E-Bay RETURNS, WHAT A BUCKET OF WORMS

......I buy a McIntosh tuner , open it up to replace the light bulbs and notice that my purchase is a piece of junk

I am not sure I understand, was the unit not in original condition?  Someone removed the original parts or something? 

If you simply think the unit is a piece of junk and it is in the original factory condition then that is a manufacturers issue not the sellers issue.  If you open it up to make changes from the factory condition then you own it.  How would the seller know that what you did had no change on the unit?

   

I don’t know about the US, but here in Australia, once you’ve lodged a Paypal dispute, you effectively freeze the sellers Paypal account, so he can’t use it, this get things rolling/sorted very fast as sellers need their Paypal accounts working.

Also if you let eBay or Paypal know that you’ve opened or dismantle any purchase, you loose any comeback rights on it. Best of keeping it to your self, and if you or anyone didn’t sign for it on delivery, you say you never ever received it, that fixes the p****k who sold it to you as ebay gives you an auto full refund, I believe from his account.

Cheers George

The tuner looked fine on the out-side , but when I removed the covers it was all caroded from salt on the inside......The chassis was a green color.......That is where the problem is.......