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Cancelled auction re-listed
I just won an auction that was immediately cancelled because it was “damaged or out of stockâ€. The item was then re-listed right away for a higher starting bid. This seems highly unethical. I tried to work with the seller but they wouldn’t respond. This seems highly unethical and I’m at a loss as to how to proceed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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woodland_gnome
·2 years agoThe seller already got a "defect" when s/he cancelled the transaction for that reason (a catchall for any reason arising on the seller's side, as opposed to blaming the buyer). 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.