Yes, another eBay thread

[raulus]

This time it's about another user, and not the platform, so no need to groan too loudly.

Got an offer on a piece this morning. I was asking $950. Buyer offered $500. I waited a few hours, and then decided I might as well accept rather than try to hold out for more.

As I was getting ready to ship the piece this afternoon, I get a notification that the buyer has requested to cancel the transaction, with the explanation that it was an accident. Seems like a stretch to me that it could be an accident, but I'm not going to force the guy to buy my stuff if he doesn't want it, if for no other reason than I don't want him to get desperate and force the issue by claiming that he never got the item, or the box was empty. Life is too short to deal with that nonsense. So I approved the cancellation.

A few minutes later I get a message from the buyer apologizing, and then letting me know that if I re-list it for $325 (including shipping), then he'll take it.

Needless to say, I didn't respond, but blocked him. Because life is waaaaay too short to deal with goons like this.

Anyone have similar experiences with buyers yanking your chain?

P.S. Happy to share his ebay ID if you want to block him too, just to avoid dealing with similar shenanigans.