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In my last purchase, I sent a an offer, the seller automatically charged me without giving me the option to choose, and I cannot get a refund.

lady_madonna · Answer

When you make an offer, you do not get any "option to choose". When the seller accepts your offer it becomes a payable purchase.

Sellers do not charge you....payments are made through Ebay.

If the seller has their buyer requirements set to "Require buyers to provide a payment method before they place a bid/offer" you would have seen this message on the "Make offer" screen:

By selecting Send offer, you authorize eBay to charge your payment method for the order total if the seller accepts your offer.

You will only be charged if this offer price is accepted.

comics-scifi-collectibles · Answer

@mrsbrud You should have seen a pop up box that asked what payment method you wanted to use before you made the offer. When you see this it means that you are charged automatically when the seller accepts your offer.

Just curious, when you made the offer did you not expect to actually buy the item? Were you just "testing the waters">