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Originally Posted by Matt Monson
Yep. A fair question to ask me would what would I do if I were the buyer. What I would do is what I suggested. I would go get a real repair quote, in writing, from a local builder. I would give the seller the opportunity to provide all needed parts for the repair at their cost along with my labor costs and +/-$1000 "diminished value" as he puts it.
Both the request that he take it back for a refund or he find another C3 case to replace the marred one are unrealistic. Plus this C3 case is nowhere near worthless with the cosmetic damage.
I will reiterate what I have said before. Act like a pissed off dick at someone and they will respond dickishly. Being right doesn't matter when you abuse someone in your righteousness. Be a decent human being and you will usually have someone who is decent and reasonable in return. Flash a knife at a guy and he's going to put up a shield because he feels he needs to protect himself. It's the way the world works.
Life is too short for me to walk around pissed off all the time with raised blood pressure losing sleep, etc. I was really pissed when I got that engine years ago. Today I don't care and have even opened a wholesale account selling to the guy I got that engine from.
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If you re-read the email I sent him two of the options were for him to rebuild it or the second was to pay someone else to rebuild it. In neither of those options am I asking for additional compensation for the case. Problem is both of those are logistical nightmares and could end up pretty costly. I will entertain whichever option he chooses.
Regarding attorney or small claims which happens to be $10,000 here in CA I will cross that bridge when I get to it. If I’m not mistaken he could have to appear here in LA for trial.
If I were him like I said I would pay whatever it took to fix my mistake. That’s life. I have spent over $100,000 fixing a mistake I once made(non car related) and I’m not a rich guy. If you look at it from the perspective of if he were to give me $8-10k he’s still been compensated his $9800 for the rebuild plus an extra $2000 approx for his long block that he has had sitting around for who’s knows how many years. Much better than actually losing all your money and all of your time. For the record I never said case was worthless and if I were to get a new one the old one would belong to him. I’m not trying to be enriched greater than I started.