services that receive packages for people overseas and then send the product somewhere else where the final cosumer is. Perhaps somewhere in South America or Europe.
After 2 months, I cannot believe that this person had it sitting there and did not use the hard drive, so it probably failed after they have been using it, or are just trying to get the item for free. If I have to end up eating the cost (and again $18 is not something I consider a large sum) I might as well stop selling the 3-4 things I sell a year on eBay. It seems like things have decended a bit.
Should I ask them to return the item first? I have the serial number, so perhaps that dissuades them from actually going through. Or should I reach out to eBay per se since it has been 2+ months since the transaction happened and he received the hard drive? But if I have to return the $18, I want them to sweat it a bit, since it clearly smells like a scam to me since they are not messaging me to help figure out the issue, just that it does not work and he wants a full refund.
What do you all say?
