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| rob1234:
I sold my mame cabinet yesterday. The guy came here and I plugged the game in and powered it up. We played a game and he made sure everything worked. Today he calls me and says the computer says no cpu present. I told him to check to see if the ram, cpu, video card were all seated properly along with all the cables. In the process he broke the white connector for the video card. The computer shows a white screen when it loads. I know it is a problem with the video card and the way it is sitting. The guy tried to ask for a refund and I told him no since it always worked while I owned it and it worked yesterday when he picked it up. The computer was laying in the back of a work van for a good an and a half drive. I think he damaged it in transit possibly on top of the piece for the video card. He wants me to fix his computer. I told him I would look at it but I will not put any money into repairing it. He wants to ship it to me. Now here is my question...should I pay return shipping, and would you even look at the computer? He openly told me he is going to resell it and I know he will be making close to a $1000 profit off the sale. (I checked his profile saying how much a guy was paying him to make a game) The game worked perfect when he took it. Now he claims its not his problem and I should take part of the burdan. |
| skid_68:
No way, DO NOT pay for anything (IF) you sold it to him AS-IS, and with no warranty. I assume you did right? Also, you should have typed up a document stating all this, and had both of you sign it. JUST in case he wants to take you to court for it. But if you did sell it as-is, then you have no obligation to fix it. Heck, you played the damn thing with the guy at your house, and it worked fine. Then he gets it home and it doesnt work. Thats his problem, he broke it, HE should pay to fix it. If you wanted to just be nice, you could look at the computer. But he should pay for the shipping both ways. |
| Gunstar Hero:
"Let the buyer beware." Even if you didn't sell it "as is" he tested it and took posession of the equipment with no warranty implied. Sounds like he got a smokin' deal anyways, I'd let him pay the shipping if you're feeling kind enough to fix it for free. |
| NoOne=NBA=:
Do you have a bill of sale stating "as-is, without warranty" on it? That's not necessary, but it will really cover you in a case like this. In this case, I would also have put "working when received" in it, so that you'd have his signature on that, as well. I would personally see if the guy is willing to split the gas to get you there and back, to fix it at his house. Shipping the computer back and forth leaves you too open to claims of "it was kind of working when I shipped it to him", and "it wasn't working at all when I got it back". I'd also have him sign a release for any work you do, stating that there is no warranty on that either, that you are not responsible for anything else that breaks while you are trying to fix it, and that you are just doing it to be a nice guy. If he wants work with a warranty, he needs to go to a licensed/bonded computer repair guy. |
| spidermonkey:
Personally if it was me and he *just* picked it up last night I would probably take a look at the computer and try to help him diagnose the problem. Obviously its his fault that the video card is now broken but as far as the error messages prior to that well.. we all know how quirky and tempermental MAME cabs can be. Stop and think back if you ever had that particular error message during the time you built and played it. If so then I suppose the really nice thing to do would be to take a look at it for him. If it is the video card and if he were to supply the new one AND pay for shipping then I might consider even popping in the new video card for him as it doesn't take very long to do. But in no way are you responsible for paying for *anything* The only reason I would offer my labor to him is because of the fact that he just picked it up last night. If he called a month later complaining then I wouldn't give him anything other then maybe a little phone support if that. Bottom line is you really aren't obligated to do squat for him but if I were the buyer of a game and had problems that quickly (even if it was my fault) I would hope that the seller would at least make an attempt to help me so long as I brought the game and new parts right to him. Its really up to you. On the other hand if you were to try to fix it and broke something else in the process now you have him accusing you of making matters worse. I would probably base my decision on whether to help him by the way he acted when he called you and confronted you with the problem. Was he a ---meecrob--- bag right off the bat ? or was he polite in asking for assistance ? Whatever you do don't feel guilty if you decide not to help him because it really is *his* problem since he is now the owner. If he wanted a warranty then he should have asked and if you refused to give him a warranty he could have easily walked away from the sale but he didn't so that means he accepted the risk. Good luck |
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