Ebay problem as a seller

[pherbener]

I know this specific item is not prewar but I'm hoping it can stay here as I deal mainly in prewar stuff and this is more of an ebay question.

I just got a message from a buyer who had already left me positive feedback for a transaction of a 1985 Sealed Topps Baseball Set. Here's the item in question.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15384195582...84.m1561.l2649

He now messaged me and says he now has opened the sealed set and it contains a 1986 set and asked me what I'm going to do about it.
A- I could have never known it was an 86 set if in fact it was actually in the box and it wasn't changed.
B- It's no longer sealed so I can't get back what I sold
C-I did my due diligence and found the exact same box set sold and still selling on ebay as 1985 sets(why would I have assumed anything else?)

Examples:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/FACTORY-SEA...AAAOSwETxeXcyj
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Topps-...MAAOSwD2Bc3H-U

Am I the a$$hole here thinking I shouldn't be responsible for this?

[bnorth]

No help, just want to wish you the best of luck in not getting screwed over and having to refund.

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by bnorth

No help, just want to wish you the best of luck in not getting screwed over and having to refund.

Do not know how he’d get screwed when he was wrong.

[xbaggypants]

Yeah, I'd give the guy a refund as well.

[hcv123]

and it is a 1986 factory set - definitely on you to issue a refund. I would try to confirm the information Glyn has provided.

[Rhotchkiss]

You sold a 1985 set. The buyer received a 1986 set. Reverse the roles - why should Buyer be made to pay for something he did not "buy"? I think in this case, buyer should get a full refund.

Assuming you get you set back and relist it, the good news is (aside from postage) you are only out the difference in value between a sealed and unsealed 1986 set, which is a terrible year (certainly not as valuable as 1985)and so you are probably talking peanuts

[pherbener]

I've seen several boxes that look exactly like the one I've sold that were sold as an 85. It's not just one random listing

[pherbener]

If I screwed up, I will refund it. Thanks!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Do not know how he’d get screwed when he was wrong.

If he screwed up he should refund.

If it is a 86 set why does it have a 1985 copyright date, I am asking because I don't know.

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by bnorth

If he screwed up he should refund.

If it is a 86 set why does it have a 1985 copyright date, I am asking because I don't know.

I didn't either obviously!

[glynparson]

That looks like an 86 factory to me. You were wrong he deserves a refund. Because someone else on eBay called it the wrong year doesn’t excuse your error. Refund the guy it’s the right thing to do. The white box 1985 factory sets have a border around the top. At least from my recollection and the 86 look just like that.