ebay unpaid item case opened against me

prowla

gik wrote: »

You've asked the question after your winning bid !!!!!!. The time to ask questions is before you bid.

Why are you reneging?

Damn - I thought you said you were done.

prowla

alykatz wrote: »

It seems both seller and buyer are as bad as each in this situation.
Seller should be polite and answer the question.
Buyer should have been polite and asked the question before bidding.
Neither has a right to the moral high ground.

It's perfectly reasonable to ask the question after winning; it's a question not a demand/instruction.

There is no moral wrong in asking that; do you really think that that is breaking any moral code?

I do, however, expect a reply.

Again, I'm not sure about the melodrama of whether failing to reply is immoral or not, but it is common courtesy to do so.

campdave wrote: »

Of course, you could have just paid the amount you agreed to pay when you made the bid and have an equally smooth transaction. It seems to be your decision you want to turn up and collect the item that's stopped the transaction going as it should.

I agree that it would have been polite for the seller to have responded to your question, However, your insistence that it is the sellers fault this impass has occurred and that you somehow have the moral high ground in the situation is not true.

I've (politely) asked the seller if I can collect, and they haven't replied.

There's no moral high ground, but if I speak to someone and they just ignore me, then I'm not sure I want to do business with them.

Also, the postage is not money to the seller (sellers are not allowed to disguise payments as P&P), so that is neutral as far as the amount agreed to pay. From my side, I've offered to pick it up from them and save them the effort of taking it to the Post Office.

gik

alykatz wrote: »

It seems both seller and buyer are as bad as each in this situation.
Seller should be polite and answer the question.
Buyer should have been polite and asked the question before bidding.
Neither has a right to the moral high ground.

prowla has bid and won the item and should pay...end of story. You can not start varying an agreement on some question that was brought up after an agreement was concluded.


I'll ask again prowla, if you are sure you are correct post your ebay ID and I for one will be happy.

UsernameAlreadyExists

likelyfran wrote: »

Not really, just common sense and manners!

Common sense and manners would be to reply to a simple question before escalating it to an unpaid item case.
Even if the answer is as simple as "no".

UsernameAlreadyExists

gik wrote: »

I'll ask again prowla, if you are sure you are correct post your ebay ID and I for one will be happy.

Third time of asking now. Using your own guidelines, you need to accept his non-reply as a reply.

alykatz

prowla wrote: »

It's perfectly reasonable to ask the question after winning; it's a question not a demand/instruction.

There is no moral wrong in asking that; do you really think that that is breaking any moral code?

I do, however, expect a reply.

In all fairness you yourself have stated the listing did not offer collection,so to be fair the time to find out if that option is on the table is before bidding,
Your right the seller is being rude in not replying to your question But that doesnt excuse the fact you have bid ,won and not paid
.
And yes i do think that you are breaking a moral code in as much as you knew before bidding there was no collection offered, but still decided to bid and win, then ask the question of collection.

you say if you speak to someone and they ignore you , you dont want to do business with them.
Maybe your seller thinks, that someone asking pertinent questions about collection after bidding and winning is someone they dont want to do business with.

Forgot to add ebay telling you they will remove any strike does not mean they will.
ebay cs are notorious for giving bad and incorrect information.

gik

prowla wrote: »

Damn - I thought you said you were done.

That was yesterday...and for a good reason given the date. But you still reneging on what you agreed is and always will be wrong...whatever the date and your protestations.


Ebay ID if you are sure you are correct?

UsernameAlreadyExists

gik wrote: »

Ebay ID if you are sure you are correct?

4th time.
gik - what's YOUR ebay ID ?

gik

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

Third time of asking now. Using your own guidelines, you need to accept his non-reply as a reply.

So prowla is wrong...I get that.

UsernameAlreadyExists

What's your ebay ID gik?