If i lived near you i'd buy it off you and just live with the damage , so i'm leaning on the #2 option
hope that helps
mike

Do you have a way to test the CRT? I know it lights up but that doesn't say much about it.
If it's a really good CRT then it's worth keeping for that alone, if the CRT is tired I'd ship it back and make the seller eat it.

Then again, you can still make a really nice TV out of it.

Keep it.....and post negative feedback for the seller.

Care to share this loser's eBay I.D. and location so everyone else here can avoid him?

It's a her and I can't until it's settled. So how do you vote? It seems the only ones that I have case disputes with are with women.

Option 2 I guess, and fit however much bashing you can into 80 characters when leaving feedback. Nothing particularly rude-sounding though, eBought will just remove it.

They have 100% feedback so far.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...c&myworld=true

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That isn't the seller, eBought is the nick I use for eBay. Saw it on an episode of Undergrads.

By the way, I found out who sold this on my own, and with good feedback well into four figures, this behavior doesn't make sense. You know, I'm wondering that if the poor packing job touched off a series of misunderstandings that quickly got out of control.

Likely.

Yes that would sum it up. I just got home and a new arbitration message says that she says she just called the police and there sending someone out to talk to me. Absolute demented wackjob. What do you do with these people when reality has escaped them? BTW I did nothing to instigate this as I was away all day and never messaged again after the last threat from her for nothing but responding in the arbitration process. CooKoo:no:.

No misunderstanding, sell doesn't care. See all of her feedback using toohaus. She has a history of poor packing and harassment.

I'm not sure i understand this, they offered a full refund?

They offered a refund (not much choice as eBay will force them to) but it needs to be shipped back which will likely damage it further.

I believe the OP asked for a half refund and was refused, at that point I would stuff it back in the box and let the seller deal with the mess they will receive, they will wish they had taken half at that point because what is left won't be worth a nickle.

I understand the desire not to let it get ruined more but sometimes it's not worth the aggravation.

As I said earlier, if it has a really strong CRT then it would be worthwhile to keep it, a bit expensive for just a CRT but a really good 10BP4 is probably worth $150 to someone now that they can't be rebuilt.

Yes but at the beginning she agreed to a partial refund then reneged on the deal and got all weird. Threatening messages F-bombs and the like, gag messages (I cannot respond to her messages or I'll be kicked off eBay) and the the calling of police. She also stated she called the police today in a message and other strangeness.
I was told, not offered, to ship the TV back and that I was ordered not to open the box in the first place (only after I reported the damage). I don't have x-ray vision to see damage in a wooden box prior to reporting said damage, and before opening it.