Well I left the box on the side last night and when I woke up it was already torn up by my nan. It's not as if it was intentional I lets be honest, I could damage the box myself if I was trying to pull a fast one. There was two dented corners as if it was dropped more than once, and a hole through to side of that packaging into the actual box meaning you could see the lens from the outside. On first thoughts I thought everythin was fine, but the manual focus is very 'gritty' like no other focus I've felt before. Now for all I know it's just a problem starting to occur so I'm reluctant to continue as normal. It is scary buying a 2nd hand lens and when it arrives damaged several days after it was meant to it is worrying. Before I paid I did say I'd like the option to return the lens if I'm not happy with it, and I think this is a fairly certain thing not to be happy about when buying a 2nd hand lens. I also don't like it that the whole claiming has been chucked over to me as soon as possibe. I wasn't the one who took use contract out and I know if I was the sender I'd deal with it all -- I'd feel harsh not to, even more so considering I was prepared to deal with the initial claim. I do like the lens and it may be fine, but it's a risk and I don't know why I should when I could just buy another 2nd hand lens. If the price was cheaper then I'd be tempted but I can't see the seller wanting to do that since it wasn't like that when he posted it, or at least that's what he said or that's his opinion -- you never know, we both may view the focusing issue differently, but like I said, I've used several lenses and they haven't felt nothing like this. It's almost as if sand or something has got into the focusing ring.
What would you all do it my position?
As mentioned, this really needs taking out of a public forum, although I need to respond to one or two of your points.
You (or someone on your behalf) signed for the lens, therefore legally it is your property. If the box was damaged so much, then you should not have accepted it.
If the lens has been damaged then I will provide any evidence that's needed in support of your claim.
I am not just chucking the whole claiming thing over to you at the first opportunity, as mentioned previously, I was prepared to go through the whole claim process if the lens was lost.
From a purely practical point of view, to make a claim you need to provide the packaging and/or the item, only you can do that.
In respect of you saying that you wanted the option of returning the lens if you were not happy with it, that is not something that we agreed, with pm's that confirm this.
I don't like your inferences that I may be not telling the truth, I have bought and sold a number of items on this forum (and others) and have always tried to be honest and upfront with any items transacted.
If I said the lens was in perfect condition when I posted it, then it was in perfect condition.
I did not need to re-pay the cost of the lens pending it being sorted, but I did, do you honestly think that if I was going to pull a fast one I would have done this?
I didn't need to refund you the postal charges before I claimed them back-but I did.
