Ebay: Guessing there is no recourse?

[Bes]

Hi

I sold a camera lens on ebay for quite a bit of money. I sent it insured, etc. etc. Buyer got it and claimed it didn't work in autofocus and the manual focus was grindy.

I got him to confirm the serial number on the lens (which I had photographed) and paid for him (insured) to send it back. I have it now, and it is indeed the same lens he sent me, and it works fine! I guess I basically have to refund him though?!

Now, I've wasted about £20 on postage so far, and need to sell it again now. Is there anything ebay will do in regards to a buyer returning a non- faulty item? I am guessing no, but thought I would ask anyway.

Cheers!

(p.s. in before "never use ebay, it's full of scammers", etc.)

 

[Bes]

Just write it off and move on, sadly.

He probably used it to get what he wanted from a 'shoot' and then returned it!!

Ha! didn't think of that - you're probably right...
The ****.

 

[Bes]

As an aside, what body was he using, as some bodies have internals to work autofocus lens, and some do not.
Found this out with my macro lens, when a friend tried it on her camera body and it wouldn't focus at all.
Turned out her body was a lower model.

Yeah he got back to me just now. This is the issue. He is using it on a camera body which is not compatible with the lens in question (It's pretty well documented if you google).

I've put in a report to ebay to say he is abusing the returns policy, as he should do his homework before making me waste £20 on postage, but I don't suppose it will make any difference.