Ebay Dilemma - what would you do?

glentoran99

Brookside88 wrote: »

I never said I was going to lie and keep them, I was asking for people's opinions. I'm quite hacked off at what he's done because he's misled me and blatantly tried to rip me off (and many others I presume). Saying I'm tempted to keep them and actually keeping them are 2 very different things. I'm tempted to throttle my partner sometimes but that doesn't mean I would

I'm happy to send them back but he'll need to pay for postage. If I did keep them then I would offer him 14.99 which is what he paid, not the 27.99 he changed me originally

Thanks for your input

In what way did the seller try to rip you off?


Do you think when you by a loaf in Tesco that Tesco paid the same as they are charging you? In fact buying any item on ebay do you expect people to sell at no profit?




You either pay what you agreed to pay or send them back

Brookside88

glentoran99 wrote: »

In what way did the seller try to rip you off?


Do you think when you by a loaf in Tesco that Tesco paid the same as they are charging you? In fact buying any item on ebay do you expect people to sell at no profit?




You either pay what you agreed to pay or send them back

By misleading me by saying delivery would be 23-25 may. Which is why I was happy to pay the extra. In fact I ended up paying 35 to get them on time

My issue is that he marked them as despatched on the 20th of may knowing full well they wouldn't arrive until 19-20 June and then changed the description to say pre-order

He's been suspended from eBay so clearly he's rubbed somebody up the wrong way

Brookside88

glentoran99 wrote: »

In what way did the seller try to rip you off?


Do you think when you by a loaf in Tesco that Tesco paid the same as they are charging you? In fact buying any item on ebay do you expect people to sell at no profit?




You either pay what you agreed to pay or send them back

And to answer this point, no of course they don't because they have overheads such as marketing, staff, rent etc. This guy hasn't come into contact with this product, all he had done is placed an order with Amazon on my behalf based on a falsified delivery date. My issue is not the price, it's the misrepresentation of the delivery date. I was prepared to pay over the odds for earlier delivery from the start

soolin

Brookside88 wrote: »

By misleading me by saying delivery would be 23-25 may. Which is why I was happy to pay the extra. In fact I ended up paying 35 to get them on time

My issue is that he marked them as despatched on the 20th of may knowing full well they wouldn't arrive until 19-20 June and then changed the description to say pre-order

He's been suspended from eBay so clearly he's rubbed somebody up the wrong way

You mention 'suspended' do you mean that the seller's ID shows as not a registered user? If so he's probably had too many late defects .

If so just send him one message now asking him for a pre paid label for the safe return of the unwanted items and keep them safe so that return can be arranged.

Brookside88

soolin wrote: »

You mention 'suspended' do you mean that the seller's ID shows as not a registered user? If so he's probably had too many late defects .

If so just send him one message now asking him for a pre paid label for the safe return of the unwanted items and keep them safe so that return can be arranged.

When I go into my purchases and click on the item its a blank page that says seller is suspended (on the app), on a PC it says "we've searched high and low but can't find this listing".
When I click his username it says "no longer a registered user" in red next to his name. No option to message him.

He has great feedback so he must be under investigation or something.

I've just re-looked at the email I got this morning as I assumed it was via ebay but it isn't, it's from his personal email so I'll email him on that and ask for a pre-paid label.

EDIT. not a personal email (@solutions4u.com)

Brookside88

and he is (was) registered as a business seller

AndyPix

Brookside88 wrote: »

Please don't misunderstand me, I've no intention of trying to deceive anyone.

And in the same breath ....

Brookside88 wrote: »

My question was, are they allowed to do this, what if I denied all knowledge

:huh:

glentoran99

Brookside88 wrote: »

And to answer this point, no of course they don't because they have overheads such as marketing, staff, rent etc. This guy hasn't come into contact with this product, all he had done is placed an order with Amazon on my behalf based on a falsified delivery date. My issue is not the price, it's the misrepresentation of the delivery date. I was prepared to pay over the odds for earlier delivery from the start

If your issues isn't the price then why did you say you are prepared to pay what he paid?


Its called drop shipping, many 'businesses' do it, rather than hold stock they send direct from their supplier

ballisticbrian

If your issues isn't the price then why did you say you are prepared to pay what he paid?


Its called drop shipping, many 'businesses' do it, rather than hold stock they send direct from their supplier

glentoran, this is not a complaint about drop shipping, the buyer brought a "pre-order" item which the seller claimed they could deliver prior to the time available from their supplier.

Brookside88

AndyPix wrote: »

And in the same breath ....




:huh:

I wanted to know what would happen, because presumably Amazon aren't going to care and eBay would want to know why he'd sent it after it had been cancelled. It got me thinking that it's quite a ballsy move on his part