He (93mustank) certainly loves to play the part of the victim, doesn't he?
Every response seems to be "Well, I've done my part, time for him to do his!"
Exactly what "part" is he referring to? Slandering Guero (ThePunisher95)'s reputation and basically calling him a crook? I mean...he claims absolutely NO RESPONSIBILITY in this transaction what so ever?
Years ago, I sold a snowmobile. It was only 1-year old when I bought it (it sold new for $10,500) I had owned it for all of two years and the thing had accumulated a total mileage of about 2,400km when I sold it (for a song BTW). It ran flawless for the whole time I owned it and was a great sled. I sold the thing because I was stuck in a dead end job and decided that going back to school was ultimately important and needed the money for tuition.
Not 3-weeks later after I sold it to the guy did his dad call me (at work) screaming and yelling how I "ripped his son off and sold him a piece of junk!" Apparently, his son had just gone out for one ride on it the day before, put on less than 20km and it blew up on him.....which I found extremely hard to believe considering it's perfect running condition when I sold it. Not only that, but I let him take it out for probably closed to 20-minutes before even selling it to him. Anyway, the father was adamant that I refund his money, or pay for a new engine. Now keep in mind, the engine in this thing was $3,000 to replace and I only sold the sled to him for a grand total of $4,500.
I explained to him that I felt for him, but the machine ran flawlessly the entire time I owned it, including the 20-minutes he test drove and inspected it prior to the sale. The father insisted that I must have known it was on it's "last leg" and was trying to screw him. I asked him how there was any way, shape or form I could have known it was going to blow up and found it extremely coincidental it did during the one 20km ride after the sale?
Anyway, long story short, I stuck to my guns and offered the guy no reprieve. In the end, it was buyer beware and for what I sold it to him for, it shouldn't have even came with an engine in the first place.
A couple of years later, I ran into the son who was now working as a mechanics apprentice at that same dealership that I worked at. He wasn't sore about it (and actually never was) and told me the real story. He had apparently started driving it the minute he got it home (not 3-weeks later like his father claimed) and put well over 800km on it of which he claimed it ran great. He then admitted to me that he was "too cheap" to run premium fuel in the tank (even thought that's what it called for) and he even actually ran it out of oil once on one of his many trips. That's when the engine went to pot. He stated that his dad was furious since he was the one who lent him the money for the thing, so was going to figure out a way to get the money back from the seller (me).
What does it all mean? It just goes to show you used condition, is just that...used! If you want a warrant, buy brand new. If you don't want to pay new prices, then shut up and take your chances.
I believe the engine Guero (ThePunisher95) sold was newly rebuilt. I believe that it did hold its oil pressure and did run well. Scored bearings although an indication of damage, aren't a guarantee of failure...at least not right away. The engine could have very well ran for another 100,000km, or it could have crapped out within the first 500km. That’s the chance you take when buying used parts. Either way, the engine ran when he sold it and the physical damage is not something either of them would have realized unless it was torn apart at the time of inspection.
His mistake shouldn't be your loss. You held up your end by selling him a running engine that was to the best of your knowledge in perfect working order. If he wanted guarantee's from you, he should have stated as much at the time of the sale. If he wanted a warranty, he should have bought a new part.
Bottom line, is that he f***ed up and now expects you to pay for his mistake. He offers no compromise and seems determined to slander your reputation and turn you into the bad guy in this situation as payback? So again I ask.....how has he "done his part" in all this?
When I sell parts I think of it like this. I let it go cheap since I already had my fun with it so theres no point of trying to get my money back by selling high let someone else enjoy it.
