Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A few years ago I bought a used Noctilux from a retail outlet here in the UK after seeing the lens advertised on their web site. I paid by credit card over the phone and they took my money the day I phoned. After a few weeks, lots of phone calls, all unanswered in the latter stages, it slowly dawned on me that I had been had. Dave Morton, a Leica shooter on IRC chat, advised me to contact the Office of Fair Trading which I did and they sent me a couple of leaflets about the law and buyers rights. In a nutshell this is the law in the UK. If you buy something by remote means using a credit card the contract is between the seller and the credit card company. I wrote to my credit card company and filled in a form detailing the transaction together with a copy of my letter to the seller stating that I wanted a full refund. I signed an undertaking to reimburse my credit card company should the lens or a refund eventually turn up and they then refunded my money in full and presumably went after the seller. Neither lens or refund turned up from the seller. The Office of Fair Trading, who I kept informed throughout, closed his web site (notice posted on his web site to that effect) and I used the refund to buy a Noctilux from somewhere else. If I had lost that money I would be a richer man today :-) --Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: 30 June 2005 21:35 Subject: Re: [Leica] DMR Sold!! > Both dealer and seller have a risk. But as the seller is a known forum > admin (rff/rangefinderforum) and the buyer might be a rff member, so the > risk is small for both. > > > >Of course, the buyer takes a risk that the seller will take his money and > >run. The buyer would not have a recourse of giving a negative rating. I > >wouldn't do it. Maybe he found a buyer outside of Ebay? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >