@asher4asher4478 wrote:
Respect-- Hi--Thank you for your sound advice as much appreciated-- In the message which I recieved from seller- they informed me- that they could,nt absorb the additional shipping costs--( even though i was paying for the shipping-)-(Tthis can be validated in my messages)-- They informed ebay that the item was damaged- but- sadly--not the case- Unable to leave seller feedback -as Bloocked from ther sitei - once item was removed from my purchase huistory post auction-( As I wanted to warn others)---Attempted to Comtact Ebay-- but- was Unsuccessful-even though i tried several times to do this-- You- mentioned that this was happening more often these days-- and- you are correct in saying- that this ruins the experience for others--Looking at trying to lodge the complaint again- with ebay--thank you for taking the time to listen--Kindest regards-- Mary
Do you think sellers should have any right at all to withdraw items from sale? (Note: sellers in the "real" world do, but I often get the impression there are buyers on eBay who seem to think sellers need their permission to do anything, so this tends to be be an interesting question to pose).
How, in the grand scheme of things, has not being able to buy this item impacted your life? I'm not talking about your feelings, I mean on a practical level (Just curious about this one).
Do you think it's possible that, even though you were going to pay for postage, the seller had priced it too low and was therefore going to have a loss that was too high for them to bear by honouring the original sale price? You may or may not think this is an acceptable reason for withdrawing from the sale, but the seller obviously did, and they are just as much a person with interest in the results of this transaction as you are.
It doesn't sound to me (strictly speaking) that the seller lied to you about why they withdrew from the sale - they get 3 reasons to pick from when they process a cancellation on eBay; those reasons are "buyer asked to cancel", "item damaged" and "something wrong with the buyer's address". Considering there are many more than those 3 reasons why a seller might cancel a transaction, quite often the reason they pick will not match the actual reason they are canceling. If it makes you feel any better, the seller chose a reason that damages their account on eBay.
This is not happening "more often these days" - some people just have a hyper-focus on instances of it happening, despite its ever-dwindling relevance. By which I mean eBay is nowhere near the amateur auction site it used to be, with the vast majority of items being sold at prices the sellers set up front. The opportunities for this to happen are miniscule compared to what it used to be.
