# Should I refund this ebay buyer's money?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290 "2009-03-21T21:55:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290/21 "2009-03-22T20:58:32Z")

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Oh, never mind. My post was out of date considering the OPs last post.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290/22 "2009-03-23T01:25:03Z")

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> [@Reply](#):
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> I mean, if the buyer claims the item was damaged in transit (even if he’s lying), can you not file a claim?
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> And comics _are_ expensive and fragile, apparently.

You can. But it’s a lot of trouble and the burden of proof that it’s packed right is on you. If the exterior of the box isn’t damaged, any damage is generally caused by improper packing.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290/23 "2009-03-23T01:26:16Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> In my book, buying something, then deciding you don’t want it, lying about damage to the item, damaging it yourself and asking for a refund is taking advantage of someone.

There is no evidence at all of any of these \*"deciding you don’t want it, lying about damage to the item, damaging it yourself ".  
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-refund-this-ebay-buyers-money/490290/24 "2009-03-23T01:29:02Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> There is no evidence at all of any of these \*"deciding you don’t want it, lying about damage to the item, damaging it yourself ".  
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I was responding to gonzomax’s claim that doing so wouldn’t be taking advantage of someone, when it clearly would be.

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