How would you reply to this seller?

newmoneysaver_2

smartie1976 wrote:

If your hubbie still wants one,ebay do have cheap ones
320034944272 - £10
220035145841 - £5

Not blue though.

(says GSX-600 - I have no idea which screen fits which bikes LOL)

Thanks for this, I will let hubby know!

rose_sparky

With abusive emails and feedback like that he should be kicked off ebay.

He's a disgrace.

rotate

I thought that a legally binding contract was made when the auction ended and the buyer paid.Both parties freely entered into the contract and the contract would be upheld even though the seller believed he had made a mistake with his listing.
Does any one know if ebay sales/contracts have been subject to UK court decisions.
This seems to be important with a number of sellers not honouring agreements.

Moglex

rotate wrote:

I thought that a legally binding contract was made when the auction ended and the buyer paid.Both parties freely entered into the contract and the contract would be upheld even though the seller believed he had made a mistake with his listing.
Does any one know if ebay sales/contracts have been subject to UK court decisions.
This seems to be important with a number of sellers not honouring agreements.

Someone, either here or on a similar site, related a case where he got sued by a solicitor when he mistakenly sold something he'd already sold. It wasn't at a crown court so no precedent was set.

Personally I've always thought the whole "binding contract" thing was a load of old hooey. When I first tried to use ebay, I was the highest bidder on an item and the listing just vanished.

When I moaned about it I was told that sellers could quite legitimately do that I should quit complaining. The same people who said this woul spout the "binding contract" line in other circumstances, thus showing their complete ignorance of the importance of consideration in English contract law.

I suspect that if a case was brought and it went to appeal, it would eventrually be held that there was no contract since even if they follow the rules, there is no consideration on the part of the seller until the auction finishes. And if there is no consideration when the buyer makes their bid, how on earth can there be a contract?

Threadhead

soolin wrote:

If he has left a beeped word as feedback then report it, as ebay will often remove it as bad language, even beeped, is not acceptable.

Soo

Not to hijack the thread, but...
How do you report feedback like this?

melliott1963

Have just read this thread in disbelief.

The seller is selling something that's not even new, so it's value is only what people are prepared to pay, not £20. It's not like a new item which has a list price. Also, at the end of the day, the difference between what it sold for and what he wanted for it is £9.50!!!! How petty can you be? Selling it at the final auction price is hardly going to put him on the breadline. :rolleyes:

Having had dealings with a similar seller (although the item is totally unrelated to this one), it is clear to me that he is playing a game with his buyers, knowing that some people will do anything to avoid getting a negative feedback.

We've all sold items that haven't made as much as we would have like, but at the same time, how many of us have bought things a lot cheaper than we expected?

I would only have felt sorry (maybe) for the seller if he was selling an item which he thought he'd put a reserve of £200 on it but accidentally typed £20, and then it sold for £10.

Even though he's only got a couple of negs, I know that I would never buy anything off him. Using the type of language he does in his replies just sums up the type of person he is and would put me off right away.

mpython

Why don't we keep an eye on him and send any bidders a link to this forum?

RubyMurray

kriss_boy wrote:

Ebay if definately not swings and roundabouts for sellers... not by a long shot...

We list things at 99p because we know it wont sell at that price. On this occasion the guy called it wrong and should pay up.. but as im trying to explain there comes a point where youd rather keep the thing than sell it at a particular price and considering ebay reserves are a rip off and ebay changed the rules on ending auctions early, I don’t blame the guy for thinking enough is enough and wanting to keep it.

Do the decent thing and say tut tut but that’s all. No good will come of leaving him negative feedback, infact itll mean he wont leave you postitive.

Say what you want but youll never see him again and no one really cares about feedback anyway so why not jus offer to both leave each other positive and say no more about it.

I think I know your Ebay id now, I know of a guitar seller who lists everything starting at 99p, and I've kept a watch in case of one 'slipping through the net' so I can grab a bargain, I know not to bother any more as you'll only chuck your toys out of the pram and refuse to sell. Well done, myself and my family of guitar players know not to touch you with barge pole! On my blocked list you go.

We've all sold an item that didn't get the price we'd hoped, but we stick a smile on our faces and send the item in good faith and leave good feedback for the buyer who has after all done nothing wrong! After we've done this, we soon learn a swift lesson in listing items at a price we would accept and pay the fees that we receive a service for. It's called being a grown up, Krissy boy.

OP how unfortunate to get a dreadful seller like this. I would file a NPS and neg him, without doubt.

richto

soolin wrote:

Usually only the reported feedback is removed, there is no need for ebay to remove the oter feedback at all.

Soo

NO. Both sets are ALWAYS removed in those circumstances.

soolin

richto wrote:

NO. Both sets are ALWAYS removed in those circumstances.

I can't see anything on ebay that suggests that is the case, but then I do struggle finding ebay help of any help, do you have a link please? The policy is here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/confidence/reputation-policies.html

also here:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/feedback-abuse-withdrawal.html

where if you expand the links it says :

The feedback comment contains profane, vulgar, obscene, or racist language or adult material. Inflammatory language, such as "fraud, liar, cheater, scam artist, con man" etc, while discouraged, will not be removed.

Which implies that the 'vulgar' feedback will be removed, but says nothing about feedback left *for* the user.

Soo