When an Ebay seller backs out...

[HexsHeroes]

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... you should report the seller. Perhaps even consider suggestion of legal action, especially if buyer & seller reside in different states. Then becomes a federal interstate issue I believe. My very limited general business law knowledge also leads me to believe that consideration was tendered, so that the seller did entered into a legally binding contract with you. But refusal/refunding of that payment might negate the consideration accepted portion of the conract. I also have to believe that eBay has insulated itself (and possibly the seller) with provisions somewhere in all the fine print to the user/member agreement terms that we all agreed to, inorder to use eBay services and products. Just my two cents worth . . .

[steve B]

Yes, report them as a non-performing seller. The one I had that did that claimed through Ebays messge system that they had sold the cards on Friday but "didn't have the time to remove them" Before it ended Monday.

They did offer a discount on their other stuff which was all crap. Framed but uncerted autographs and a few modern cards.

They got banned, although not a hard ban since their other stuff was allowed to finish. And of course, they probably rejoined with a new name.

Steve B

[Leon]

Originally Posted by HexsHeroes

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... you should report the seller. Perhaps even consider suggestion of legal action, especially if buyer & seller reside in different states. Then becomes a federal interstate issue I believe. My very limited general business law knowledge also leads me to believe that consideration was tendered, so that the seller did entered into a legally binding contract with you. But refusal/refunding of that payment might negate the consideration accepted portion of the conract. I also have to believe that eBay has insulated itself (and possibly the seller) with provisions somewhere in all the fine print to the user/member agreement terms that we all agreed to, inorder to use eBay services and products. Just my two cents worth . . .

And my tiny bit of understanding of law tells me a lot of what you said is correct BUT at the end of the day no way would this be worth the trouble to sue. I would probably disagree with the refund negating the contract unless it was a mutually agreeable refund. I do think it's a legally binding contract but in 15 yrs on ebay I am not sure I have heard of anyone pursue a matter like this (I am sure it's been done but rarely) in the courts. I would report him to ebay and move on.

[UnVme7]

Thank you all. I suppose the few thousand dollars difference from what I paid to what the item is actually valued at is probably not worth the hassle. But it sure pisses me off!

But I will say, I've noticed this trend quite often. 2 in the last month and probably 5 in the last yr for me. EBay makes it so easy that if the seller doesn't get what they want, they refund it, get a negative feedback and move on. It's stupid.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by UnVme7

Thank you all. I suppose the few thousand dollars difference from what I paid to what the item is actually valued at is probably not worth the hassle. But it sure pisses me off!

But I will say, I've noticed this trend quite often. 2 in the last month and probably 5 in the last yr for me. EBay makes it so easy that if the seller doesn't get what they want, they refund it, get a negative feedback and move on. It's stupid.

Then the seller consigns it, and shills it up

[Peter_Spaeth]

Not worth the aggravation. Just chalk it up to yet another unethical ebay seller and move on.

[vintage954]

Ebay will do absolutely nothing about it. ALL they care about is money. I won an ernie banks rookie one time for $175 and it was a super steal, don't even ask me how it happened but I paypal'd the funds immediately. The next morning I wake up with a refund and a message stating that he could not sell it for that price and he was sorry. I spoke to ebay and hes still a seller to this day.

[CMIZ5290]

Originally Posted by vintage954

Ebay will do absolutely nothing about it. ALL they care about is money. I won an ernie banks rookie one time for $175 and it was a super steal, don't even ask me how it happened but I paypal'd the funds immediately. The next morning I wake up with a refund and a message stating that he could not sell it for that price and he was sorry. I spoke to ebay and hes still a seller to this day.

+1, big time....