sold a watch on ebay. buyer wants me to pay to have the battery replaced!

[purplesyrup]

Actually, message him back as if your a parent and your child sold dads watch without permission and you want it back, im sure you'll never hear from them again

just do this and get rid of him, lol

[Skullz]

You should have replaced it prior to selling it, and since you did not you should have noted in the sale the battery may or may not last long and needs replacing.

[WastedTalent]

You should have replaced it prior to selling it, and since you did not you should have noted in the sale the battery may or may not last long and needs replacing.

x2.

Depends on you though. If you care about your feedback, it's $5 at most. Replace it. Stupid? Pain in the ass? Without a doubt. But, people are stupid man.

[kirill007]

I would say that the watch was for sale, not the watch with batteries.(and that you are sorry that the batteries were dead, but you didn't want to mess up the watch by replacing them yourself)

It's rediculous that you would have to pay for new batteries, your ad didn't say batteries included, now did it?

Some people just want to get the best/most for a rediculous low price.

It's as if you would have to fill up a car before selling it, you aren't obliged to do it but you can if you want to.

[purplesyrup]

true, you were selling a watch, not watch batteries, redirect him to this link, and say "here check out my other listing" lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100x-AG4-SR626SW-LR626-LR66-377-Alkaline-SR66-377A-SR626-177-Watch-Cell-Battery-/160806157168?pt=US_Single_Use_Batteries&hash=item2570cb3b70

[BeatBox]

guess he can buy a battery its not the end of the world

[Trey_Dog650]

I'm sorry if I buy a watch that's in good condition then I expect it to work when I get it.

Not to have a dead watch now I gotta go and replace the battery.

If you had stated the battery is dead then that's different.

[C-Fizzy]

Did he get the watch already? If so, where does he live? You could tell him (if he lives in a cold area) that the battery could have frozen during shipping, so it's not your problem (as if it is anyway). That happened to my brother, he bought 2 playstation remotes and neither of them would stay on unless plugged into the system. So we took the internal battery out of the one we were replacing and put it in the new one, it worked fine. We determined that shipping it in single digit weather in Wisconsin was the cause of the battery not working.

In short, make him believe that's what happened to his battery But if he lives in a warm climate than just forget the book I just wrote above

So you're one of those assholes that likes to make up excuses?

I'll remember that if I ever try to buy something from you

[wellington]

Why would I pay to have the battery replaced I am selling it? It makes no sense. It's like new cause I don't use it...

I think I am just gonna tell him to send it back and That i I can get the same price or more while mentioning that it's got a dead battery.

And +1 about him trying to get everything he can for as little as possible. I could hear the scammer tone in the message he sent me...thank you all for the feedback

[Omega5002]

Did he get the watch already? If so, where does he live? You could tell him (if he lives in a cold area) that the battery could have frozen during shipping, so it's not your problem (as if it is anyway). That happened to my brother, he bought 2 playstation remotes and neither of them would stay on unless plugged into the system. So we took the internal battery out of the one we were replacing and put it in the new one, it worked fine. We determined that shipping it in single digit weather in Wisconsin was the cause of the battery not working.

In short, make him believe that's what happened to his battery But if he lives in a warm climate than just forget the book I just wrote above

Battery freezing? What kind of shit is that. I'd just tell the guy that batteries weren't included, no need to make up a crazy story, makes you look even more guilty.