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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 341778, member: 4626&quot;]OK I don&#039;t think we actually disagree here then... I agree with you on the point of reading the fine print and using that in your bidding/purchasing decision.&nbsp; A restocking fee always sends up a red flag for me... if a seller is honest and willing to stand behind their merchandise, they shouldn&#039;t need such a protection.&nbsp; An honest seller with quality merchandise should be able to make a reasonable profit even if they ocassionally get stuck with an impossible to please customer who returns the merchandise they just decided they didn&#039;t like.&nbsp; As someone who has worked retail for many years (and still does, part-time) I can attest to that.</p><p><br /></p><p>But imagine a situation where you go to an eBay auction page, see a picture of a really nice coin, decide it&#039;s a good enough deal to buy... you win it, pay for it... but when the coin shows up, it&#039;s nothing at all like it was in the picture.&nbsp; You return it and the seller charges you a restocking fee.&nbsp; Do you just sit back and say &quot;oh well, my fault for assuming I&#039;d actually get what I paid for, and the seller did mention the restocking fee in the auction, so I guess I have to pay it...&quot; or instead do you say &quot;It&#039;s not like I just changed my mind here, the seller didn&#039;t give me what I paid for, I shouldn&#039;t have to pay <i>anything</i>, whether he mentioned a restocking fee or not!&quot;&nbsp; For me it would definitely be the latter, that&#039;s the only point I was trying to make.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t accept the &quot;contract&quot; argument when at best the seller made a mistake he&#039;s expecting me to pay for and at worst he comitted fraud.&nbsp; A contract does not provide any legal protection to a seller who does either of those things.</p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t comment on the honesty of lawyers... I think that some are honest, some are not, no different than any other profession... but yes a court case is more about who presents a more convincing story than whose side the law is on.&nbsp; However being able to demostrate that the law is clearly on your side holds a lot of weight with juries and/or judges, and a good lawyer wil always be able to do that.&nbsp; The law being on your side is no guarantee of success, but it does tip the odds in your favor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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