ugh .. something like that is sure to leave a rotten taste in your mouth and leave you hesitant to buy used equipment in the future. very sorry to hear you're dealing with it and have already lost livestock.
i do agree that buying used is always a risk, especially when it comes to tanks. and i certainly agree that a repair of that sort should have been disclosed at the point of sale, but i also know that seals are prone to give with each empty/refill cycle .. original as well as repairs. did he have the tank level when set up? did you level it? how old is the tank? it doesn't take a huge difference in pressure on the panes to create issues. if he didn't level it and you did, or vice versa, that's a recipe for disaster regardless of repairs.
maybe the seller would be more likely to cooperate with you and work something out if you approached him with a breakdown of all the expenses you've incurred because of the situation? give him a chance to make things right privately before taking the issue public. but if he's still refusing, i'm with the masses and say to expose the issue on his selling thread as well as consider legal action. few are going to want to deal with someone who's unwilling to right his wrong.
best of luck to you .. it's rotten that you happened across one of the minority in this hobby. most people (at least in my experience) are complete class acts.
He didn't want to do anything. The sale was as is. The tank was level when I set it up. Im in the process of buying a new tank, since I will never take a risk again on a used tank.
Pretty lousy, pretty deceptive. Does he sell used cars as his profession?
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Sorry this happened to you guys we have 6 used tanks running for yrs w/o trouble so this isn't the norm the seller did ya wrong. Best of luck with the new tank.
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well if you want to pay for shipping, I will send a few frags to help replace what was lost. I have mainly z's and p's, some frogspawn, and a chalice I could frag. Also some chili pepper monti I could frag also. That really sucks, and NOBODY should think about defending a deceptive greedy person like this.
I'll be at u of m Thursday I can drop a couple things to add to his box if the afternoon works for ya Joe n ya dont mind bro. Be at u of m by 3 and can swing by after moms there n set. Let me know here or phone we can work out the details
Big Steve
I took a big loss. Thanks very much for the offer but im going to pass. Im setting a new tank up shortly and don't wanna lose anything else. I almost got out of the hobby I was so upset.
I would be in on going in on sending a "restart package", when a new tank is ready. Houghton lake, as I recall, hasnt seen corals that we might be sending-
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