Ebay seller continually asking me to cancel order | Buying

btecau · 2024-06-19T02:46:22.117000Z

I have made a purchase on Ebay, the seller has been repeatedly asking me to request a cancellation of the order. I have asked him why and asked him if its because he was over reporting his stock levels. He wont directly answer that question and instead just asks the same question again. I have said that if he doesn't have the stock, he needs to cancel on his end noting that he is out of stock. these things do happen but he needs to be honest about the reasons. My understanding is that sellers already have the option to cancel an order due to stock levels however by doing so they get a penalty for doing so. I am guessing that is why he is harping and pestering me to ask him a cancellation. I am guessing that the reason for this is ebay may be cracking down on sellers who cancel orders citing "user requested cancellation" when they haven't so trying to get me to say the words "yes cancel the order" in order to frame it in that way. Would i be on the mark with this one?also should i stand my ground and insist that either the item gets shipped or if it is not in stock cancellation be put through as out of stock? or just give in and let the seller bypass the checks in the ebay system to and cancel the order without penalty?The item is only a $40 item and given it takes at least 20 days for the money to credit back to my card It makes little difference to me if it is canceled or not because I have to order it again. What i would say this seller was doing was listing an object on ebay then when someone orders the item just order it directly from the manufacturers website citing the ebay buyers address details. the manufacturer was out of stock of the item and has been for about a month and this guy showed he had stock.

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