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First time for this, opinions please.

Greetings,
I have been buying and selling on A'Gon fo almost 4 years, over 160 transactions. Not a hitch until a local transaction yesterday. I sold a CD player (Rega Jupiter) to a member who lives in my city, so no shipping involved. He came over to my house, listened to player, liked it, bought it and took it home. Later that afternoon he called and said CD player would not power up. Strange as it worked for him for awhile until he changed powercords. After some discussion of checking this or that, it was determined that powercord was changed while on/off switch was still on. At this point I said there's the problem, switching powercords with power still on likely blew a fuse or some other trip device. He did not totally agree, but said it must be an explanation. At this point I must add, said member does not hold me responsible in any way. He was just seeking my advice as to whether I have ever had any trouble of this sort.
My question is twofold:
1. Do you think changing powercords while player is powered up could cause this (I do).
2. Do you think I have any obligation to help at this point? Once again, buyer is not holding me responsible, but I have been worried about this all night. I really feel bad , as this is not a small purchase for him.
Thanks in advance,
Dan
muzikat
muzikat OP
932 posts
 
Thanks for all the response. Here's the update.
Jupiter was sent to Rega for check/repair. It was a bad transformer. The dealer said pulling the powercord while powered up may or may not have been the trigger that caused the transformer to fail. Either way it probably was faulty, (of course I had no way of knowing this). Repair cost was $260, I have sent a check for half to the purchaser. Hopefully there will be "good listening" with this Rega Jupiter from now on.
Cheers!
Dan
tobias
1,534 posts
 
Thanks a lot for sharing the the story, Dan--both the beginning and the end. I'm glad you and the buyer found a way to feel as good as possible about the deal. You both sound like great guys, and I'll remember you when I trade.
ellery911
549 posts
 
It's nice to know there are people like you in our community...most of us are good people...you just put the words to it. Thanks for sharing...it's so nice to hear stories like this rather than reading about something in the disputes forum.
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