Re item I sold

[birch180]

I sold an item on eBay 3 years ago buyer only contacted once to say he was going to pick item up but he never showed up ,then 3 years later out of the blue he rings up I want to pick my item up,does he still have any rights just to ring and say I am picking my item up, after no contact for 3 years

[2106greencat]

Hi Birch,

No he doesn't have any claim on the item now.

If you still have it and are willing to sell, name a real good price that suits you - or if they had paid you and then not collected till now, advise then you will be charging an additional storage fee.

[horizon1907]

You have got to be joking !!!!!! Are you for real ? 🙂 i can only say, that firstly you didn't sell the item. He put a bid on it and then did a "no show" Did you contact him and try to work it out, or anything !!!! Non Paying  Bidder Dispute ? Cancel the transaction ? ANYTHING !!!! I'm surprised if you didn't and even more agog, you still have the item 🙂 

He has NOT A LEG TO STAND ON, Re the item. I would think it very odd and even has a smell of online stalking about the whole matter. EEEEKKK  3 years, give me a break !!!!!

[2106greencat]

Hey horizon - birch most likely knows this but he usually comes here for verification on matters just in case.

[*crikey*mate*]

well, you have to give that buyer the Optimistic of the Year Award, eh?

[springyzone]

I'd tell him you don't know where it is now, after 3 years, you have forgotten all about the transaction, but if you do find it, there would be a storage fee of x amount per year.

Yep, I like that idea.

Make sure the storage fee amount is worth more than the item.

I an not even sure if the details would even still be in your ebay archives. Anyway, he can't give feedback.

To be honest, I am amazed at the cheek of the person. You might not even have been at the same address or even still trading on ebay. What does he think you are, a storage depot?

Oh and if he so much as hints at a refund, say no way, he is in arrears for storage fees.

[digital*ghost]

o_O I could kinda understand, a little....maybe...if they'd called and just asked if you still had it, but to still be considering it 'their item' after 3 years of no contact / pick-up is weird (especially if they never paid for it). 

[birch180]

I tried to contact him yes he paid 3 years a go, but never showed up , then 3 years later he rings a week ago and says I am wanting to pick my item up ,I brought , my wife said what item as we had forgot about it he said the trusses , my wife said that was 3 years ago he said yea so what, that was a week ago and hasn't contacted again.

[clickbaitoz]

wow think I have seen it all now! what a cracker!

[davewil1964]

Did they pay with Paypal?

If not, you're laughing as you know from experience.

Trusses? Roof or clothing? I would have thought it hard to forget selling roof trusses. Given their size they aren't likely to not be noticed and the lightglobe saying 'Oh, yeah, I sold them'.