EVER HAD AN EBAYER CHANGE THEIR MIND?

stirlinggaz · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Karma :

Hi all,
last night i was the winning bidder on a solo seat for one of my bikes.
all week it had sat at 99p, with no bids + right at the last minute, it shot up to 16 quid odds, so i guess i wasnt the only one using esnip or siilar, lol
this morning, i went to pay for it & noticed there was a note from ebay, just below the "pay now" button.
so i clicked on the more details bit & there was a "request" from the seller to cancel the transaction, with a note from him stating that he had sold it to another buyer!
the only reason i didnt click on the "pay now" button was because it didnt include the postage in the total.
in an earlier email the seller had stated he would post it for a tenner.
its obvious the guy has changed his mind because he thought he would get more. (these things normally get around 50 quid)
so, i had 2 options "accept" or "reject".
i rejected the request & added a note stating i was the winning bidder & would he send me an amended invoice to include the postage, as agreed.
what im wondering, what are my rights here?
i know when it comes to normal retailers, they cant be forced to sell anything to you, but not sure about ebay, will they just ban him?
or is it just simply a case of me leaving negative feedback for the guy?
at this point i havnt paid anything yet, though there is still a reminder in my ebay that i still have to pay for this item.
if i do pay now, will i ever see the cash again?
anyone ever been in this situation before?
cheers,
GAZ

Ariel Badger · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Karma :

You are in a contract to buy once you click, they are in a contract to sell once they list. You won the auction.
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Ichy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Karma :

I won an item once where the seller refused to sell it for the auction price unless I paid an extra ?50 'for postage'. In his opinion it was worth more than I had won it for.

Sent all the emails to ebay and they did nothing other than email me that they would email the seller and tell him not to do it again.

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swiftb · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

Happens quite a lot I would imagine (experienced similar myself a handful of times)
Quite frankly I would say theres nothing you can do. If you do pay, all that will happen is he wont send the item and you will have to wait around 10days or so to file a 'item not received' refund. You will get a refund and that is all.
Put it down to experience and look elsewhere Thumbs Up

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Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

I have.

I won a billet headstock for 20 odd quid. (worth ?100ish from a retailer I suppose). I paid by paypal and had the money refunded. When I queried it the seller said the item was damaged and no longer available.

Obviously he didn't want to sell it for that amount but I couldn'r prove it and when I complained to ebay they said there was no wrong doing as he hadn't taken my money and was not selling me a damaged item.

So in the end I suppose that the 'contract' ebay talk about is worth jack shit
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stirlinggaz · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Karma :

hi all,
so im right in thinking there not much i can do...well im going to pay the 16 quid, as i still have a reminder that i still have to pay for the item.
+ then create all sorts of fuss.
the guy never had the decency to be upfront about it, all he says is "i sold it to another buyer", no apology, nothing.
i have been to numerous car/bike/house contents & even livestock (my brother was an auctionee) auctions & when the gavel falls, its a legally binding contract.
even if it means i wait a while for a refund, it means he will have negative feedback & perhaps ebay will suspend him for a bit.
by the way, its saying the case is closed, as the buyer has declined the offer of cancelling the transaction.
+ looking at ebays terms & conditions, it looks like he will be,at worst, barred from using ebay if he fails to honour the agreement, but im sure that wont bother the prick.
thing is, its not actaually for me, as i have an rs125 im doing up for a mate.
he was all exited when i texted him telling him i had got him a solo seat.
imagine how i felt when i had to tell him the news?
cheers,
GAZ

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Dibble · Scooby Slapper Joined: 17 Jul 2007 Karma :

Name and shame??? and we'll send him hundreds of questions on his other listings to piss him off.

I've had it on a bike with the "it's advertised elsewhere so reserve the right to end early" line, when it hadn't got many bids he pulled it with hours to go and re-listed with the same line in the ad.

So I asked him for a buy it now and he said he was going to let the auction run its course, then pulled it again just before auction end.

I think he was using E-bay as a cheap classified ad.

Darth · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Karma :

What a twat! He could at least have had the decency to to a bit of shill bidding! Thumbs Down

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lllN30lll · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Karma :

A good thing about this is that you can leave him negative feedback, but he can't do it to you. Thumbs Up

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27cows · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Nov 2009 Karma :

Nope, not had that happen. I'd go fucking spare if someone did that to me, particularly if it was something I really needed.

But ebay is full of chancers. Genuine bargains are rare. Unless you need something you really stand no chance of getting elsewhere, it's not worth the hassle.
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