relisting a sold item. It didn';t go anywhere near the cost of purchase + repairs. Can the buyer be feunded and the item relisted?

[kennethian2012]

I had recently purchased a valve radio in a not working state, but that was the primary objective. I spent two days repairing the electronics and cleaning and polishing the bakelite cabinet. When I listed the radio as "bidding", and," buy now" options , the radio didn,t even reach the purchase plus freight cost of the radio.

     I feel dissapointed that I probably shound have listed the radio as "buy it now" with a balanced and reasonable figure.

      The Question is , can I recover the sold radio, which is unpaid for, so that I can relist the radio as "Buy now" instead?

[*sparklz* · Accepted solution]

Sadly ebay try and encourage low start bidding prices.

Not a great way to learn that any auction should be started at the minimum amount you would be happy with if the item only gets 1 bid.

If you do not follow through with the sale you risk a negative feedback from the buyer so it really depends on if a neg would bother you.

The buyer can not force you to sell the item but as a seller it is not good to renege on a sale as it did not get enough.

You can send a message the buyer and explain you had hoped to get more BUT in the end they bid and won so you should really honor the sale.