Seller sent the wrong colour of an item, only offering partial refund, refused return

[iriakitty]

Okay, this is pretty stupid but my money is tightly budgeted and I can't just waste money.

I purchased a black item from a seller and they sent me the correct item, in purple. They had colour options and I verrified that I chose the correct option for black and they admited that they accidently sent me purple and offered a $4 refund out of origional cost of $21 and said to keep the purple one. I asked if I could mail this purple one back and they could send me a black one. They said no and offered me $8. I have literaly no use for a purple one and I tried dyeing it. No luck. The item is still in perfect condition (dye did nothing).

How can I get my money back? I payed for through paypal. Seller is in China. Item is even on sale now for $18 so why cant they just eat the remaining $10 diference?

[brerrabbit585]

If you'd read the opening post you would have seen that there colour options and they chose black.

[countessalmirena]

Perhaps the seller thought that purple is the new black.

[padi*0409]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

Perhaps the seller thought that purple is the new black.

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Rainbow Rose-coloured glasses perhaps countess ?

[countessalmirena]

Now that's a seedy suggestion...!

[padi*0409]

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@countessalmirena wrote:

Now that's a seedy suggestion...!

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Well it is a thorny subject countess................