Aibu to not give money back?!

[Serenitymummy]

Sold a buggy on local Facebook selling page, it was expensive when bought, used for around a year then stored for just over two years. DH and I now decided we're not gonna have any more DC so sold it, advertised for £40 and was knocked down to £35.

Collected it on Monday, hassled me all of Tuesday saying that she needed the cosy toes (which I didn't specify I had) and if I don't have that bit she'd have to bring it back. Found it, she asked if I'd deliver it, I said no. She collected.

Wed she messaged to say she and her daughter love it thanks so much.

Today messages to say the wheel had broken/snapped and it's now unusable. Wants to bring it back and me refund her. Bearing in mind it was in great condition when sold as I wouldn't con someone like that, aibu to tell her to get stuffed?!

I wouldn't refund. What a coincidence a perfectly working order pram happened to break 2 days after she had it.

I'd refund it as I suspect something must have happened to it during the two years you had it in storage. I'd ask her to bring it back so that you could look at it and double check it's your pram. I don't think the switcheroo scam would work in this case as it would be a bit of a coincidence for her to have the exact same pram model in the exact same condition as yours.

Another solution would be to look at the cost of a new wheel.

procrastinatorgeneral I didn't realise that was a thing. Tbh it wouldn't surprise me as she was very very keen on it, was 'pretty please' ing me when someone else showed interest. Actually in her first message today said that her MIL used it and whatever had snapped as she'd had the same one and the same thing broke?!

If she was tiring yo scam you then what are the chances that the two prams look similar enough to to fool you? Prams age quickly even if they are in good condition. Yours is three years old but has only been in use for one year - I suspect that a similar aged pram that has been in use for the full three years would look a LOT more well used. IYSWIM

Sounds very like the scam Serenity. I don't suppose it was a Frankie (now the urbo bug) was it? They're about 3-5 years old now, we're massively popular but really probe to breaking. Lots of scammy incidents with people wanting replacements etc.

The fact she was so desperate for the footmuff made me susoicious too, as it's not really footmuff season, but she's going to be able to sell a decent pushchair on for a fair bit if it has accessories.

You could always sniff it. The 2 second hand ones I stupidly bought were both humming. The fabrics were all washable luckily.

Anyway, my point is that as weird as it may be to sniff it, you'll realise if it smells nothing like your house.

YANBU ignore her

Like Kiss, I'd be worried about hassle from her and her doing something unreasonable if I didn't refund.

I wouldn't refund but after she took it away the first time I wouldn't have dealt with any more correspondence from her so would never had got into a discussion about the cosy toes. I would have ignored any further texts from her.

If you do take it back and refund her make sure that she returns the cosy toes too.

Thanks all 😊