I would agree with you that if you saw an ad for something new and the seller told you in a private message that it was in fact second hand, then if you contacted ebay, that ad should be pulled.
If you had paid and received the item and the seller told you, sorry, it is second hand, you could definitely have opened a not as described claim for a full refund and I am pretty sure you would win.
However, that is not exactly what happened. You made an offer, it was accepted, you complained to the seller, the sale was cancelled.
The seller then lists another ad.
You see the problem? You suspect (and you are probably right) that it is the identical item just being relisted but technically it is a different ad. And this is a seller of IT equipment, hard to prove they don't have mulitple similar items.
Plus.. sellers are generally allowed to list at whatever price they like.
I agree with you that $120 offer for a $1500 item is ridiculous. Can I just ask-why on earth did you make that offer? If your reaction is, 'You've got to be joking' then you were wasting everyone's time. If you were serious about wanting the item, you wouldn't make a stupid offer like that as you only get 3 chances as far as I know.
It is not breaking any ebay regulations though for a seller to accept a low ball offer.
I also agree the whole thing looked shonky. The seller's feedback (the negs) are informative-others have had trouble with products, including receiving used items that were advertised as new.
But ebay will do nothing, you'll notice that on the whole, quite a bit of recent feedback says great seller etc but in the 'About' section on the seller, it says the company sells refurbished equipment with a warranty (which may not be honoured, by the way).
So you were never going to receive a brand new item. It pays to really look at all the details about a seller before you buy.
