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Am I being out of order?

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At the end of last month, I listed two item. One was a Sony 8mm camcorder which sold for £46 on the 1st and the second was an apple refurb 4gb mini ipod at a buy it now for £79 + £10 p&p on the 7th jul(max amount, difference would be refunded after spec del.)

The 1st purchaser decided that he would be out of the country for 4 weeks and did not want to pay until mid august. I emailed him a few times but he would not change his mind so on the 14th I opened an unpaid dispute and hopefully I'll be able to get my fees back.

The ipod purchaser also only wants to pay next month as well but I'm away for 6 months as of next thursday so I emailed her this on monday. She says she's be ill and would send her cheque asap. Now I opened a dispute on this item too yesterday as she has also bought another ipod from ebay on the same day and not paid for it.

Should I just leave an unpaid strike against them both? Is that unreasonable?

cheers

:beer: monster
30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.
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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Perfectly fair in my opinion. How long have you given ipod buyer so far? They have 7 days to pay... don't think you can leave a strike before that.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Moglex
    Moglex Posts: 1,581 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Seems quite fair.

    You should not bid on something you cannot pay for unless you get the seller's agreement beforehand.
  • Rebekah
    Rebekah Posts: 143 Forumite
    I personally don't think you're being unreasonable at all, they shouldn't have bought the items if they couldn't pay straight away.

    If the second buyer's cheque turns up I think I would cancel the dispute though, unless you no longer want to deal with her in which case send it back and email her again and say due to the delay in payment you are no longer able to deal with her (or something along those lines),

    What's unreasonable is expecting a seller to wait 6 weeks to receive payment, no matter of the excuse.
    Mum to three little boys
  • Kaminari_2
    Kaminari_2 Posts: 660 Forumite
    If a cheque does turn up please send the items special delivery to cover yourself and prevent possible hassle.
  • davilown
    davilown Posts: 2,303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Kaminari wrote:
    If a cheque does turn up please send the items special delivery to cover yourself and prevent possible hassle.
    If it does turn up, the cheque itself will be returned recorded delivery. Item has been relisted with immediate payment via paypal to save my self any hassle!

    cheers

    :beer: monster
    30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.
  • davilown
    davilown Posts: 2,303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Now really peeved off - relisted the camcorder, sold by auction this pm and imediately after the auction finished, the bidder has emailed saying he's not going to pay!
    What I am going to do?

    :beer: monster
    30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.
  • rdwarr
    rdwarr Posts: 6,159 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    I'd make sure you sort him out before he finishes the copy of "Hardcore Bodybuilding" that he's just bought :)
    I just think you're being incredibly unlucky. Has to be back to square one I'm afraid.
    Can I help?
  • Moglex
    Moglex Posts: 1,581 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    davilown wrote:
    Now really peeved off - relisted the camcorder, sold by auction this pm and imediately after the auction finished, the bidder has emailed saying he's not going to pay!
    What I am going to do?
    What reason did he give?
  • davilown
    davilown Posts: 2,303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Moglex wrote:
    What reason did he give?
    change of circumstances!!!
    30th June 2021 completely debt free…. Downsized, reduced working hours and living the dream.
  • MrB_2
    MrB_2 Posts: 729 Forumite
    What a dipstick. Try third time lucky on a one day sale
    I'm back after a break :money:
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