Bad classified ad RC purchase, what would you do?
 

I recently bought a truggy body on another forum. It was listed as brand new and the picture looked fine. When I received the body today it was beat up, cracks/tears in the mounting holes, and the side was heat-warped from a nitro exhaust pipe.

So the question is, should I leave negative feedback? I'm trying to give a chance for the guy to make it right, however he knowingly listed it as brand new when it obviously wasn't, and I almost feel like for that he doesn't deserve a chance to make it right. It wasn't a simple mistake or accident, he made a conscious decision to be deceptive. The body was cheap and I don't really care about the money, I just have no patience for sympathy or dishonesty.

What would you do?

If it was under ten bucks I would just leave it as is, too much grief for something small. If it was closer to twenty I would bring it up in PM first, if he doesn't do the right thing than I would bring it up in a public place. Make sure that if it goes that far to keep record of all communications for evidence when brought to the attention of others.

It was about $15-20 if I remember correctly. I'm not looking to post about the experience to other members of the forum, just deciding whether to leave a negative feedback on his trader rating. I have already brought it up in a PM and will see if he offers a refund, but as I said I almost feel like he doesn't deserve a chance to make it right for being intentionally deceptive.

I would say if he doesn't do the right thing then leave some negative. If he takes it poorly it is obvious he was being deceptive.

This was his explanation: "i posted that it was brand new before i got the body then i got it and used it but forgot to change it to used. Im sorry about it and i didnt do it on purpose."

To me that seems like BS, but I'm not sure.

If he won't refund than I would leave negative feedback. Its one thing to have a miscommunication, oversight, or shipping issues, but if the seller won't make things right then you should warn others.

No your right, ever heard of the refurbished law. Retailers have to label if an item is refurbished, even if it was restored to almost brand new.

I know he is not a retail store or anything, but I think it is a load of BS that he never once mentioned that he had used the body. Bad karma on his part, plus a negative on his seller rating.

Bottom line
 

Look the bottom line here is this. He deceived you by lying in his add, and following through with the sale as if nothing had changed. He scammed you and needs to be brought to justice of some kind. First I would file a complaint at some level with the forum owner. Then I would post a thread letting everyone know what this PoS did to you. Leave negative feedback, and force this idiot to refund your money. This is not a case of oh I am sorry for the mistake. I forgot. Bullcrap!!! He lied to you and thought he was going to get away with it, and he will if you let it happen. This is why we all come to these forums in the first place, is because we want to be able to trust our R/C friends that we talk with and deal with in here every day. Here on RCM we have a pretty good open line of communication with most of the regular people and can trust doing business with each other without fear. Call this schmuck out and put him on the rack.

He straight up jacked you Jason, his excuse was ultra lame and obvisously a freakin' Lie.

Fire him up w/a NEG Feedback and forget about getting your money back. If he's that much of a POS to try this kind of Shiz then he has no intenions of refund either.

Still
 

I would still harrass him as much as possible to let him know that he might not want to try anything like this again. Otherwise he might think that it was tooooooo easy and do it again to more people. No response at all or just a "I'm really really mad" letter is what creates repeat offenders. You were raped and you need to drag this idiot through whatever mud you can create for him.

How long was it up for sale???? He's trying to tell you that in that short time period he bought it and got it all beat up but decided to sell it anyways like nothing happened.

Like Tourettes Guy would say: "B*lllllllllllllll Sh*t!" :lol:

Do you have a link to the Ad he placed?

I'll have to look and see if I can find the ad, wouldn't be surprised if he edited it though.

Thanks for the input everyone. As I said before I'm all for giving people the benefit of the doubt in the case of accidents, misunderstandings, etc. but this was just a straight up lie on his part. Negative feedback it is.

Definitely something that I would never say.
Why would you mention that you bought it brand new? Well, I mean, yeah, some people get em used, but is it really that necessary?

The fact that he "forgot" to change the "New" to "Used" is quite a dumb excuse.

What board is this?
What was the picture as on the listing?
Did he have feedback before?

Also, the grammar and spelling usually gives me a hint whether it's a guy that did it on purpose (sorri mang!), or on accident, with REAL grammar and spelling, and NAWT LIEK DIS and such.

May be rambling on, but $15-$20 is something I'd rather get back..

Here is the pic, described as "-Brand New Truggy Body with custom clips" Now I knew that there were the cooling holes cut in the body, and I was fine with that, but I still assumed it was never used and in new condition and that was not the case at all. He obviously used it after this pic was taken. I don't know what was meant by custom clips (body clips?) but those weren't included.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...MVC-018S-2.jpg

Pics of how you received it?