eBay seller annoyance

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[Jon Szanto]

Good that you nailed the first person, that kind of crap is uncalled for. It's a crapshoot out there.

[lsmith42]

What kind of crap IS called for, just for reference?

[tandaina]

Well, it's been one of those days.

I made a random purchase on a pen - yeah, it was too good to let pass, even though I wasn't particularly interested in purchasing anything else. The seller cancelled the sale AFTER I had paid for everything, and then immediately re-listed it. At which point 2 bidders jumped in and started raising the price. no explanation was given for the cancellation, and no dialogue was enjoined. So, for the first time ever I have reported member and given negative feedback. I'm not happy about doing this but feel I must. The seller has now written to me to give me some cock and bull story about how these pens were part of a trade and how he needs more money from the sale to make his non-eBay trade work. Like that has any bearing on the transaction between me and him.

A lot of the time I let people get away with poor behaviour. Not this time. Complaint made, seller should hang head in shame.


Then I asked a seller in Canada if they wouldn't mind shipping 8 dip nibs to me - say in a padded envelope - and they refused on the grounds of bad experiences with things getting 'lost' in the mail. I get that, I really do, but this lot of nibs cost TWO CANADIAN DOLLARS! I cannot for the life of me imagine a buyer desperately trying to hustle for two measly dollars. I mean, really!


Good. Off my chest now.

I hope he gets nailed. I wasn't aware a seller *could* cancel a transaction after the auction had closed and the buyer had paid. :\

[KBeezie]

I hate sellers like that, they don't want to pay a fee for reserve price, so they think they can just cancel and bump it. Seen a couple do it a few times in a row, hard to prove unless you're the winner of the auction.

[Jon Szanto]

What kind of crap IS called for, just for reference?

Yours. ;)

[KrazyIvan]

I've been the seller and the buyer begs to cancel. Annoying as heck.

[KBeezie]

You know, if the seller had contacted me and had a conversation I more than likely would have been sympathetic; but he didn't, so I am not. Not this time.

Communication is key.

[lowks]

[QUOTE=Cryptos;142966]Well, it's been one of those days.
I hope he gets nailed. I wasn't aware a seller *could* cancel a transaction after the auction had closed and the buyer had paid. :\

Me too

[lowks]

I've been the seller and the buyer begs to cancel. Annoying as heck.

Question: When the highest bidder cancel does the item automatically goes to the next one in line ?

[mhosea]

I've been the seller and the buyer begs to cancel. Annoying as heck.

Question: When the highest bidder cancel does the item automatically goes to the next one in line ?

No, but eBay provides the seller the option of giving that bidder a "Second Chance Offer" to potentially make the sale. Having not issued one, I do not know what freedom the seller has to set the second-chance price. It seems common, at least, that it is set as the second-place bidder's ultimate bid. This is somewhat controversial among buyers since the buyer's maximum is now laid bare only as the result of a 3rd party who has not acted honorably. A more fair second chance offer would be the penultimate bidder's lowest bid that exceeded all others.

At any rate, the seller may choose to relist at no cost.

[Farmboy]

What kind of crap IS called for, just for reference?

After the plumbing has been backed up for a few days any kind no matter the size is usually welcome.

[Chrissy]

Technically sellers can't cancel a transaction after an auction has closed and the buyer has paid. It's a serious infringement of ebay policy called 'seller non-performance.'

However, there is very little you can do because you can't force a seller to send you an item that you've paid for. So the best you can do is to report them to ebay for non-performance and leave them negative feedback. This is one good example where negative feedback is justified.

This once happened to me. I won an auction for a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes, but they hadn't reached a high enough price for the seller, so she refused to send them and refunded my money. She was reported to ebay for non-performance and received negative feedback. But what else can you do? If they ever get to a point where they behave like this 3 times, then they get an automatic ban, so reporting them and leaving them negative feedback will work eventually.

[Chrissy]

I've been the seller and the buyer begs to cancel. Annoying as heck.

Question: When the highest bidder cancel does the item automatically goes to the next one in line ?

It does if the buyer has agreed to receive ebay 'second chance offers.'

The seller has no option to set a different auction price. If he sends a second chance offer to the second bidder in line, then it goes at the price that bidder bid.

[Cob]

I've been the seller and the buyer begs to cancel. Annoying as heck.

Question: When the highest bidder cancel does the item automatically goes to the next one in line ?

Yes, whilst the auction is still running. After it has closed the next bidder may receive a second-chance offer.

Cob