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Ripped off on ebay
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:06 pm
by Kev
I am so pissed off. I bid and won a set of H2 Dencos on ebay last night. Was amazed that i got them for £122.00, paid straight away with paypal. Ten minutes later got a message from ebay saying seller had cancelled the tranaction, i emailed the seller saying i expected them to give them to me as i had bid and won them in good faith. I then got a long ranting email from the seller calling me a nasty piece of work and that they would never give them to me anyway. Apparantly her husband had ordered some new chrome expansions but had not received them, so was cancelling me having the old ones. I am wondering if they did,nt get enough for them and thats why they cancelled after the sale.
They live in Ashford, Kent and the user name is mgnut13. Also they are not responding to my messages.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:30 pm
by shaggy
Had a similar problem recently .
I phoned ebay and could.,nt have been more helpful even gave me a £20 voucher . And they can see the emails from the seller.
They obviosly had a word with the seller as the item turned up a few days later .
Worth a try
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:53 pm
by Kev
Thanks for that, i ,ll give it a try.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:57 pm
by robh1f
Kev if you won them and they cancelled the transaction "after" the auction ended then you have a case...............if you can be arsed cos it takes forever to get anywhere with this sort of cxxp. You hit the nail on the head when you said he did'nt get a big enough bid on them...........then got his missus to front a bullshit story. Happened to me a few years ago with some stone flagstones
so just left shit feedback and water under the bridge etc etc. Ebay is great when both sides are decent people BUT it ain't always the case
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:49 pm
by Hal
Some of the comments in their feedback, and also the q&a in their cancelled quad bike sale hint at a bit of instability there - too readily accusing others of being offensive.
A sale is a sale, and by going to auction it is just a gamble on the price the item goes for. You should pursue them to be honourable and honest.
Re: Ripped off on ebay
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 2:50 pm
by GinaG
Kev wrote:I am so pissed off. I bid and won a set of H2 Dencos on ebay last night. Was amazed that i got them for £122.00, paid straight away with paypal. Ten minutes later got a message from ebay saying seller had cancelled the transaction, i emailed the seller saying i expected them to give them to me as i had bid and won them in good faith. I then got a long ranting email from the seller calling me a nasty piece of work and that they would never give them to me anyway. Apparently her husband had ordered some new chrome expansions but had not received them, so was cancelling me having the old ones. I am wondering if they did,nt get enough for them and that's why they cancelled after the sale.
They live in Ashford, Kent and the user name is mgnut13. Also they are not responding to my messages.
Kev sorry to hear this mate but we have all suffered this im afraid. It's his fault for not putting a reserve on or starting the bidding higher. You maywell have a good case to take this further?
I no most people & bikes in my manner e.g SPSG but I dont know who this is unless Brother Colin H1F can throw any light on it as he lives in Ashford?
Delboy :smt023
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:01 am
by Ståle
Like Del say, he should set a reserve to guarantee that he got what he wanted for them. He probably thought he'd save the reserve fee and that the pipes would go high anyway. I'd sell the pipes for a quid if I ended up in a situation like that as a seller.
Nothing lasts forever, apart from a bad reputation.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:31 pm
by GinaG
ståle wrote:Like Del say, he should set a reserve to guarantee that he got what he wanted for them. He probably thought he'd save the reserve fee and that the pipes would go high anyway. I'd sell the pipes for a quid if I ended up in a situation like that as a seller.
Nothing lasts forever, apart from a bad reputation.
Nothing lasts forever, apart from a bad reputation Here here nuff said :smt023
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:11 pm
by Dan
Unless something has changed an auction cannot be officially cancelled upon completion unless both parties sign off/accept the cancellation. The only exception was for a non paying bidder. tell ebay you want your pipes.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:49 pm
by Kev
Thats interesting Dan, i did,nt accept the cancellation.
Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:58 pm
by gotz
To check out sellers behaviour on Ebay it might be worthwhile using :
http://www.toolhaus.org/
I use it A LOT
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 9:36 am
by Optedout
I saw those pipes and I am pretty sure that they initially had a start price of £300 so that may be some use if you decide to persue
the complaint through ebay. I think it confirms your suspicion that they just didn't make enough money and that's why he's not honouring the transaction.