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Seller refunds money because they wanted more at auction
Recently a seller refunded my money after winning an auction. Their reason was that they expected more from the auction. I spent time researching, following and making my final bid to win. Do I have any recourse when a seller decides they want more? I wouldn't be upset had the seller not had the ability to set the terms. I clearly won an auction the seller created. What is the consensus?
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woodland_gnome
·3 years agoA: If the seller cancels/refunds:
The 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.
B. I don't have time to go through all the other possible scenarios where the seller asks for more money.