It is likely a no win situation right now, I assume he paid by PayPal and he could always fall back on that to make a claim too.
Sometimes it really sucks selling ANYTHING online nowadays, way to many unscrupulous people around.
Looks like right now, you either bluff it out with them and refuse to pay anything and see what happens, might get your feedback dinged but might not pay out anything.
Or you end up paying return shipping and have now a pair of damaged speakers, double dent financially there.
Or you agree and pay for new grills, still a financial dent.
I would go with option A right now in your situation.
Sometimes it really sucks selling ANYTHING online nowadays, way to many unscrupulous people around.
Looks like right now, you either bluff it out with them and refuse to pay anything and see what happens, might get your feedback dinged but might not pay out anything.
Or you end up paying return shipping and have now a pair of damaged speakers, double dent financially there.
Or you agree and pay for new grills, still a financial dent.
I would go with option A right now in your situation.