Can a seller do this

[alan1o]

If I refused a mutual cancellation can a seller then open a non paying bidder case against me

thanks

[*sparklz*]

No

If the agreement is declined they can not then open a non payer dispute

Why do they want to send it? The reason can make the difference between agreeing or not.

[alan1o]

It's an expensive electronic tester they refused to allow me to see it working when I picked it up, so I refused their cancellation mainly because I was PO at all the mucking about and I'm not willing to take the risk on a dud piece of kit.

but now they have started a NPB case against me

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

alan1o wrote:

If I refused a mutual cancellation can a seller then open a non paying bidder case against me

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It's an expensive electronic tester they refused to allow me to see it working when I picked it up, so I refused their cancellation mainly because I was PO at all the mucking about and I'm not willing to take the risk on a dud piece of kit.

but now they have started a NPB case against me

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Yes, they can, as you have noted.

It happened to me on another ID late last year.  You should be able to get the non-paying strike removed by simply calling eBay and outlining your case.  Make sure you point out that when you went to pick up the seller would not let you see the item working.

[ajarnjenny]

But why wouldn't you just accept the cancellation if you were not happy with the sale?

You won it, you inspected it, you didn't want it.................why not just agree to the cancellation?

[2106greencat]

I'm with ajarn on this one - all the seller wanted was to get his fee's back so sent you MC - you should have agreed. As annoying as it may have been, you have put yourself in this pickle and I don't know if eBay will help you or not.

**bleep** for tat by the seller I'd say - you refused the MC they opened a NPB

Good grief - that bleep was a variant form of 'boob'

[digital*ghost]

Yeah, gotta say I agree with GC and AJ (hope the initialising is ok :D). I understand why you would want to see something is in full working condition before handing over the cash, and why you refused to follow through with the transaction when that wasn't going to happen, but if you don't want to follow through with the transaction, cancellation is the only way to really finalise it properly, in that when a cancellation request is denied, you're indicating to the seller and to ebay that you want to go ahead with the transaction. There's no point in that when the transaction was refused by the buyer in the first place (and I reiterate that I know it was for understandable reasons), but that is why it's possible a UPI dispute can be opened if a MC was refused.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@2106greencat wrote:

**bleep** for tat by the seller I'd say - you refused the MC they opened a NPB

Good grief - that bleep was a variant form of 'boob'

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try t!t next time

[putney32]

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@ajarnjenny wrote:

But why wouldn't you just accept the cancellation if you were not happy with the sale?

You won it, you inspected it, you didn't want it.................why not just agree to the cancellation?

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point being the seller did not allow the 'inspection' of the working item.

[*sparklz*]

Did they send an agreement to mutually cancel that you declined OR was it a verbal request you declined?

As they refused to allow inspection of the item then you did the right thing in walking away and if they were genuine sellers then they would have allowed a test of the item if they knew it was ok and wanted the sale.