I bought a second hand lens in eBay which was advertised as still under warranty. I bought it, reminded the seller to send the invoice for warranty. I received the Item after few days but, there was no sign of invoice. When I asked about it, there was silent. Then the next day he sent this with no greetings,
Him: I will send you the information when I have it, are you able to take the paypal funds off hold on your end or is that nothing to do with you?
Me: Sure. It has nothing to do with me. I think it is ebay. Thanks."
Him: If you could say you have received your item i think that will take it off hold
Me: There is no such option there. :( Don’t worry I am not going to scam you or anything. The money is yours.
Him: You should be able to click on the item purchased and leave feedback or say item received? If you could have a look and try it would be appreciated because i have been through this before and i had to wait on the line with paypal for 3 hours pretty sure you should be able to
Me: Sure man. I’ll go home and do this evening. In the mean time please see if you have any invoices in your email. Have a great day.
After coming home, I checked why he is on me to leave a review and figured that the tracking number he provided was some fake number. Since there is no tracking so, paypal is not releasing his money I guess. And I firmly believe he has sold an out of warranty Item.
I don't mind doing what he asked, but since he sounded bit like a bully to me, and giving what he wants might encourage him. And I hate to deal with such people. So, what would you do in this case?. :)
tldr: ebay seller who sold an out of warranty item as item under warranty asks to leave a review so that he can get his money.
Tell him you'll mark it as received when you get your invoice. Seems fair.