HELP - Ebay seller refusing to sell me item I won

milfhunter

There have been a few jumped up armchair lawyers on here recently who would probably advise on suing them. Most people do actually have a life, therefore i'd refuse the mutual request, an move on. A meg may be removed since you have already promised/threatened one.

pinkshoes

As you used negative feedback as blackmail, then the seller could now use this as evidence to get your negative removed.

I'd just leave a factual negative along the lines of "no reserve, I won at bargain price, then it mysteriously "got damaged" before being sent" then just forget it and move on.

prowla

ebay say your bid is a contract, but is there anything there to enforce it?

cyberbob

prowla wrote: »

ebay say your bid is a contract, but is there anything there to enforce it?

Only if you take them to court. Which costs money and time

giantmutantbroccoli

I can't quite understand why you're so absolutely furious. If you look at this from the other person's POV, they made a mistake (listed the item at too low a price) and corrected it the only way they could think of. As you haven't paid for the item, you don't actually own it yet so they haven't stolen from you - they are in breach of contract, but as there's no money involved I'd say it was minor. By all means leave them a negative - that's your prerogative as a dissatisfied customer - but why on earth would you *want* to do anything more? If he re-lists it for more money exactly what harm does this do you? Pursuing it further is only going to waste your time and money.

flower24

what was the item?

sorry i'm nosey lol

RFW

prowla wrote: »

ebay say your bid is a contract, but is there anything there to enforce it?

There's stuff within Ebay, but it won't enforce a seller. Reporting as a non performing seller is one, if it happens a few times they'll get thrown off Ebay.

Even in court it is extremely difficult to force someone to sell something, certainly a waste of time and money in this case.

poet123

giantmutantbroccoli wrote: »

I can't quite understand why you're so absolutely furious. If you look at this from the other person's POV, they made a mistake (listed the item at too low a price) and corrected it the only way they could think of. As you haven't paid for the item, you don't actually own it yet so they haven't stolen from you - they are in breach of contract, but as there's no money involved I'd say it was minor. By all means leave them a negative - that's your prerogative as a dissatisfied customer - but why on earth would you *want* to do anything more? If he re-lists it for more money exactly what harm does this do you? Pursuing it further is only going to waste your time and money.

Because the element of trust is inherent in the spirit of Ebay. If a seller proves themselves untrustworthy by failing to sell at the winning auction bid price they have broken that trust. A genuine mistake should be corrected well before auction end (I cannot believe that any seller doesn't check their auctions from liusting to auction end). Obviously there is nothing an individual can do, but Ebay should ban them from selling again imo.

whathappend

Hi
Like everyone says not much you can do except leave Neg feedback as a warning to others, I had a similar purchase a few years ago, we were looking for a bed frame (gothic sort) found one we knew would sell for over 2k so we put a bid of £600 to test the water and find the reserve, should have seen our faces when it came up no reserve and no one else bid and with only 3 hrs left we watched every min up till 2 in the morning and we won it. We fully expected the seller to cancell and we would have let it go in all honesty but they didnt and admitted when they delivered it that they forgot to put an £1800 reserve on it. Never have we been that lucky again.
All I can say to your predicament is tick the box and look for another.Good luck with your Bidding. WH