How do I cancel a sale when the winning bidder is unethical?

[jactro7106]

I have one bid on an item, so the item is now considered sold by eBay. The buyer however, seems suspicious and wants to meet and pay cash. I am pretty sure this is a scam.

How do I cancel the sale, relist and report this user?

[twyngwyn]

The guitar? If so, it's listed as pick-up?

[jactro7106]

It has been a long contracted communication with this person who also has an "associate" emailing me after I also listed the guitar on Gumtree (I've since taken this down as it attracted scammers). They are suggesting we avoid the eBay commission so this is not sounding ligitimate to me. I am not prepareed to risk a scam. I don't have to report the buyer but I do want to know how to cancel the sale so the guitar does not show up as sold.

[twyngwyn]

tell them they can pick it up, once paid...then when they refuse you can cancel due to them not paying...

[twyngwyn]

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/selling/getting-paid/sellers-can-cancel-order?id=4136&st=3&pos=1&query=...

[gutterpunkz05]

You can cancell the sale, however as it is your choice, ebay fees can/will still apply, and will be debited from your nominated account, as will be the case if the buyer pays in cash.

[twyngwyn]

why would a buyer care about eBay fees? Do they want it cheaper?

[sandypebbles]

These are the things that should have been mentioned in your original post. Rather than only posting the things that are a 'normal' process for pick up only items

[jactro7106]

Thanks everyone for your input. The buyer told me that they will not pay for it until they have seen it, and I have no idea why they care about eBay fees. It's a pity I will still be charged an eBay fee for the transaction.