[QUOTE] Champ wrote you do.[/QUOTE] Oh. ok. I only know one person who would do that.
Champ says... The wheel is fucked, therefore you should refund him what it's worth, i.e. zilch, **** all and nowt.
For me this is the "honourable" compromise although my instinct is to stick with caveat emptor. He didn't check what he purchased and the transaction is legally complete as the money has changed hands with the goods.
Depends on the ding. You obviously know that a dinged wheel could possibly cause a blow out or other failure, depending on how dinged it is. If you think he has a case then refund it, because while he should have inspected it, you should be responsible for what you sell, unless you're a cnut (which you're generally not). If you seriously think it's fine tell him and if he persists make it not worth his while bothering to go through with it.
I actually think it's more than a cosmetic mark. I'd be dubious about any wheel with a ding in it, especially alloy wheels where you have no idea whether the ding has weakened the wheel in that region. It's not like a steel rim. Cast alloy is funny stuff. Were it me, I'd probably not risk it either. Of course, this doesn't affect the "You bought it" argument, but that's covered elsewhere.
I'd say "Sure, drop it off and I'll give you your £20 back". Onus is on him to get it back to you from Leicester, and as he sounds a bit of a waster, it'll probably never happen. You're not going to collect it, are you? Or pay for him to post it back to you?
To be fair to the buyer, that kind of ding makes the wheel useless for a road bike as it'll get an MOT fail. I only discovered this when I got an advisory for a _much_ smaller ding in the front wheel of the VFR.
Champ says... After all's said and done, he got a bit of a bargain out of you in the first place, that's a fuckload of a discount he got from your original price. Sometimes you have to take the rough with the smooth, and being as he drove a bloody hard bargain and then fucked you around I'd be inclined to tell him to **** off, or give him the Platypus option of 'drop it round and I'll give you 30 quid back'. Either way I think he's got a bit of a cheek.
Cab says... Another thing to bear in mind is this. The bloke is building a streetfighter, so no matter how much time and money he throws at it the fucking thing will always look like a half eaten dog's breakfast. A small ding in the wheel is going to be the least of his problems. His biggest one will be how many months advertising he has to pay for in Streetfighters, as a 'half finished project'.
I'd probably offer a full refund on the whole package as an option, but only if he delivers it back to Cheltenham at a convenient time. It's good to be nice, but if you're buying second hand you have to be careful so he ought to expect a bit of pain for his carelesness. If he'd told you in advance that the appearance of the wheel was important, then I'd say that you were at fault and should act accordingly, but I gather that's not the case.
