Buyer does not want to pay the winning bid

aav

I sold some George Michael tickets on Ebay and the item sold for £250. I said that I accept cheques and Paypal. I wrote at the bottem of the auction that this is a legally binding auction and the bidder would have to pay the winning bid. The winniing bidder was a new ebayer with 0 feedback.

He said that he would be paying by cheque so I waited a few days then emailed him asking for the payment. I then received a email from him today asking me if I would accept £100 for the tickets. I told him what for a explained that the auction is legally binding.

What can I do. If he does not pay the next highest bidder is £90 so I would be at a loss to offer a second chance offer. How long should I waite until I contact Ebay? What would they do?

Any help would be great.

slowen

Somewhere in ebay's terms they say that a buyer or a seller cannot be forced into completing a sale but I would tell the buyer that in the auction it was set out that the bids are legally binding and see what they say as you will probably have to open a non paying bidder claim against the buyer to claim your funds back and the buyer will get a strike against their account

jenniferpa

Actually, I think you'll find that it's not a legally binding contract, no matter what ebay or you say. All you can really do is file a NPB and re-list, although there is possibly some option to report them for what really amounts to extortion. Unfortunately, as a 0 bidder there not a lot ebay can do. You could get their contact details from ebay and call them - they may be shocked to find that you know where they live. I suspect, though, that they have run this scam before, and they won't be traceable.

Jennifer

violetb_2

Hi there - you could start a dispute thread and carry on your correspondence through that. That gives you an option of both parties mutually withdrawing from the bid. If not, you could contact ebay directly and ask their advice. They are fairly quick at responding.

sunflower_2

i dont think ebay allow selling tickets

so i dont think they would be interested in helping you with this one

looks like you going to have to either accept his lower offer (maybe you could try a bit of bartering with him) or relist

miaxmia

Looking at it from another angle, I don't think concert tickets are supposed to be sold on, even though I know there are many people that do this. How much did you pay for them in the first place? Whilst I believe that if someone has bid on an item then they should carry through with that transaction, I also find it very frustrating that popular concert tickets are very hard to come buy for purchase at their face value.

aav

miaxmia wrote:

Looking at it from another angle, I don't think concert tickets are supposed to be sold on, even though I know there are many people that do this. How much did you pay for them in the first place?

Well the total amount I paid for it was just under £100. I did not know that you are not allowed to sell tickets on eba. If that is the case why do they still have the option to sell them?

soolin

aav wrote:

Well the total amount I paid for it was just under £100. I did not know that you are not allowed to sell tickets on eba. If that is the case why do they still have the option to sell them?

You can sell tickets but have to adhere to very strict policies.Tickets that are marked not for resale or not transferable can only be sold by licensed sellers so you need to show any official registration numbers you may have as a reseller. All other tickets require you to state the face value of the tickets and provide any info about restricted view etc. You must also be able to guarantee delivery within 30 days of auction end, and many sellers put that in their auctions to ensure there is no misunderstanding.

I bid on tickets quite a bit and would think at least a third of auctions I bid on are pulled before they close. For every auction you see, there has probably been 10 times as many auctions pulled.

However, going back to the original question, on day 7 start an NPB, at least that way you will get your FVFs back. Unfortunately ticket sellers do attract those buyers who are anti ticket touting and will bid with a throw away id just to stop tickets being sold by touts. There is realistically very little else you can do.

SOo

highguyuk

Just a question ...

How did they sell for £250 if you nearest bidder only bid £90? Did you have a high reserve for them to reach in the end?

david29dpo

you could try the small claims court. not sure how you get on but the treat may work. it did for me once.

Hintza

highguyuk wrote:

Just a question ...

How did they sell for £250 if you nearest bidder only bid £90? Did you have a high reserve for them to reach in the end?

I wondered that and concluded that the second bidder and winner had chased the price up between them BUT that would not stop seller offering a second chance at the losers last bid.!!???