i bid on a buy it now item and realised 3mins later it wasnt what i wanted

[smiles_2ya]

I bid on a item and realised i read it wrong. now im being threaten to pay. or they think ebay will pay for it. they are saying they will get there money one way or a other. i notifyed them about 2mins kater is there anything i can do ??

[lyndal1838]

You do not "bid" on a Buy It Now item....you have BOUGHT it.  What do you think Buy It Now means?

As for the seller thinking ebay will pay for it....I think what they are meaning is that ebay will refund the final value fees if/when the transaction is cancelled.

Are you sure you are not misunderstanding the seller....are they requesting a Mutual Cancellation so they get their FVFs back?

[recordfairs]

This is why you should read a description properly, or watch it for a few days while you think about it. You'll be amazed how may times Ive clicked on the same item and didnt read things the first time

This is why I dont bid til just before it finishes usually. If I acted on impulse, I'd be broke lol

I did a few weeks ago and had to purchase and then i just resold it - no strike for me, I get good feedback from the seller 🙂

[carly2579]

they are also  from scotland not australia

[polocross58]

Gee --- what a difference in attitude here between SELLERS who refuse to go through with a sale and BUYERS who don't want to, huh ?

It's only a few days since a BUYER was seeking advice here because a SELLER was refusing to honour the sale !   And with very few exceptions, the BUYER was told to suck it up, because there was nothing they could do if the seller refused to sell.  In fact, one person in particular told the disgrunted BUYER that it would be a waste of time to even bother giving the dishonourable SELLER a Neg, ' because it will be removed anyway '

Now the boot's on the other foot, all the advice is of the self-righteous type, telling the buyer to honour the sale and to then 'gift' it or sell it themselves

Yep.  Scroll to the post about the SELLER refusing to honour the sale --- and then compare the advice of then to the hypocritical 'advice' in this thread

[davewil1964]

If the buyer doesn't honour the sale, they will in all likelihood get a  non-payment strike. Two of those and they will find their buying avenues severely limited. Is that what you're advocating?

Any seller that doesn't honour a sale is heading for disaster as well, but there is really not a lot that can be done unless they relinquish the goods. I would leave a neg in that case and I doubt the neg would be removed, unless of course I didn't pay and had a NPB case opened and closed. In which case nobody can leave feedback as no transaction occurred.

[carly2579]

yrsh this is why you have to be sure what  you want to buy before you bid/buy

[austeam]

A seller who refuses to cancel a BIN transaction that hasn't been paid is like Woolworths calling the police because after they put through the customer's groceries the customer said she made a mistake and doesn't have her purse on her.  :^O I suppose some of you think Woolworths should ban (block) the customer too.?:| 

Unless the law has changed it is not a sale until some money has changed hands.

I acknowledge that for some sellers it would be terribly inconvenient. If an item is sold at auction and the seller has to start the auction all over again that is certainly inconvenient.  However, this is a business transaction, not a personal insult.  It is wrong for the seller to threaten the buyer and there is no guarantee the buyer will get a strike because the buyer is communicating with the seller.

[colkym]

Smiles, both you and your buyer need to realise that the feedback you leave reflects just as much on you, if not more, than the person you left it for.

You should also review the policies about no more negative feedback to be left for buyers- if you cannot select something on ebay, thats usually because its not permitted, which is why you have left the false positive.

You achieve much more by following procedures and opening disputes than a neg/pos which will be removed once the buyer figures out how to report it to ebay

You also need to ensure what you are bidding on is what you want- you are a seller also and will know that a sale incurs fees to a seller- not really fair to run their bill up and have no intention to pay 😞

[dylan11235813]

A seller who refuses to cancel a BIN transaction that hasn't been paid is like Woolworths calling the police because after they put through the customer's groceries the customer said she made a mistake and doesn't have her purse on her.  :^O I suppose some of you think Woolworths should ban (block) the customer too.?:| 

A seller that refuses to cancel the sale is one that doesn;t like to waste time and money. If a customer did what you are saying over and over I would ban them.

I only cancel transactions because the buyer is likely to leave a neg if I don't.

Doesn't it say when you click on buy it now or bid that you are entering into a legally binding contract or something.

[austeam]

A seller that refuses to cancel the sale is one that doesn;t like to waste time and money. If a customer did what you are saying over and over I would ban them.

If they did it over and over fair enough, I argued years ago with eBay and told Deborah Sharkey direct I do not believe it is the responsibilty of sellers to punish buyers who make mistakes. We should not ever need to open an UID. We should be able to simply cancel and give a reason.  The system should be able to detect buyers and sellers who repeatedly cancel purchases and the reasons given and eBay should take action on those who make a habit of it. 

But that aside how does it "waste" money if it is a BIN listing?  When you cancel the transaction your FV fees are refunded. 

I admit some sellers have more issues (percentage wise) than I do. I get less than 1% who want to change or cancel their order.  However if I were getting more than that I would carefully look at my titles and images and ask myself if they are clear enough.  I would also check how they look on mobile because there has definitely been an increase in buyers making purchases in error since shopping on mobile devices became the trend.