dont_sue_me
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A month or two ago, I listed 4 winter car tires that were taken off my girlfriend's car that we had recently purchased. The buyer came and picked them up and when he was here, I explicitly asked him to check out the tires before he paid (they were in large plastic bags provided by the tire store when they were taken off the car) but he declined the offer.
A week or two later, he called me up saying that he was in Les Schwab tire store trying to have them mounted onto his wife's car but Les Schwab said that there was a big enough bubble that they could not mount one of the tires. Put on the spot, I verbally offered him to come and return the tires for a refund. I have since changed my mind and have offered him $60 (I sold the 4 tires to him for $260) as a form of refund for the one faulty tire.
He has now written two emails in the last couple of days threatening to take me to the small claims court if I don't pay him $100 instead of the $60.
When I sold the tires, I genuinely had no knowledge of any issues with them. They were taken off my girlfriend's car as they were winter tires and we bought the car in July so I needed/wanted to get them off before we wore them out. She had driven her car from Vancouver BC to Seattle (approx 150 mostly highway miles) on them without any issues and there is absolutely no way I would have let her do that if I knew there was anything wrong with the tires (or anything with the car!)
He claims "I record and date everything, to prevent any misunderstanding's, and with cell phones you have both date, time and length of call. With speaker phone you also have others witness what was said....It was your choice to have me return the tires to you and you would refund the amount paid ($260). This conversation was overheard and witnessed by several people, they also signed a letter of fact that day."
What should I do?
A week or two later, he called me up saying that he was in Les Schwab tire store trying to have them mounted onto his wife's car but Les Schwab said that there was a big enough bubble that they could not mount one of the tires. Put on the spot, I verbally offered him to come and return the tires for a refund. I have since changed my mind and have offered him $60 (I sold the 4 tires to him for $260) as a form of refund for the one faulty tire.
He has now written two emails in the last couple of days threatening to take me to the small claims court if I don't pay him $100 instead of the $60.
When I sold the tires, I genuinely had no knowledge of any issues with them. They were taken off my girlfriend's car as they were winter tires and we bought the car in July so I needed/wanted to get them off before we wore them out. She had driven her car from Vancouver BC to Seattle (approx 150 mostly highway miles) on them without any issues and there is absolutely no way I would have let her do that if I knew there was anything wrong with the tires (or anything with the car!)
He claims "I record and date everything, to prevent any misunderstanding's, and with cell phones you have both date, time and length of call. With speaker phone you also have others witness what was said....It was your choice to have me return the tires to you and you would refund the amount paid ($260). This conversation was overheard and witnessed by several people, they also signed a letter of fact that day."
What should I do?