Legal Question in Consumer Law in Wisconsin

As the old saying goes, "possession is 9/10ths of the law," and you have now placed an out of state party who is merely a potential buyer in possession, which is almost never a good idea unless the deal is nearly certain, or unless the items are easily recovered intact if the sale does not close. You should have dealt with the issue of return shipping in the event of refusal before you shipped the goods out of state to him (you could have requested a security deposit from him for such expenses). You could now argue or litigate with him over that expenses later, but the outcome would be uncertain, and he would retain possession of some valuable equipment in the interim. It would also be difficult if not impossible to sue anyone without spending more than the value of these items, even in state, much less out of state. You have allowed yourself to be placed over a barrel, and therefore now have very little practical choice other than to renegotiate a price that will close the deal. One item available in your negotiations would also be how well you will rate one another on the website used for the sale.

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