Make an offer, buyer changes mind | Payments

jtb20689 · 2025-11-30T17:40:14.196000Z

I, the buyer, made an offer around Nov 20th 2025. The seller accepted my offer and sent me the invoice. I tried to pay but there was a transaction failure in the link between my bank and PayPal. The seller sent me a link to the item with the price set to my offer which I tried to pay and still failed. After those two attempts, reconsideration and the "no returns" in the listing, today, Nov 29th, I decided to not purchase the item. The item is still listed on eBay as "Buy it now"Is there anything in the eBay rules that say I have to purchase this item, I have not paid anything towards it?I don't see the item in my eBay account under "bidding", "offers" or "didn't win".I want to minimize the impact to the sellers account, what is the best way to do that? Of course I don't want to pay anything but I want to minimize any "penalty" on the sellers account.Do I have to send the seller a request to cancel my offer?

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