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Seller won't sell item at starting bid
I just won a saxophone at the starting bid, with no reserve price and I paid by PayPal right away, and then I get refund from PayPal, I check on eBay sellers say I'm not selling for that price, can he do that
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mr_lincoln
Mentor3 years agoHi @bikergus1960
What was the starting price on the Auction? 99 cents?
bikergus1960
OP3 years agoIt was £250 and he didn't have a reserve on it
mr_lincoln
Mentor3 years ago@bikergus1960 Inexperienced Seller not knowing the value of what they are selling. Sorry it happened.
bikergus1960
OP3 years agoYeah I think your right he didn't know about having a reserve on item.
Thanks
mr_lincoln
Mentor3 years ago@bikergus1960 Actually eBay does not educate Sellers on how to use their version of an Auction. It is by no means like a live Auction where all interested parties are present and will bid things up ... the Reserve price comes with a Fee charged every time the Seller lists or Relists ... and most of them miss that point until they see the bill. eBay also encourages Sellers to start at 99 cents ... ridiculous as we read about that here ALL the time.
I sell a lot Auction style but determine my starting price the same way I would price a Buy it now item so that a one bid sale hits my target profit margin ... more bids means more profit. So there is technically no difference between an Auction item selling on one bid after 7 days or a Buy it now item selling 7 days after I list it ...
But that's just me ...
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.
bikergus1960
OP3 years agoAll I can see is seller put up This price is way below my acceptable price of £430 that's the reason for refund.
I will try and do what you said & see what happens thanks