When an Ebay seller backs out...

[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....

[Jay Wolt]

eBay should care about it, since the seller voided the auction price and either sold it higher off of eBay
or didn't sell it all & either way eBay is out their fees & that they do care about.