seller wants to pull out after paying!

cheeky

I sold a laptop for £335 the other day, winner paid via echeques so waiting for it to clear.... Next day he sent me a msg said he had a change of circumstances and could he have a refund??!! He has offered me £20 for my time..

I have relisted the laptop, but what about fees as he has paid me?? I could keep the money and tell him to sell it himself, but i am a nice guy (i think!)...

mrbadexample

I'd accept that. £20 is a very fair offer for messing you about, isn't it?

skintchick

Be understanding? I dunno, ask him what circumsatnces and check he's not bidding a cheaper one!

cheeky

skintchick wrote:

check he's not bidding a cheaper one!

i didnt know you could see what people had bid on or were...?

skintchick

I don;t know how to do it, but I know that you can.

bonvonnie

cheeky wrote:

I sold a laptop for £335 the other day, winner paid via echeques so waiting for it to clear.... Next day he sent me a msg said he had a change of circumstances and could he have a refund??!! He has offered me £20 for my time..

I have relisted the laptop, but what about fees as he has paid me?? I could keep the money and tell him to sell it himself, but i am a nice guy (i think!)...

well, you have to wait for the echeque to clear, before you can refund payment. if you click into the orginal Paypal payment to refund, your fees will be reimbursed.
and if you go back into 'my ebay', items sold, click on the drop down arrow, and select payment not received, and click that you and buyer have mutually agreed not to complete, and you will get your ebay FVF's back.

you can do a advanced search, left hand menu, items by bidder, then enter their ebay username. voila!

5thElement_2

Yep you can

http://search.ebay.co.uk/ws/search/AdvSearch?sofindtype=1&ssPageName=h:h:advsearch:Uk

Go there, choose "Items By bidder" and put their username in



edit: beaten to it

cheeky

oh you beauty!!!!

Alas, no other laptops bid upon... But he won a PCMCIA card tonight!!?? Mine had bluetooth, so maybe he is keepng his old laptop, got a kicking off the missus

John_T_5

I am not sure if echeques can be cancelled by the sender, I am sure someone here can clarify this, I would be cautious, it could be a scam, he may be offering you £20 in the hope you will be gullible enough to refund the balance before the echeque has cleared, they may then cancel it and that will be the last you hear of them, it may well not be the case but it is worth considering.

withabix

DO NOT refund until the e-cheque has CLEARED. (10+ days)

This could be a scam. If you refund him beforehand, the e-cheque will magically bounce!!!!

cheeky

well i havent refunded him yet. Dont think he is a scammer, he has been buying bits and bobs, no other expensive stuff

It gets worse, i got a really crap price for the laptop 2nd time around, £260. Cancelling his original bid, it would of gone for £325 - thats £65 more!! His £20 seems poor now. So i have sent him a email saying he either pays the difference or the laptop is his.... I am not going to be £45 out of pocket and be a nice guy - got mouth's to feed!