i have to disagree with this dude.
when you're selling, it's your responsibility to clean the toys. i always clean my stuff before selling 'em. good and honourable practice, i'd say.

as buyer, well i've bought a dusty alt sideswipe before. it was really dusty, but the joints and conditions is pretty accurate to the descriptions, so yeah, i still take it, didn't even ask FOR DISCOUNT just because of dust.

so yeah there are certain things that can be accepted, but some are just plain.....WTFish? like in this case.

my thoughts:
buyer must pay for it. we all know the broken part is not that fragile. if you go into a shop, you tried playing with some expensive stuff and you broke it, what happens then? i'm sure the shop WILL NOT sell the item to you at dirt low price. this is common business practice.

i know what you meant, but the cleaning is still the seller's responsibility(that's what i'm trying to stress). u want to sell something, try to keep it as clean as possible, right? and yes, it's the seller's responsibility to state the conditions clearly too.

as a buyer however, dust is not really an issue if you wish it. but asking for rm10 or more discount just because of dust....that's too much. if it's too dusty for your eyes, ask the seller to clean before COD, easy as that. if seller refuses, it falls back to "customer is always(well almost) right".


that falls into this kind of WTFish case .

good choice, really. let him answer that eBay buyer of his.