Seller cancels order when winning bid is not what they expected, and then relist the item.

[chanieliu]

Ebay need to address this issue.   A winning bid should be binding.  Otherwise the seller is just wasting peoples time.

[mtgraves7984]

Agreed.

[woodland_gnome]

The seller already got a "defect" when s/he cancelled the transaction. That is the primary tool eBay uses to weed out bad sellers, downgrading the selling status of those who get too many relative to their sales volume (as opposed to having to pay employees to actually investigate to see how likely it was that the seller had a legitimate reason to cancel vs. deliberate policy violations).

You may leave appropriate (calm, factual--if the seller said that x was the reason say "seller said x. . ." so people don't think you are just jumping to conclusions) feedback to warn future buyers/bidders. If the usual links have vanished, go to anyone's Feedback Profile (doesn't matter who, click on the feedback score in parentheses behind the username) then scroll down to below the last comment on that page to find a "Leave feedback" link that doesn't vanish (it brings you to a list of items you can leave feedback for).

Theoretically you could sue the seller for breach of the contract of sale (for the difference between the auction price and what you ended up having to pay for a replacement), but that is almost never practical.

[dirk12955]

Tagging on.    A seller can be no more forced to sell than a buyer can be forced to pay.

If you feel that the seller is behaving in a dishonest manner,   Would you want to do business with him?

[21launch]

I would be very upset if a seller just canceled and relisted.  Auctions are supposed to be binding, it is the foundation upon EBAY was built. 

[lamber9347 · Accepted solution]

@chanieliu - You have the opportunity to leave appropriate feedback for the seller canceling your winning bid. If you chose this route please make sure what you write follows all guidelines or the seller will get it removed. No name calling, don't write warning or bad seller. Just a simple "winning bid was canceled and item was relisted for higher amount". That says it all right there and will not get removed. Best of luck to you....

[7606dennis]

Actually, if the seller fails to complete the transaction under the terms of the auction, they could be sued for breach of contract.  However, taking such action is not usually economically feasible.

[jbjbj_7]

Actually, if the buyer fails to complete the transaction under the terms of the auction, they could be sued for breach of contract.  However, taking such action is not usually economically feasible.

[7606dennis]

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@jbjbj_7 wrote:

Actually, if the buyer fails to complete the transaction under the terms of the auction, they could be sued for breach of contract.  However, taking such action is not usually economically feasible.

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Yep!  It works both ways.

[px_455]

Are sellers abusing their power?

Do not let them get away with it!
You can report them for this!

https://www.ebay.com/help/action?topicid=4022

Select from the list:

*  The seller has violated one of eBay’s policies

You will then need to enter the seller's username, and select:

* Seller doesn’t want to complete the sale

Enter any additional details and click Submit.

[crazydogsdancing]

This has happened several times to me I reported the sellers but nothing was done, in one case the seller sent me a nasty message bragging that he got my negative rating taken down and he was going to repost the items for more, three other auctions with bids I was winning got cancelled because they "lost or broke the item or there was an problem with the post" always after or right before the action was ending or due to end always on items that got few bids or  were selling at a very low price, I new to E-Bay and was told by a few friends that have been selling for a long time that E-bay doesn't care Don't bother reporting especially if they have a good rating and sell a lot. is there any way i can block sellers that I have bad interactions with, I have talked to e-bay about this they say file a report but they never notify you about the results, Any impute would be appreciated. Thank You

[kh-stanley1]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread HERE if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.