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[zenxo1]

Hi I jusy recieved an invoice payment of $65.49 that I have to pay, but I do believe u don't have to pay it as the car got into an accident & I had to end the the item but it said it got sold to last bidder. But it did not sell I communicated & let the person know what happened but as proof he left me a negative which you can see for your self. I'm happy to pay the fees for putting the car on eBay but I am not gonna pay the full amount as I didn't sell the car. Thank you

[chameleon54]

If the accident occured before the auction closed, you should have removed the listing and ebay and potential buyers would know it was no longer for sale. If it occured after the auction closed you have made a legally binding contract to sell the car to the buyer in the condition it was in when listed, and should not have been driving it. Either way the buyer was justified in leaving the neg and ebay are justified in taking the fees. Sorry if this is not what you want to hear, but it is not ebay or the buyer who have breached the contract of sale.

[harley_babes_hoard]

You should have to pay. You didn't cancel the listing, you let the sale go ahead. Sorry. You can contact customer support from the top of the page but I don't like your chances getting out of paying it.

[*crikey*mate*]

"The listing was ended by the seller because the item was sold"

You have told eBay that you sold the car!

Why didn't you end the listing and say "item no longer available"?

Could someone please tell me how, if the listing was finished early, that a bidder, who never won the auction, could leave feedback? Plus there were 6 bidders on that car, so if one bidder can leave feedback, why can't the other 5? Wouldn't all of their bids have had to have been cancelled before the listing was ended?

[digital*ghost]

If you need to end a listing that has bids on it, you need to cancel all the bids first, otherwise ending the item means it sells to the current highest bidder, as you have now found out.

Obviously the winning bidder has been upset by this, with the neg feedback, but your only real shot at not having to pay the fees is by getting the buyer to agree to a mutual cancellation. (You will have to pay the invoice, more than likely, then, if the fees are credited back through a mutual cancellation, you can request a refund from eBay).

As it appears they do not believe the car was involved in an accident, I suggest you send them a very polite message with evidence (photos of damage being the most obvious choice - you can attach images to messages), then request the cancellation. There's no point sending it unless you can be sure the buyer will agree to it.

[davewil1964]

I'm with chameleon.

Why were you still driving it if it was for sale? Did you update the odometer readings on the listing every day?

[*crikey*mate*]

Dear OP, if you withdraw a car from sale because it has been in an accident etc - probably best if you park it in your garage so that it can't be found on Near Map.... just sayin