mac_monkey
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In 2005 I bought a cyrus CD8 from ebay, when it was shipped to me it wouldn't read any disks, I put this down to the courier service and got a full refund from Royal Mail. I then sent it off to cyrus for a quote on fixing it + a quote on upgrading it to an 8x.
It came back as an 8x without me requesting for it to be upgraded. I was a bit peeved at first, but then just thought I would have upgraded it anyway so just enjoyed having my CD8x for the next year.
Shortly after xmas I started to get upgradeitus. I had my eye on an Arcam AVR350 so decided to sell my Cyrus 8x and integrated 7 amp as I didnt use it anywhere near as much as my av receiver. I sold my 8x to a guy who picked it up last weekend.
This is where the problems really started
I sent him an email in the middle of last week asking for feedback and he replied saying that he hadn't had time to set it up yet as he was away working. I thought this was a little odd as who spends £500 on a second hand electrical applience and also travels a 200 mile round trip and then doesn't check to see if it works when they get home?
I have just received a phone call saying the CD player is experiancing similar problems to the ones I was having a year ago before the upgrade and he wants to send it back. I'm screwed arn't I?
I said that sending it back to Cyrus might be a possibility, and I'd pay the costs, but now I'm thinking why should I? I sold him a fully working CD player and now, a week later, it doesn't work. If we don't go that route and he sends it back to me I'm down about £30 shipping and my prised CD player is bust.
For all I know he has had it in his car for a week in the cold and then plugged it straight in, he says it's been in his lounge, but I am 110% certain that when it left my house it was working. I'm now kicking myself for not giving him an audition before he took it away.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I thought about claiming from the courier if he sends it back to me but it's dishonest and if he wants to stich me up I'd get done for fraud
Well thats properly ruined my weekend