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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1183458, member: 27832&quot;]Really? I&#039;m (obviously) no lawyer, but when the item was sold with misrepresentation and apparent intent to defraud, doesn&#039;t that in any way compromise his claim? You can&#039;t reclaim stolen property after you&#039;ve sold it, even if you repay the money you got for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>If eBay had told me to send it back, I would&#039;ve grumbled, but I would&#039;ve done so, <i>without</i> defacing it. If the guy had said &quot;I&#039;m sorry, return it and I&#039;ll refund your money&quot;, I would&#039;ve done so, again without defacing it. He didn&#039;t; he told me to take it up with eBay. I did, eBay refunded my money, and told me I didn&#039;t need to do anything else.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]123850.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That bit about how &quot;the seller has issued a full refund&quot; is a bit euphemistic. His eBay account was yanked, I imagine his PayPal account was frozen, and if it didn&#039;t have a sufficient balance, they probably went after his bank account or CC account for the remainder. Note that, in general, eBay <i>does</i> require you to traceably return SNAD merchandise, and won&#039;t issue a refund until they receive proof of delivery. In this case, they did not impose that requirement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I don&#039;t turn to eBay as the final authority on my legal or ethical obligations, but when I&#039;m dealing through eBay, I&#039;m very careful to play by their rules. By their rules, I apparently owe this guy nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>He&#039;s proven that he&#039;s willing to act unethically; I&#039;d prefer not to turn him into a stalker. But I also don&#039;t feel that I owe him a return, and I&#039;m not sure it improves my ethical standing if I do return the thing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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