Think I am going to be seriously out of pocket....

scbk

emsywoo123 wrote: »

But I would not have been charged £20 final valuation fee!!

I am not sure they would have completed, as:
a) 0 feedback
b) the item was collection only.......they were approx 250 miles away
c) at the end of the auction I called the number ebay had listed for them (due to a and b above) and it was a fakey!

It could still be a genuine buyer though
a) eveyerone starts at 0
b) it's very common for people to travel to the other end of the country when buying vehicles, also the buyer can arrange collection by a courier
c) they might have changed their number since signing up to ebay and forgotten to change it, or made a typo

If you can, email them asking if they are still interested in the bike. If you have their name/address you can look them up on 192.com
Also do an advanced search for 'items by bidder' and include completed listings to see what they've been up to

Premier_2

charlottevwa wrote: »

List again with your own pictures (make them good!) and start the price at £20 more than what you want.. then you will get the fees back. Good luck

Or the seller might just end up giving another 8 quid to ebay. Remember it only attracted 1 bid last time (which may or may not have been genuine) - at £20 higher initial asking price it may fail to attract any interest.

emsywoo123

He has now emailed to say he thinks Kent is a bit too far for him.............

Russ66

Can't you email the person you bought the bike from & explain.
If they give you permission to use the pics again then tell ebay you had permission to re-list.