I'm with crashtestmonkey.
I've sold thousands of items on ebay in the last ten years.
Accurate listings and suoer sldetail pictures etc don't help if the buyer is basically a complete arse. The ratio seems to be 1 to 2 Iin 100. Complaints/issues ranged from a cassette I sold not being as described (oily and a bit rusty and exactly as pictured! And ultegra not 105) to some gezer complaining a washing machine was broken (afer he loaded it on an unsuspended bot trainer for a 25 mile jaunt roud the m25... he ha dpuled the plug cabke out of the power supply. . He knew what he was doing as he refurbished and resold them for a 200% mark up)
I have sold lots on eBay and had a few arsey people. I would say you did the right thing by offering a full refund. He is trying it on and Id hope eBay dont do anything as there is nothing substantially wrong with it.
I would see how he reacts and pans out.
A lot of buers are unaware they can be reported for abusing the system too many not as described/never recived claims will land them in trouble (fwiw) but may see claims they opened reversed ( happened to me twice! As a seller)
unsuspended bot trainer
A what now?
A what now?
I have up halfway through taffy's post anyway as half of it made no sense!
I'd definitely be checking the lens very carefully when it comes back, seems like the cold feet rather than the planned scammer, but even so, still seems to be an eBay loophole that you just return broken goods.
Lens producing soft images at largest aperture is not uncommon, in fact pretty much to be expected.
A well known dealer in secondhand cameras and lenses will not refund for complaints of a similar ilk
Sounds like the buyer may have had unreasonable expectations, but probably easier to refund/resell in this instance.
