It was a dvd recorder, which he told ebay had one of it's 2 inputs not working. So he wants to return it and get the postage refunded. I have to 13 feb to choose one of the resolutions RED FLAGS?: - he has his own 'brick and mortar' electronics store, judging from his user name; so he is a local reseller of the product type I sold him -he is cagey, did not communicate about item problem specifics, at all, to this seller, instead to ebay directly. Yet earlier, before shipping, he quickly replied to a note I sent him about the now disputed item. It is possible, but i never heard about ,dead inputs on dvd recorders before, internet search results of this was vague to say the least - months earlier, another electronics store/repair type, similarly tight lipped,'go direct to ebay' buyer, also disputed a player as 'broken', asked for partial refund, but later relented and cancelled 'amicably'. I'm fairly certain that THAT was a scammer, who thought sellers were favored over buyers. I'm doing fairly well in sales compared to earlier periods, with a new niche to exploit, so now want to come out of this situation without getting totally scammed if possible. I did mention the mail fraud concern I have to this buyer, ( without directly implying it) no reply of course. surely not all the options are 'rollover' 'butter him up', ' it's hopeless' etc?
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