"Not for free - if the original set ever did come in, I'd have to return the second set at my cost ($22 in shipping). "

But if you don't beleive he ever really sent out the first set, there's no risk...


"When the second set also never arrived and I complained again, he'd simply say that he'd sent out two sets and I'd stiffed him for the second set, throwing it back on me. "

This I didn't realize. Then yes, he really stiffed you. I thought you had refused the second set.


"so you tell me why he wouldn't do it?"

Sure, he's risk averse, same as you. Right now you've got $ in the transaction, and nothing to show for it, you're asking him to swap places with you...

Good luck friend. I've been burned on ebay too, c'est la vie, cavaet emptor, etc etc...

-Paul Demeo
1990 780T