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Seller cancels my winning bid and refunds my money saying they don't have the item then relist it
I won 2 auctions from a seller 4_Sharp_Corners.
Web of Spiderman #118 CGC 9.6 I won in an auction for a really good price. Because of that and that they combine shipping I won another auction within 2 to 3 minutes on a X-men #207 CGC 9.6.
I paid then a day or 2 later they refunded me for the Web of Spiderman CGC 9.6 with a bar code number of 4045104012 saying that they did not have that comic in that grade.
Two days after the refund that same comic with the same barcode number of 4045104012 is back up for auction from them. So how can do that. I win then I pay. They decide they didn't get enough money for the item and lie to me saying they didn't have it and then two days later they relist the same item.
Side note when they refunded it I told them they should of given me the option to refund both because I only bought the 2nd item because of the deal I got on the first.
woodland_gnome
·3 years agoThe seller already got a "defect" when s/he cancelled the transaction (unless s/he lied to eBay to blame you, in which case we'd need details especially what eBay said the reason was in the cancellation notice). 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.
disneyshopper
Mentor3 years agoWhen the seller cancelled and refunded, what was the reason selected? If it was Out of stock, then the seller received a defect recorded on his/her account. Sellers need to learn to start auctions at the lowest price they will be happy with if they only get 1 bid.