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AIBU?

AIBU to think I'm not in the wrong here?

20 replies

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/09/2011 16:30

This is my first ever AIBU so be gentle :)

I had a condenser tumble dryer that I have been weaning myself off of using for the past few months and gradually ended up not using it at all. Therefore, I decided to sell it.

Advertised on FB on my local selling page and someone offered me £40 which is was happy with and they came to collect today, on time.

I showed them it working when the came to collect and explained how to clean it all, and where the condenser was, how often to empy the tank etc.

I specifically said there was water in a chamber that I didn't know how to empty so not to lay it down or it'll seep into the back of the machine.

They consequently laid it down

Now she is demanding her money back saying I've sold her something faulty as since she got it home it is tripping her power. Ive emailed her troubleshooting tips that I've found on google and she still isn't happy.

Technically, she has broken the dryer after leaving my property and paying me so therefore IMO not my problem anymore.

AIBU or am i going to have to give her the £ back?

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rubyslippers · 03/09/2011 16:31

Yanbu

nocake · 03/09/2011 16:32

You showed her that it was working. You told her not to lie it down. She did and broke it so it's her fault. Don't give her the money back.

OrganicFreeRangeBoys · 03/09/2011 16:33

YANBU.

Cheeky cow.

LynetteScavo · 03/09/2011 16:33

Remind her that you told her not to lie it down! She did so and broke it. Her fault not yours. I wouldn't give her the money back.

Did she actually see it working at your house?

OrganicFreeRangeBoys · 03/09/2011 16:33

Her the cheeky cow I mean, not you.

LynetteScavo · 03/09/2011 16:33

Oh, yes you did, sorry!

carpwidow · 03/09/2011 16:33

YANBU

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/09/2011 16:38

Phew! I have gone to great lengths to tell her numerous ways to solve the problem. Just because it is tripping her power doesn't mean it is broken.

I politely (which I am not usually in these situations) said that I hope she understands why I think it isn't my fault and I hope she appreciates my help in fixing but she just keeps saying "now I'm stuck with a dryer I don't know how to use" - I provided the instructions as well.

Some people hey.

just wondering what I'm going to do when she's back knocking on my door demanding her money back which I'm spending tonight on a chinese

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ChippingIn · 03/09/2011 16:39

YANBU - it was working, she saw it. You told her not to lay it down, she did. Entirely her problem.

SoupDragon · 03/09/2011 16:40

You've been using it and you have the instructions yet you didn't know how to empty the water chamber??

Not your fault that they laid it down mind you.

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/09/2011 16:42

Hiya Chipping :) I'm ok thanks, Hope you are well too.

I totally expected them to come with a van to pick it up. Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw them trying to squash it into their boot of the car. Who would pick up white goods with no van

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MumblingRagDoll · 03/09/2011 16:43

YANBU

She paid 40 quid....you warned her. It's her own fault!

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/09/2011 16:44

SoupDragon - There is a water tank that collects the steam which you are meant to empty after every use. There is also a service chamber you aren't meant to touch that collects extra water. It is this second chamber I didn't know how to open.

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nickelbabe · 03/09/2011 16:54

yanbu.

she laid it down when you told her not to.

some people are just chancers.

Andrewofgg · 03/09/2011 17:01

She is yet another one who should be invited to rearrange the following words into a well-known phrase:

OFF SOD

GypsyMoth · 03/09/2011 19:16

So you watched them lay it down/stuff in the boot of the car?

ALovelyBunchOfCoconuts · 03/09/2011 19:43

From my upstairs window yes. They had already paid and said bye, doors closed. I live in 1st floor flat so went back upstairs and then they put it in the car. They had already been told not to lay it down so don't see why I should have raced all the way down the stairs just to say don't do that and they'd do it anyway because it wouldnt have fitted in their car any other way.

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izzywhizzyletsgetbusy · 03/09/2011 20:54

This seems to be a case of buyer beware.

The item was presumably sold as seen and, in this case, it was seen in working order.

Regardless of what may or may not have happened on its journey to the buyer's home, any fault with the dryer became the responsibility of the buyer at the point of sale (i.e when money changed hands).

MotherMucca · 03/09/2011 21:08

YANBU

DoMeDon · 03/09/2011 21:34

YANBU - sold as seen - tough luck

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