Craigslist Dilemma

[Twztdlilangel]

I reside in Florida and a few days ago I put up some items for sale on craigslist. I had a person buy my old computer for $75 and is now contacting me and saying that there is a missing disk drive and wants her money back. When I had the computer it worked fine, and I have a feeling that she may have taken a part that she wanted out of it and trying to pass it back off on me. I told her that I would not give her her money back for that reason. If I planned on selling her junk I wouldnt have let her know where I lived! But aside from that, she is now threatening to bring the law into it and hire a lawyer. What should I do?

 

[sandyclaus]

I reside in Florida and a few days ago I put up some items for sale on craigslist. I had a person buy my old computer for $75 and is now contacting me and saying that there is a missing disk drive and wants her money back. When I had the computer it worked fine, and I have a feeling that she may have taken a part that she wanted out of it and trying to pass it back off on me. I told her that I would not give her her money back for that reason. If I planned on selling her junk I wouldnt have let her know where I lived! But aside from that, she is now threatening to bring the law into it and hire a lawyer. What should I do?

If they are planning on suing you, they have the burden of proving that the item they purchased was misrepresented in some way. If they are claiming that the disk drive is missing, they have to show proof that it was supposed to come with one in the first place. As long as you made no specific guarantees as to the fitness of the computer for a specific purpose, it is assumed that the property sold by a private party is sold "as is". The buyer is responsible for making sure that the item meets the stated purpose before completing the transaction.

Let them sue you. It's their money and time to waste.

 

[Twztdlilangel]

Thank you very much. I feel a lot better now.

 

[swalsh411]

A floppy disk drive? Is she joking? She can probably get one for free or less than the cost of a Big Mac at a local computer store. For years now new computers haven't included them. That's like claiming a used car you bought didn't come with a rumble seat.

 

[Zigner]

A floppy disk drive? Is she joking? She can probably get one for free or less than the cost of a Big Mac at a local computer store. For years now new computers haven't included them. That's like claiming a used car you bought didn't come with a rumble seat.

OP ain't talking about a floppy swalsh...

 

[bruceli]

Wouldn't it be more like a car not coming with an 8 track player

 

[swalsh411]

OP ain't talking about a floppy swalsh...

How do you know that?

Although hard drives, CD ROM drives, and floppy disk drives are all "disk drives", usually when one refers to a disk drive in a non-technical sense they mean floppy drive. (at least in my experience).