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That Other Audiophile Website

I purchased a cd player from a seller on that other audiophile website. When I took it out of the box it reeked of cigarette smoke. I contacted the seller and got nowhere. I contacted that other website. I was told it's the buyers responsibility to investigate the seller before making a purchase.  I gave the seller a negative review. My review was removed, and I was banned from making further comments about my experience. Almost a month later I'm still trying to get a refund. PayPal is going to try and help me. Talk about unethical. Anyone have a similar experience?
tominnj
teo_audio
2,197 posts
 
Ozone apparently does well with removing smoke smell.
the wipe down will get rid of most of it, don't forget to wipe the bottom off too.
geof3
1,129 posts
 
The “other site” has nothing to do with this. If he stated it came from a non-smoking environment, or you asked and he said it wasn’t in that environ and it showed up like that, different discussion. Buy the seller, ask every question that is important to you. If there was no actual misrepresentation then you don’t have much of a leg to stand on. It will be interesting to see how PP actually handles this. 
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jerryg123
3,429 posts
 
Highly doubt this site would do anything if this pinhead sold here and had the same issue. Nor would eBay. 
Sad but true “Buyer Beware”

@Millercarbon that was classless your response. Go peddle some Raven and Moabs. Dill.
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hilde45
4,974 posts
 
I've had only good experiences with the "us audio place market."
arch2
308 posts
 
I purchased a CD player on this website a number of years ago with the same issue. Seller never stated it came from a smoke free home and I never asked. I learned my lesson. If that is the same as your condition I would suggest getting used to it, cleaning the unit, or sell it stating it came from a smoking environment. Now if it was advertised as being from a smoke free environment that’s a different story. But to suggest other websites are shams because of that incident in my opinion isn’t accurate. Hope it works out for you though.
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