14 years old tyres sold on ebay!

Hi. The items age details were not listed, the detail was hidden. Four tires were deatailed and sold as great condition but they are 14 years old (DOT 06). The seller is dealing with tyres as a business. The fact is the MOT will fail because of the age of the tyres. The seller's duty was to put out all information about the item which he did, except the tyres age. Why? Ofcourse I should ask but I didn't even imagine that somebody will try sell such old tyres. This is just dangerous for the driver and other road users. To get a refund I must send the tires back but I'll not let them go back on sale, they need to be disposed of. I can't send them back and put somebody's life at risk because seller wants to earn money, no matter the consequences. I can't receive a refund in this situation. Ebay has procedures but in this case they are not ethically correct. The seller and ebay have asked me to send the tyres back to receive a refund so in this case I will lose my money, but I'll maybe save somebody's life. Shame on you ebay for the lack of intrest in peoples lifes and saftey, shame...

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arkwebus
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There is sadly nothing much you can do; certainly not with eBay. 

 

You can open a "not as described case" as clearly if they are over 10 years old they are unfit for use.

 

Howver - as you identify - if you want your money back you will have to return them.  Whether the seller resells them is a matter for him.  Certainly ebay will not be interested.  They are very unlikely to even understand the point you are making and are very unlikely to make any exception to you returning them.

 

Trading standards might be but they are underfunded and may actually do nothing.

 

@macie39 

 

@macie39 

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