Another Conning Git

[tbc]

Heres the story.

Seller on ebay put an item on starting at 99p, item is worth between £25-30. Few days left i sent a message asking for a buy it now price.

He said £25. I then decided to wait a day and as it ended this afternoon and see if i could get it cheaper.

I won it this afternoon for £10.50.

Now i've got a message from him saying " i have relist it to a buy it now for £25, so you buy it now price"

I have bought and paid for this item.

What are my options, i'm bloody furious as this is not the first time this has happened.

Last week got something for a good price. Then got a message saying "it fell off the shelf in his garage and broke, so i said i would take it anyway but he claimed he had put it in the recycle bin. Doubt this very much he did considering the item costs £300 from a dealer.

[marshalla]

Open an ebay dispute and claim your payment back. Leave factual negative feedback.


And in future, don't try to game the system. Someone always loses in a game.

Edited by marshalla on Tuesday 5th August 20:30

[SistersofPercy]

Not a lot you can do sadly. If you've paid you hold all the cards, open an item not received case (counts as a defect in eBays new rules) then when you get the cash back leave factual negative feedback (don't mention the paypal case) and one star across all categories.

[226bhp]

I hate these kind of people, I've had it on two occasions lately. One was a car I won which the guy told me not to come as it wouldn't start, I said I had a trailer it was no problem, phone line went dead and he wouldn't answer. He then complained and blamed me when I left arsey feedback!

Then I won an Ecu for £1, the guy says 'When are you going to come pick it up then?' (It was 200 miles away)
"It says you'll send for £10" And I'd paid it...
Money got refunded straight away.

Wenkers the lot of them....

[herewego]

marshalla said:

Open an ebay dispute and claim your payment back. Leave factual negative feedback.


And in future, don't try to game the system. Someone always loses in a game.

Edited by marshalla on Tuesday 5th August 20:30

In what way did he try to game the system?

[Urban Sports]

I hate when I'm selling something and I get inundated with thick aholes who are too retarded to understand how an auction works asking "what's your buy it now price?"

I wouldn't sell it to you either OP for being an annoying sheath.

[s3fella]

Urban Sports said:

for being an annoying sheath.

[Vaud]

Urban Sports said:

I hate when I'm selling something and I get inundated with thick aholes who are too retarded to understand how an auction works asking "what's your buy it now price?"

I wouldn't sell it to you either OP for being an annoying sheath.

I don't follow.

He offered to buy before the auction finished.
It was declined.
He waited until the auction completed.
He won the auction.
Seller has change of heart.
Seller reneged on the terms.

What's hard to follow?

[Urban Sports]

Vaud said:

Urban Sports said:

I hate when I'm selling something and I get inundated with thick aholes who are too retarded to understand how an auction works asking "what's your buy it now price?"

I wouldn't sell it to you either OP for being an annoying sheath.

I don't follow.

He offered to buy before the auction finished.
It was declined.
He waited until the auction completed.
He won the auction.
Seller has change of heart.
Seller reneged on the terms.

What's hard to follow?

It's very easy to follow, you're just following something different

[Vaud]

Urban Sports said:

It's very easy to follow, you're just following something different

[Seller on ebay put an item on starting at 99p, item is worth between £25-30. Few days left i sent a message asking for a buy it now price.
He said £25. I then decided to wait a day and as it ended this afternoon and see if i could get it cheaper.
I won it this afternoon for £10.50.
Now i've got a message from him saying " i have relist it to a buy it now for £25, so you buy it now price"
I have bought and paid for this item.


???
If he bought it at the closing price of £10.50 then it is clear.
The fact that he asked for a BIN mid auction, or that the seller decided to rescind the auction is irrelevant to the contract?

[Urban Sports]

Vaud said:

Urban Sports said:

It's very easy to follow, you're just following something different

[Seller on ebay put an item on starting at 99p, item is worth between £25-30. Few days left i sent a message asking for a buy it now price.
He said £25. I then decided to wait a day and as it ended this afternoon and see if i could get it cheaper.
I won it this afternoon for £10.50.
Now i've got a message from him saying " i have relist it to a buy it now for £25, so you buy it now price"
I have bought and paid for this item.


???
If he bought it at the closing price of £10.50 then it is clear.
The fact that he asked for a BIN mid auction, or that the seller decided to rescind the auction is irrelevant to the contract?

Jesus

I'm saying that when I list something and people ask "what is your buy it now price M8?" It's annoying because it's an auction and I give them short shrift.

I fully understood the OP, do you understand me now?

[Vaud]

Urban Sports said:

Jesus

I'm saying that when I list something and people ask "what is your buy it now price M8?" It's annoying because it's an auction and I give them short shrift.

I fully understood the OP, do you understand me now?

Yes. I thought you meant I had misunderstood the events, not your sentiments...

[Alucidnation]

Christ, this is hard work!

[Urban Sports]

Alucidnation said:

Christ, this is hard work!

I'm breaking into a sweat

[Alucidnation]

[Vaud]

Urban Sports said:

I'm breaking into a sweat

It's alright. Just lie down and breath from this handkerchief. Does it smell of chloroform to you?

[Urban Sports]

Vaud said:

Urban Sports said:

I'm breaking into a sweat

It's alright. Just lie down and breath from this handkerchief. Does it smell of chloroform to you?

Can't smell it from here, ask your boyfriend.

[megamaniac]

Conversely last week I won a single passenger seat for my van for 99p,when I rang up the seller asked if I wanted another one for nothing.

[Blib]

megamaniac said:

Conversely last week I won a single passenger seat for my van for 99p,when I rang up the seller asked if I wanted another one for nothing.

I trust that you immediately opened a dispute.

[tbc]

Urban Sports said:

Vaud said:

Urban Sports said:

It's very easy to follow, you're just following something different

[Seller on ebay put an item on starting at 99p, item is worth between £25-30. Few days left i sent a message asking for a buy it now price.
He said £25. I then decided to wait a day and as it ended this afternoon and see if i could get it cheaper.
I won it this afternoon for £10.50.
Now i've got a message from him saying " i have relist it to a buy it now for £25, so you buy it now price"
I have bought and paid for this item.


???
If he bought it at the closing price of £10.50 then it is clear.
The fact that he asked for a BIN mid auction, or that the seller decided to rescind the auction is irrelevant to the contract?

Jesus

I'm saying that when I list something and people ask "what is your buy it now price M8?" It's annoying because it's an auction and I give them short shrift.

I fully understood the OP, do you understand me now?

Some people can get a bit arsey. But the way i see it.

They stick the item on for 99p for 10 days.

They might be going on holiday soon or need a few quid asap so i don't really see a problem asking or offering a buy it now.