What do you make of this??

hywelg

I sold my Quartermaster 6 on eBay. Last thing I did before dismantling my pedal board was take photos of it for nostalgic reasons, I'm never going to have a board like it again.

http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/557227/#Comment_557227

Anyway it sells on eBay, then i get this message from the buyer.

hi ya , just got the qm6 and loop 1 does not work , the LED does not come on and no signal runs through the loop. This was not mentioned in you description and judging that it was very well packed i don't think this happened in transit . I will contact the gig rig to see how much a repair will be and see if it is worth doing , sadly it may have to be returned unless we could agree on a discount . I'll keep you posted cheers Tom

So I checked my photo an lo it shows loop 1 LED lit.  So my reply was completely unequivocal,

It wasn't mentioned because the last time I used it, all loops worked fine. Please return it to me in the original packaging and when I receive it I will refund in full including return postage. Can't say fairer than that can I?

Sincere apologies, Hywel Harris

And today I find this in my feedback )positive I might add) comments.....

item arrived damaged , (no fault of seller) easy fix from friend . great comms

Am I being cynical or was that an attempt at price reduction??

ICBM

Cynical? Anyone would have thought that sort of thing goes on a lot on Ebay…

Lucky you were able to be so positive it worked before you sent it, or as a decent type you might have been inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Make sure you retain those messages as proof in the event of a chargeback attempt which can be made up to 180 days.

d8m

Sounds like he may have not plugged it in properly(or something along these lines) and realised after?

Given the decent FB he left I would like to think he wasn't sharking.

Iamnobody

Someone tried that with me on a pedal. Except he stated that when he first tried it all was fine. The second time it was dead.

I explained that as it worked when I sent it and worked when he received it, it was an unfortunate problem outside of my knowledge and control.


He didn't reply after...

Sassafras

Well played. Sounds exactly like he was trying it on. Cheeky sod.