Gazumped on ebay - is it against any guideline?
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My wife has bid for, and won an item on ebay for £51. After bidding has ended she was messaged to tell her that item has been sold to a work colleague for £80 (sorry for inconvenience, etc.) It stated nowhere in ebay ad that it was for sale anywhere else or that there was a reserve. Has she been wronged? and what is her best way of proceeding? We're not that arsed, but it seems a bit off. What do we think, guys?
Gadaffi Duck said:
My wife has bid for, and won an item on ebay for £51. After bidding has ended she was messaged to tell her that item has been sold to a work colleague for £80 (sorry for inconvenience, etc.) It stated nowhere in ebay ad that it was for sale anywhere else or that there was a reserve. Has she been wronged? and what is her best way of proceeding? We're not that arsed, but it seems a bit off. What do we think, guys?
Just for a joke, write a letter threatening them with legal action for breach of contract. Suggest they will be liable for your legal fees in this matter...just make it sound very legal, petty and threatening............or just move on and buy a different one on ebay tomorrow.
Maybe do what the PH'er did for Sniff diesel..Find out where he lives and demand the item in this case..
Or send the 'Boys' round to collect from his work colleague.
Usually these things on PH are sorted out in a couple of days and you will have the work colleague name and address and which way he dresses...
Or send the 'Boys' round to collect from his work colleague.
Usually these things on PH are sorted out in a couple of days and you will have the work colleague name and address and which way he dresses...
grumbledoak said:
You can hardly blame the seller for accepting 60% over her bid. Leave some honest negative feedback and move on.
In fairness, mate, there's not a lot of point in bidding on ebay if that kind of behaviour by a seller is commonplace is there? They could have put a reserve on it, eh?Edited by Gadaffi Duck on Monday 17th August 21:14
The Loose Goose said:
Maybe do what the PH'er did for Sniff diesel..Find out where he lives and demand the item in this case..
Or send the 'Boys' round to collect from his work colleague.
Usually these things on PH are sorted out in a couple of days and you will have the work colleague name and address and which way he dresses...
+ photos of his front door and car, alternate email addresses, home and mobile numbers, date of birth, occupation, car reg number and make and model...Or send the 'Boys' round to collect from his work colleague.
Usually these things on PH are sorted out in a couple of days and you will have the work colleague name and address and which way he dresses...
Gadaffi Duck said:
In fairness, mate, there's not a lot of point in bidding on ebay if that kind of behaviour by a seller is commonplace is there? They could have put a reserve on it, eh?
Not disagreeing with you; you are quite right. I don't normally bother with eBay because of all the greed and pettiness. But your wife wasn't let down for pennies, £80 is quite a lot more than her bid.grumbledoak said:
Gadaffi Duck said:
In fairness, mate, there's not a lot of point in bidding on ebay if that kind of behaviour by a seller is commonplace is there? They could have put a reserve on it, eh?
Not disagreeing with you; you are quite right. I don't normally bother with eBay because of all the greed and pettiness. But your wife wasn't let down for pennies, £80 is quite a lot more than her bid.
I thought that once the ebay auction has gone through it is a binding contract?
Presumably they have sent you this via email, Forward the email to ebay as it is against their T&C's.
You haven't been Gazumped. It is just that the seller didn't get what they wanted for the item and left the auction running hoping they would get what they want.
I sold a XBOX 360 a few months ago on ebay. My mate offered me £130 for it, but as it sold on ebay for £112 I had to post it to the buyer. Was gutted as the postage was £7 more than the post office website lead me to believe.
Presumably they have sent you this via email, Forward the email to ebay as it is against their T&C's.
You haven't been Gazumped. It is just that the seller didn't get what they wanted for the item and left the auction running hoping they would get what they want.
I sold a XBOX 360 a few months ago on ebay. My mate offered me £130 for it, but as it sold on ebay for £112 I had to post it to the buyer. Was gutted as the postage was £7 more than the post office website lead me to believe.
Legally it is supposed to be a binding agreement only I have found that when I sold something the buyer refused to pay for it then left me neg f/b accusing me of trying to scam him. I just asked him if he would pay direct to my bank as paypal would have taken around £50 off me in charges. When I asked Ebay to get involved they said there was nothing they could do about it.
Steve748 said:
Legally it is supposed to be a binding agreement only I have found that when I sold something the buyer refused to pay for it then left me neg f/b accusing me of trying to scam him. I just asked him if he would pay direct to my bank as paypal would have taken around £50 off me in charges. When I asked Ebay to get involved they said there was nothing they could do about it.
Yes, but the difference is that once the buyer left the realms of paypal/ebay and paid straight to your bank he would also havelost his protection... not saying you would have scammed, but going to bank transfers negates the protection...I bought something on Ebay and it was quite a lot of money and I offered to pay direct to her bank and she said she would prefer me to use payscam, I asked her if she was sure and she said she wasn't happy about giving her bank details to me. I paid her and I pointed out that the two sets of numbers I needed were on every cheque she gave out. Then when she saw they had taken £45 from her she said she wished she had taken my offer.
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