Buyer trying to blackmail me

[seabeach2012]

I have a buyer who is trying to blackmail me to sell an item at a cheaper price or they will report me.  They have said they will buy it at a fixed price even if the sale price is a lot more.  This is one of three messages that they have sent to me.

[alcoforever]

There is really nothing for you to report.   Ebay stays out of interpersonal squabbles and that is what they would class this as.

But, the good news is that that buyer has nothing for which to report you.   He is just bluffing.   Just ignore the messages, do not reply to them and put that bidder on your BBL.

[thallidguy]

Report you for what? You weren't listing anything illegal or in violation of eBay policy, were you?

[myoasisjewels]

how about you put that user id on your blocked bidder list.....?

[coolections]

It does not make sense. They cannot buy your item at a different price than what the listings says. Don't worry about it, just block them.

[duggmills]

If you surrender to the buyer, you'll have to refund it it later and won't get the item back.

Retain buyers current messages.

Block the buyer.

Tell them you may re-list the item again after this listing expires at a lower price (not their price) or don't even bother with this.

Ignore further messages.

[*madison]

Ignore and block.

[emerald40]

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@seabeach2012 wrote:

I have a buyer who is trying to blackmail me to sell an item at a cheaper price or they will report me.  They have said they will buy it at a fixed price even if the sale price is a lot more.  This is one of three messages that they have sent to me.

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End all conversation with him immediately and block him.

[a_c_green]

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@duggmills wrote:

Tell them you may re-list the item again after this listing expires at a lower price (not their price) or don't even bother with this.

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I see no point in responding to that knucklehead at all. It would simply result in another round of chain-yanking, once they see that the seller has been hooked into responding to the first go-round. Just block and ignore, and eventually they will find another seller to harass.

[rainbowcolorz]

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@alcoforever wrote:

Ebay stays out of interpersonal squabbles and that is what they would class this as.

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Actually, that is not true.  eBay does monitor messages and will/can take action if someone reports the message as ... harassment or Spam or whatever other choices there are.  

[pyrabluestudios]

Ignore any future messages. Add to BBL.  Get a fresh cup of coffee.  If the bots catch something in THEIR messages, cool!  

[calntom]

Good advice given from the posters. Here it is again:

Whatever you do, do not respond to the buyer and block them. They will eventually move on to someone else as long as you don't respond. 

[penguins_dont_fly]

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin

[chrysylys]

Since many of us missed the content of the message, can you summarize/paraphrase it?  What are they trying to hold over you?  Is there something about your listing or the item itself that could cause problems?

[chrysylys]

Hmmmm, OP has no current, sold or completed listings, but there is recent FB received as a Seller.