Is "found A Better Price" grounds to cancel a sale / purchase?
 

I had an item on ebay auction in which someone bid on and won a few days later. The item was a 1977 Star Wars unopened wax Fun Bag pack. He won the auction with the only bid of $129.00. Two days later he wants me to cancel the sale because "He found a better Price" I see these packs on sale for $175.00 and up so I really do not think he found a better price.

To avoid any hassles that may arise......claiming I sent him an empty box or something, I am going to cancel the sale but what do you guys think?

Should I cancel? Is this a legitimate reason?

Thanks,
Bob

I would just cancel the sale and avoid any potential problems.

If this is how things are done today, glad I don’t use EBay anymore. Truly sad!

I wouldn't cancel, but let it sit there and time out so he gets a non-paying buyer strike against him (for whatever that's worth). That should happen in 4 days normally.

I would just say, "if you can't pay it will cancel itself after a few days".

Actually, after 4 days a "non-payment" option will be there if you go to cancel the sale. It won't be there before then. I would wait for that.

On a related note, but as a buyer, I had a weird experience recently on eBay. I had a best offer accepted and was asked to pay -- but the prompt to "pay now" was accompanied by a message saying that someone else could take the item if they paid first. And that's exactly what ended up happening.

Never seen that before.

If you accept returns on eBay, found a better price is a reason to return that eBay allows. Better to cancel now.

Found a better price is not a legitimate excuse to not pay, that’s for sure

Well then…..
 

If a buyer can back out for “found a better price” can a seller back out for “got a better offer” ? This whole thing seems very dishonorable to me but I’m kind of old fashioned about things like this. Personal integrity has no price and mine is not for sale!! Rocky

I guess it flies on eBay, but I doubt it would on the BST.

Thanks for the replies everyone.

I will let it sit there until it expires and then select the non paying bidder. He needs to have at least a strike against him for something. Especially since I cannot leave a negative. Which by the way is totally wrong that you cannot leave a neg against a buyer. I always thought that a winning bid is a legal binding agreement.

And he has 4 negs over a year old as a seller of plants / seedlings with a total of 33 feedbacks.

I did block him now.

Thanks everyone,
Bob