Too harsh?

Brooker_Dave

Beardmidget wrote: »

Should I pull the trigger?

No.

Best Regards

Dr David Brooker (Ba hons) OBE

harveybobbles

OP sounds like a !!!!!!.

Guessing it was this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Private-number-plate-D11-NEM-/291238645433?pt=UK_Cherished_Numbers&hash=item43cf2d0eb9&nma=true&si=gzARa17WMmYQCAg8%252FgG16EUDfKE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Regards

Lord Harvey Bobbles, age 34 and a half.

Beardmidget

Thank you for your opinions, I really do appreciate them .
I agree, the right thing to do is to just open a case, get my refund and neg. I was just interested to know where the current thinking was at about the contractual status of eBay auctions (and yes- a little part of me might have sent that email, but the better part of me didn't- and came to ask at least).

I do think it is a shame that people do not take eBay more seriously because they are behind a laptop screen rather than standing in front of a victim of breach (buyers and sellers).

To be fair, I had actually believed the price was reasonable, and it represents the average selling price of not very fancy 6 character number plates- I was just a little aggrieved that someone was choosing to welch.

With respect to the letter itself, I have to remind you that the small claims court mandates you to send correspondence requesting settlement/remedy prior to taking court action. Could I have stated it with a little less complexity? Yes, of course. Am I proud of the qualifications I have earned, and do I therefore place them after my name in formal correspondence? Yes to both, and I will not apologise for that.

spongebob999

Can see both sides of the coin here, I would let ebay decide as they do say every deal is contractually binding.

ballisticbrian

In the spirit of *money saving* I think it would be easier to stick with your current number plate and simply change your name to 5ER 369J.

campdave

spongebob999 wrote: »

Can see both sides of the coin here, I would let ebay decide as they do say every deal is contractually binding.

Ebay can't force the buyer to send anything, so they can't enforce the sale.

Beardmidget

Tweaker wrote: »

I don't think that was the auction the OP bid on, surely that plate would have read
T05 53R

How droll.

For what it's worth, I am comfortable in my own skin. I do something worthwhile for a living, and I try to conduct myself honourably in my other interests. I am an occasional seller on eBay, and I know the rules when an item doesn't make what I had hoped for.

In any case, clearly I slept on it and recognised that my initial vitriolic reaction was excessive. As my father taught me- never send a letter (or email) in anger!

RFW

To move away from all the nastiness. As OP probably knows going to court is not that difficult to do. Can a buyer win a case, yes, they can and have. Is a contract with an Ebay seller binding, yes, it usually is (common sense errors can be made that would null a contract, e.g. selling a house for £1000, instead of £100,000).

Winning a case isn't necessarily cut and dry, the seller may have no money to pay and you could end up with £1 per month for the next 50 years, that could be after paying further fees if the seller chooses to defend. At the moment, apart from the payment, you haven't lost anything. Paypal will refund the payment.

Within Ebay, get refund, neg, report non performing seller, find another number plate.

If I desperately wanted the registration I would try and be nice to the seller and see if they would be willing to compromise in some way, especially as they are holding your money. The initial letter would make me stop responding.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Beardmidget wrote: »

Hi all,

therefore I will be asking for £677, as the gap between the bargain I made and the market price.

Surely the market price it what it sold for at auction, if it really were worth £750 you have a dealer push it at least half way to £750.

I don't think you can just claim 677, usually you'd need to purchase elsewhere, whilst mitigating your loses, and then claim the difference.

Don't know how that would work with a number plate but until you purchase something else you haven't lost any money.

Brooker_Dave

Beardmidget wrote: »

therefore I will be asking for £677, as the gap between the bargain I made and the market price.

Market price is surely £72, given that's all it made on the UKs largest auction site?

Regards

Viscount Lord Brooker (Btec nat) CBE