eBay Unpaid item-DEBT COLLECTION AGENCY

Keep_pedalling

They have no chance of getting any money from you, but how the hell do you "accidentally" buy something on Ebay? that's nearly as silly as saying my cat did it.

pinkshoes

Well if they are inventing mystery emails that never appeared, do the same.

Tell them that under distance selling laws, you decided to cancel the transaction, therefore no money is owed, and no goods have been sent.

enbs

Keep_pedalling wrote: »

They have no chance of getting any money from you, but how the hell do you "accidentally" buy something on Ebay? that's nearly as silly as saying my cat did it.

Are you sure they can't?

Because I didn't request a cancelation. But eBay policy says that they can't force me to pay. The seller can open a unpaid item report and the most I can get is a strike.

enbs

grintricha wrote: »

add them to your spam filter and ignore

but in future don't bid on things you don't want to win, it's bad m'kay!

I didn't bid. The item had a fixed price I think.

enbs

pinkshoes wrote: »

Well if they are inventing mystery emails that never appeared, do the same.

Tell them that under distance selling laws, you decided to cancel the transaction, therefore no money is owed, and no goods have been sent.

Do I contact them again?

Because I've sent them two replies to the first message after talking to eBay.
If I do I think I'll be asking for it.

enbs

RFW wrote: »

Yes, as far as I know, distance selling regulations cover all EU members, so a buyer has 14 days to change their mind and either not accept goods or return upon receipt.

Just ignore it and it will go away.

Personally, I'd be tempted to wind them up a bit, I hate getting threatened legally when it's pretty much an empty threat. Then again, the last time I did that they actually took me to court (not Ebay related), I won, and costs but it was still a pain. So, maybe don't wind them up!

So they can't take legal action even if they wanted to, are they just threatening me in order to make me pay?

They are in germany, I am not. So I really don't feel like going to court in germany. Or anywhere else for that matter.

enbs

glentoran99 wrote: »

They are telling you that you must pay, but under distance selling regulations you had every right to change your mind

Seems to be a german thing this legal action

Can they take legal action or not? Im not in the uk. Or any other european member country for that matter.

Also I did not cancel the order. I had no idea how eBay worked back then. Not much better now. Never purchased anything from there except this.

But eBay says that it well within their policy. Because they can't force me to pay.

rossireps

Balliffs for an ebay debt because you didn't pay for something,umm they are having a laugh. Just ignore them don't correspond with them any further

enbs

rossireps wrote: »

Balliffs for an ebay debt because you didn't pay for something,umm they are having a laugh. Just ignore them don't correspond with them any further

Are you sure? Because I am really worried.

They are saying that if it goes to court I will get extra fees and what not. As you can see the seller is getting only 19 euro. They are getting most of the money. Leaches.

bxboards

enbs wrote: »

Are you sure they can't?

Because I didn't request a cancelation. But eBay policy says that they can't force me to pay. The seller can open a unpaid item report and the most I can get is a strike.

You can be sued as you entered into a contract and are in breech of the contract.
Your problem is you failed to Cancel, and this has cost the seller real financial loss.

If this does come to Court, you will lose. However it is unlikely they will go that far. But if it does, you will lose, probably just need to pay back the 19 euros at most, I don't think you can be forced to pay punitive costs.

Ebay policy does not override EU law. Ebay policy also says buyers should pay for items.

The lesson is - don't mess sellers around. Most sellers will not go as far as this one, but you have breached a Contract you entered, and you failed to exercise your cancellation right.

The fact that they are in Germany in neither here nor there.