eBay buyer backed out of sale: what now?

[Bru]

I've had shit luck trying to sell this damn iPhone on eBay. My first buyer was spam and eBay booted their account. And now my second buyer, who as far as I can tell is real, won the bid and then messaged me saying he bought a phone at t-mobile - after winning my bid.

He didn't pay me, but is asking that I "cancel the order."

I don't feel like being nice. What can I do?

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[MENTION=396]Mike K[/MENTION]

 

[Bub]

open dispute fuck his rating, profit

 

[Dasfinc]

I've had shit luck trying to sell this damn iPhone on eBay. My first buyer was spam and eBay booted their account. And now my second buyer, who as far as I can tell is real, won the bid and then messaged me saying he bought a phone at t-mobile - after winning my bid.

He didn't pay me, but is asking that I "cancel the order."

I don't feel like being nice. What can I do?

Open a non payment case against him, eBay will stick him with negative rep and refund any listing fees. I went through this exact same thing with a phone back in July...

 

[Flyn]

Tell him you had to pay fees and ask him what he is willing to do to prevent you from filing a claim. There may be an acceptable compromise.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

I would just file the claim, you guys both signed up and agreed to the rules.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

File the claim, message him a fuck you and re- list. eBay is heavily buyer biased.

 

[Bub]

I would just file the claim, you guys both signed up and agreed to the rules.

 

[radioguy6]

open an unpaid case and have ebay handle it. You'll get the final sale fee back once the case closes.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Convince him he needs a spare

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Tell him that you hope he has better luck returning the other phone to T Mobile, since he obviously bought yours first.

 

[ragingclue]

open an unpaid case and have ebay handle it. You'll get the final sale fee back once the case closes.

This.

Then sell on Swappa maybe? Or does it fetch more on eBah?

 

[blakbearddelite]

If you don't feel like being a jerk about it, I would at least try and get any listing fees taken care of from losing the sale. If he refuses, then the guy really is a prick and deserves to get hosed.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

If you don't feel like being a jerk about it, I would at least try and get any listing fees taken care of from losing the sale. If he refuses, then the guy really is a prick and deserves to get hosed.

eBay will return the fees as soon as the sale is canceled

 

[Bru]

Here's what I did. I sent a note to the guy saying he's lucky I cooled down before doing anything and to be less careless with his bids in the future. I then used eBay's "Second chance" feature to let the next-highest bidder know the item is still for sale if they're interested. It was $10 less than the highest bidder.

I'm done with Craigslist. There have been a few CL robberies/beatings in the city, so I really just don't want to deal with CL anymore.

Anyone want a $260 iPhone 6?

 

[DanJ]

An option for CL is to do the transaction at the police department. In Aurora you can make your sale in their lot or even in the lobby. If a buyer doesn't want to meet at the police department that should set off a red flag.

 

[Bub]

An option for CL is to do the transaction at the police department. In Aurora you can make your sale in their lot or even in the lobby. If a buyer doesn't want to meet at the police department that should set off a red flag.

This. My PD encourages it.

 

[MrMezger996]

An option for CL is to do the transaction at the police department. In Aurora you can make your sale in their lot or even in the lobby. If a buyer doesn't want to meet at the police department that should set off a red flag.

I have done the same thing, I have family who are police officers and they encourage this. For high dollar items most departments will allow you to perform transactions with a police officer present.

 

[Shawn1112]

Here's what I did. I sent a note to the guy saying he's lucky I cooled down before doing anything and to be less careless with his bids in the future. I then used eBay's "Second chance" feature to let the next-highest bidder know the item is still for sale if they're interested. It was $10 less than the highest bidder.

I'm done with Craigslist. There have been a few CL robberies/beatings in the city, so I really just don't want to deal with CL anymore.

Anyone want a $260 iPhone 6?

Will it only work on T Mobile service?

 

[Bru]

Will it only work on T Mobile service?

No, it's unlocked. There's no SIM so it's ready for any provider.

 

[VenomousDSG]

This your first time using Ebay or something?

Not really much you can do other than file a dispute that the buyer didn't pay and you get your fees back, then relist. Other than that, you're just pissing into the wind with Ebay.

 

[snakebyte]

File the claim

 

[Bru]

This your first time using Ebay or something?

Not really much you can do other than file a dispute that the buyer didn't pay and you get your fees back, then relist. Other than that, you're just pissing into the wind with Ebay.

Selling, yes.

 

[VenomousDSG]

Either way you'll get your money back, but your two options are.

1) Be nice, agree to cancel, and you get your money back immediately, but nothing happens to the guy.

2) Be tough, file dispute, it will be over a week till you get your money back but he will have a strike on his user name, and if he gets another within a year his account is suspended or has buying restrictions put on it.

Ebay doesn't allow sellers to leave anything other than positive feedback, because they are communist assholes and don't care about sellers, so that option is out of the question.

 

[sickmint79]

track him down and burn his house to the ground, you're out of options