Not too sure what heading this should go under, advice would be appreciated.
3 weeks ago I sold a system in the local free ads, 2500XP Barton, AN7 motherboard, 1 gig ram, Geforce 2, DVDRW, DVD, 200 gig SATA, 425W PSU, 17" Sony TFT and 2.1 speakers £400.
This morning I get a rather rude awakening and the man I sold the PC to is on my door step looking none too pleased. Apparantly he has been trying to get hold of my for a fortnight and as he lives 25 miles from me he has been trying twice a week and this is his fourth attempt, now successful. I actually lost my mobile phone so he had been calling an unobtainable number for the past fortnight. According to him the PC 'went bang' after a week, spewing smoke out of the PSU and apparantly killing the PSU, Board, Chip, both DVD drives in the process. He went to a local supplier and bought a new motherboard/chip/PSU for £150 and wants me to cough up at least half.
Here is the thing, he threw away the blown components (even though they were still under warranty from where I got them from), now I a moral dilemma as to whether I should do anything as it happened after a week, legally it is sold as seen. None of the components were old, everthing was within 6 months from new and working fine when it was sold. He seems genuine, has a receipt, has offered for me to come to his house and 'see' the amalgamation of my old components and his new ones. Is it possible that the PSU could have done this? it was made by Hiper and was new 4 months ago. The rails were split equally AFAIR. Suggestions if you please folks?
3 weeks ago I sold a system in the local free ads, 2500XP Barton, AN7 motherboard, 1 gig ram, Geforce 2, DVDRW, DVD, 200 gig SATA, 425W PSU, 17" Sony TFT and 2.1 speakers £400.
This morning I get a rather rude awakening and the man I sold the PC to is on my door step looking none too pleased. Apparantly he has been trying to get hold of my for a fortnight and as he lives 25 miles from me he has been trying twice a week and this is his fourth attempt, now successful. I actually lost my mobile phone so he had been calling an unobtainable number for the past fortnight. According to him the PC 'went bang' after a week, spewing smoke out of the PSU and apparantly killing the PSU, Board, Chip, both DVD drives in the process. He went to a local supplier and bought a new motherboard/chip/PSU for £150 and wants me to cough up at least half.
Here is the thing, he threw away the blown components (even though they were still under warranty from where I got them from), now I a moral dilemma as to whether I should do anything as it happened after a week, legally it is sold as seen. None of the components were old, everthing was within 6 months from new and working fine when it was sold. He seems genuine, has a receipt, has offered for me to come to his house and 'see' the amalgamation of my old components and his new ones. Is it possible that the PSU could have done this? it was made by Hiper and was new 4 months ago. The rails were split equally AFAIR. Suggestions if you please folks?