Pickup not permitted

[colinthius]

Just bought a heavy item on eBay from a local person who now refuses to allow me to pick it up; consequently it's going to cost me a fortune in added freight.  Normally someone will make a specific comment in the listing if they won't allow pickup, but but apparently it isn't necesary; the pickup suburb listed in this instance was for freight calculation only.

eBay advise that the person is within his rights, so not a lot I can do now, however it would seem a good idea to require that any such provision is made obvious in the listing!  The person in question runs a large retail outlet selling similar goods to what I bought; I assume he is trying to dodge warranty and GST obligations by selling "privately" although he is using the business phone number and address (only answers my emails in shop hours). 

All seems very shonky to me; I would urge all eBayers to be wary of this trap, and again request eBay to do something about it.

[thecatspjs]

Oh ... it was not clear to me.

I thought the OPs issue was regarding pick ups and listings being unclear about that.

[phorum_junkie*]

There are many reasons why sellers do not allow pick up and they are under no obligation to do so or to explain why they don't.

In this instance the seller has done exactly the right thing, the OP can either agree to the mutual cancelation or they can refuse it and pay including the freight charge.