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Order cancelled immediately after auction ended. Sold below value. That’s my guess not out of stock
Buyer claimed out of stock…my guess it sold below value
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woodland_gnome
·2 years agoThe seller already got a "defect" when s/he cancelled the transaction for that reason (out of stock etc. is the catch-all entry in the cancellation menu for any seller centric issue, as opposed to the other 3 entries that blame the buyer for requesting the cancellation or providing a bad address or not paying after 4 days). 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, just the facts ma'am) 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.