A320 CAPT REFUSES ACFT WITH APU ON MEL DUE TO TEMP AND WX CONSIDERATIONS.

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AFTER PULLING UP THE PAPERWORK THE ACFT HAD A DEFERRAL FOR AN APU INOP. WHEN WE WERE LOOKING OVER THE PROPOSED FLT WE DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A SAFE FLT WITH PAX DUE TO TEMP AND WX CONSIDERATIONS. WE CONTACTED DISPATCHER WHO AGREED WITH US AND SENT A REFUSAL FOR THE ACFT AND THEN ASKED IF THE PREVIOUS DISPATCHER HAD CONTACTED US PRIOR TO DISPATCHING THE ACFT OUT OF A MAINT BASE WITH AN INOP APU. WE SAID NO THIS WAS THE FIRST WE HEARD OF IT. AFTER REFUSING THE ACFT THE STATION MGR CALLED ME ON THE PHONE AND WAS QUESTIONING MY DECISION TO REFUSE THE ACFT AND I POLITELY TOLD HER THAT I DIDN'T NEED HER TO TRY AND PUSH ME INTO TAKING AN ACFT I DIDN'T FEEL WAS ACCEPTABLE AND SAFE FOR PAX OPS. I TRIED TO WORK WITH MAINT AND THE DISPATCHER TO GET LCL MAINT OUT TO TRY AND FIX THE ACFT WHEN THIS DIDN'T WORK OUR MAINT ASKED US IF WE WOULD FERRY THE ACFT BACK TO ZZZ SO IT WOULD BE FIXED UPON ARR. I CONFERRED WITH OUR DISPATCHER AND WE DETERMINED THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. UPON ARR IN ZZZ THERE WAS A CREW THERE TO FLY THE ACFT OUT WITH PAX WHEN I TALKED WITH THE OUTBOUND CAPT HE KNEW NOTHING OF THE REQUIREMENT FROM MAINT TO FIX THE ACFT BEFORE RETURNING TO PAX SVC. THIS SOUNDS LIKE ACFT SHOPPING AT ITS WORSE AND PLT PUSHING TO ME.