Send it back, or keep it?

FLymon

FLymon

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I recently bought a knife that was supposed to be "new, unopened etc.." and when I received it it was not in a box or package of any kind and was clearly used judging by the (lightly) scratched up handles and general dirty condition. It's a nice used knife, but not a new knife. It was to be a gift to my daughter, and I wanted it to be brand new in the box for her.
So I contacted the seller and demanded a refund, and that he pay the postage to return it. He refunded my payment, in full, and told me to keep the knife.
So now I am stuck, I don't feel right keeping it since I didn't pay for it, but I don't want to spend the money (as a matter of principle) to ship it back to him either when he knows that he misrepresented the knife.

So, should I just ship it back and eat the postage? Or keep it?

I purposely left out the value of the knife, and what I intend to do with it if I keep it. Does either matter?
 
Wow, sounds like the seller made a mistake and certainly did much more than he had to do to make it right. Yes, he should have been more careful describing it but, people to sometimes make errors. You are under no obligation to send it back so, I would just suggest you do whatever you feel is right - as you were the one involved in the transaction. Sounds like you were lucky in dealing with a stand up seller - who corrected their error and then some.
 
If you want to go overboard on being a standup guy, you could offer the seller what you believe is the value of the knife. He can say yes or no, and either way you are golden because you have done what you can.

I would just thank the guy, and keep the knife with a clear conscience.
 
If you feel the seller was being genuine in his telling you to keep it...as in it was an honest mistake and he just wanted to do the right thing by you...then I think you're okay either way.

If the seller was blowing you off...in the sense of telling you that he just can't be bothered with you or your business...I'd either send the knife back to him or give it away.

I know many don't feel that it matters from whom, how or from where the knives derive but I feel strongly about it and won't keep knives that no longer have the right mojo associated with them.
 
I believe in what Blues stated,
" I know many don't feel that it matters from whom, how or from where the knives derive but I feel strongly about it and won't keep knives that no longer have the right mojo associated with them. "

Elliott

I have some knives that I bought directly from the maker that will be passed down with the story, In your case look at the story. I would send it back to the seller, the cheapest way with delivery confirmation, it would cost no more then $5 bucks and move on with knowing that you did not get something for nothing.
 
What I would do is to send him the amount of money that it cost him to send the knife to you, and call it good.
 
Stu, read the quote at the bottom of your post! Then do the right thing and send the man his knife.

Paul
 
I would sent it back via first class mail.It would cost you about 2.00
 
I take the situation as this: He misrepresented the item pretty badly, listing it as new, then sending it with out a box and he sent it dirty. For that very fact I would say you are Ok to keep it. To lean towards keeping it more, he gave it to you as a gift. He could have easily said to return it, or sent you an extra $2 or something for shipping. Keeping it isn't wrong, unless you feel it is wrong. If you are in the middle, and keeping it is going to push your morals to the wrong side a little bit then send it back. Which action will make you feel better?
 
Leadfoot2 said:
Keep it and use it as a give away on Blade Forums
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Thought about that, but I still don't think it's "mine" to give away.

Blues said:
If you feel the seller was being genuine in his telling you to keep it...as in it was an honest mistake and he just wanted to do the right thing by you...then I think you're okay either way.

If the seller was blowing you off...in the sense of telling you that he just can't be bothered with you or your business...I'd either send the knife back to him or give it away.

I know many don't feel that it matters from whom, how or from where the knives derive but I feel strongly about it and won't keep knives that no longer have the right mojo associated with them.
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I don't think he was being dismissive, so I agree it would be bad mojo to just keep it.

glockman99 said:
What I would do is to send him the amount of money that it cost him to send the knife to you, and call it good.
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Thought about this.

sheathmaker said:
Stu, read the quote at the bottom of your post! Then do the right thing and send the man his knife.

Paul
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Paul, I just refuse to have this cost me a penny (and be empty handed), but your not wrong.

BobSig said:
I take the situation as this: He misrepresented the item pretty badly, listing it as new, then sending it with out a box and he sent it dirty. For that very fact I would say you are Ok to keep it. To lean towards keeping it more, he gave it to you as a gift. He could have easily said to return it, or sent you an extra $2 or something for shipping. Keeping it isn't wrong, unless you feel it is wrong. If you are in the middle, and keeping it is going to push your morals to the wrong side a little bit then send it back. Which action will make you feel better?
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powernoodle said:
If you want to go overboard on being a standup guy, you could offer the seller what you believe is the value of the knife. He can say yes or no, and either way you are golden because you have done what you can.

I would just thank the guy, and keep the knife with a clear conscience.
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Well, I went ahead and ordered a new one for my daughter, and decided to keep the used one for myself so we can have matching knives.
The knife in question is a Victorinox Fisherman:
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The price I paid, then had refunded, $23
I sent him $15 for the used knife. I don't care if he accepts it or not, I think it's a fair price. Like I said, it is in pretty good shape (just definitely not new) and will be a good upgrade for the cheap knock-off that has been in my tackle box for about 15 years.

Thanks for the advice guys.
 
Stu,

Good call...

clear conscience and clearly a good buy...

you could always just order pink scales for your daughter and call it good......:)

take care
 
You found a good solution, you went above and beyond what most people would do by sending him the $15, if he doesn't accept it then he really wanted you to have the knife as a gift... knife mojo is now good
 
cnas122 said:
Yup, I think you did the right thing
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Me too.

A while back the same type of thing happened to me (a knife purchase where I wanted the knife, but not it's history.)
I purchased a few knives and the seller turned out to be a thief.

Once that was discovered, I did not even want the knives in my house. Turned out that someone here needed some help, so decided to sell them and give all the proceeds to the person that needed it. Yeah I was out a few hundred for the purchase cost, but was able help someone out and not have that stuff in my collection, so I felt that things evened out.
 
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