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Advertised a phone on Gumtree for £60. Had rarely been used. Accepted an offer of £40. Buyer didn't drive, so dropped it round.
Girl of about 18, with two kids. Partner, same age just in from his labouring job - so he grafts. Girl was buying phone as Xmas present for Mum.
Got a txt tonight (after one day), saying they'd tried a Sim and it didn't work, could she have a refund. The phone used a mini sim - halfway between a normal and the micro used in iPhone. Not that common. Some further texts exchanged ... long story short. Chance of me providing a broken phone <1%, worked just before I removed the SIM. Chance that the new owner horsed in the wrong size and damaged it >80%.
What to do ? £40 means a pub lunch for me and the kids - not that critical. £40 may mean more to them - should I refund and likely have to dump the phone ? Or am I being a mug ?
Sold as seen on gumtree.
Are you gona mis the £40, Have they been polite, and are you feeling charitable.
If they are being polite and nice,and your not gona miss the £40 i'd probably writre it of as some christmas karma, but by no means do you have to.
Refund.
Make yourself feel good and cut them some slack just before Christmas.
Mug I'd say. It's not a question about the value of money, it's about stupidity. I'd have tried a SIM in when you dropped it over. I also wouldn't have tried forcing anything. If I had, I wouldn't then try and blame the seller.
Rereading all the above, none of that was about money. Don't reward stupidity or there's no reason for people to not be.
Is is the phone actually broken? Or is it user error or that they don't want it due to sim size?
Was the phone network locked?
what the first two say and double check it is
1. broken
2. your phone
^^ this.
top two and junkyard.
Refund if they deliver it back to you and it's not been tampered with.
What Rscott said.
just out so you know, there is no difference between any of the sims. Get busy with a dremel or stanley knife, its only excess plastic.
If it works a refund is the decent thing to do. If they have broken it, you are a mug to give them their money back.
Would you expect a refund if you bought something and then damaged it?