We can discuss the description of "good" until we're blue in the face, but that won't get us anywhere. One persons good is another persons poor and another persons excellent.

So "give me a partial refund and let me keep the board" or "I don't like this, you eat shipping" are the options that are acceptable to you? Remind me to never, ever do business with you. He didn't screw you- the corrosion is VERY evident in those pictures, and it's your own fault for not given the board a better examination before buying it.

I never heard of the guy, but you've got a real chip on your shoulder.

I call you out for a bad decision in buying obviously corroded boards, and wanting the seller to give you a refund AND let you keep the board, and you accuse me of being a friend of his.

It's not his fault you didn't do due diligence before buying.

It may very well be junk, but he posted clear, high resolution photos that clearly show the corrosion. That you failed to properly examine the photos and then had buyers remorse on an unreturnable item isn't the fault of the seller. Then you come here, and everyone tells you that you need to own your mistake, and you continue to push this narrative that he's somehow lying without showing any evidence of it. Do you have any reason to believe that the board he shipped you is different than the board in the pictures? If not, suck it up and move on... no returns means no returns. You gambled on what you thought was a deal (again, after failing to do your own homework) and you rolled snake eyes. Seller owes you absolutely nothing.

Dude... *I* wouldn't pay that for that board, and you obviously wouldn't either, but he's quite clear on it not likely working. ("You should assume it will need to be trouble shot and repaired."). He could ask a million dollars for it, and if there's someone out there stupid enough to pay that, good for the seller. You don't get to decide what he asks for his goods... you only get to decide if the price is what you're willing to pay for it or not. That's the beauty of capitalism.

You're right about that. What you're doing to him isn't slander, it's libel.

I can clearly see the corrosion in the photos. You have admitted that you can clearly see the corrosion in the pictures. How much higher resolution do you want? The seller posted excellent photos, and didn't mislead in the description of the board. You obviously overpaid for the board, but that's a different matter. As I said before, we can argue about what constitutes "good" till we're blue in the face-- it's a subjective term.

"Bad" like "good" is subjective. I have seen and even owned some boards with objectively worse corrosion and acid damage that still worked perfectly. If he doesn't get to decide what constitutes "good", you don't get to decide what constitutes "bad". He didn't try to sell it as a working board, he posted high resolution photos, you just don't like what you got and now you've gone from wanting him to refund 1/2 of your money *and* letting you keep the board to trying to keep the board and get all of the money back.

You just proved it yourself. You disagree with him. That doesn't make him a liar. You've made unfounded accusations for the entire world to see.

It appears to me that you have a perfectly repairable board.

I'm fine with him asking $500,000 for it. The market will determine if he's priced it right or not. You seem to fail at basic economics here.

Trust me, the feeling is mutual palooka. You've done so much damage to your own reputation with this thread, and you don't even realize it.

You'll win, because paypal always sides with the buyer, not because you are right.

Shucks, I was only quoting you, and then you go and libel me as well. You're really doing a great job of dirtying your own reputation in the hobby.

As I see it, the seller was quite honest about the condition of the board. The pictures show the extensive corrosion, and he wasn't trying to sell it as a working board-- and in fact says in the listing that a buyer should assume it needs repair. The only variable as far as I'm concerned is about the use of the word "good"-- which as already noted, is an inherently subjective term.

Personal attacks... the last refuge of someone who knows they are on the losing end of an argument.

Not at all. Don't know the guy.

I do however, believe in the sanctity of a contract, which is what OP is trying to break. Having been on the receiving end of what OP it trying to do to the seller (not in pinball), I am sympathetic to what the seller is dealing with.

My advice to OP is never to buy anything that isn't brand new in the wrapper.