About to leave my first neg ever on eBay

Six years of buying and selling on eBay, and it took until now for me to encounter an issue that was worthy of leaving a negative...

I stumbled upon this BIN and bought it instantly, paid and everything... then I find another item listed by the same seller, another silver dollar, for the same price, but just miss out on it as it is pulled before I can buy it. Shortly thereafter, I get a message from ebay/paypal stating that my payment has been refunded and an email from the seller requesting I agree to cancel the sale. I refuse, request they send me another invoice and just got another email stating the same thing they said when they attempted to cancel the transaction. Is there any other recourse I should take against the seller that would convince them to complete the transaction as opposed to leaving negative feedback?

 

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I'd say just let it go but first try to open dialog with the seller to find out why they want to cancel the transaction. Always try to work it out before leaving negative feedback.

 

It was probably a mistake. I accidently listed a 14k gold necklace for 20.00 and it was suppose to be 200.00. some guy bought it, and I emailed him that i made a mistake and refunded his money. people make mistakes all the time, there is no need to crucify him.

 

it looks like he wanted to put the listing as auction and he accidently put it as a buy it now. you want to neg him because you cant rip him off?

 

According to other items from this seller, it is obvious he made a mistake, and listed a BIN price instead of starting bid auction price, he got it fixed now.

This is not even close to be a good reason to leave a negative.

 

Looks like they relisted the same coin, same picture. No longer a BIN, but a starting bid of $9.95. I'd leave the negative as they must have figured they'll get more than you paid on the BIN. Pretty crappy thing to pull on a buyer IMO. It was his mistake - he should live with it and honor the deal.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1884-P-United-States-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-Philadelphia-no-mintmark-US-Coin-/280907327756?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416761a90c#ht_500wt_1202

 

If I were in the sellers shoes, I'd go through and complete the transaction, chalking it up as a lesson. I expect the same in return. If the buyer won't sell me the item for the price they listed it at, there's no way I'm the bad guy for buying it. I saw a good deal, jumped on it. It had already been up for almost 25 minutes when I found it, so it wasn't like he listed it and I bought it within seconds.

Definitely leaving a negative now. What a crappy move by the seller.

 

I;d let it go , but at the same time the seller listed it and should honor it just for good business . I wouldn't leave a neg ai least try to work it out .

 

I don't think a negative would detract buyers in the future, I know if I saw it I would still buy from the seller, pobodys nerfect, everyone makes mistakes.

 

I tried working it out... I gave them over 24 hours to work it out... but if they want to go ahead and relist the item, they're basically giving me the finger, so I'll give it right back.

 

I'm on the fence here. Clearly, the auction listing was a mistake. Of course, there is nothing wrong with jumping on a good deal...but there is something wrong with taking advantage of an obvious mistake by someone else. I probably wouldn't leave negative feedback because the listing was so obviously an error. Had I sold the coin, I personally probably would have let it go and used it as a lesson learned. However, I think giving him a negative is probably a little too harsh. I would probably just let it go.

 

No you didn't. You demanded your item for the $10 even though you realized it was a mistake. That's not working it out. That's trying to get your way.

 

+1 to what Cam said. I'm on the fence as well.

It's only worth $10...I'd hate to ruin a new seller over $10. Then again, since it's only $10 (and the Morgan would only be worth melt anyways), it's not a "live or die" critical mistake by the seller, so it would make sense for him to send it anways.

I would just POLITELY (but also firmly) message him explaining your situation. You seem to have a way of speaking your mind (no offense intended) that might turn him off otherwise. Yes, I understand it is his fault, but I would only use the neg as a last resort...even then, I myself would probably just let it go. Once again, it's only $10.

If you really want to neg him, go ahead by all means. But if you do so, I think a lot of eBay sellers who view this thread might block your ID because they might view your actions as rather rash.

 

I can think of a whole lot worse things than neg-ing a seller for making a mistake. Bit on the fence on this one, but for $10 I would have probably just let it slide.

 

Wheaton's Law applies here.

Get over yourself, and move on. You've lost nothing of value.

 

Merc, try looking at it in another perspective. Suppose your grandma who is hard of hearing wanted to sell something on eBay, and she asked your advice on its value. You told her that it was worth one hundred dollars. So, she lists it for one dollar, and it sells immediately. You discover what has happened. Would you want the buyer to try to understand that it was an honest mistake or would you tell your grandma she's a deaf old fool.

Chris

 

No, I'm merely expecting the seller to uphold their end of the bargain here. I'm demanding that they hold to the terms and conditions that they agreed to when they listed their item for sale! Mistake or not, a deal is a deal. Just because you realize that you screwed up after the fact doesn't mean you can act like said terms and conditions don't apply.

So you think I'm being a... Richard? Nobody coddled me when I screwed myself on ebay before, I took the hit and moved on, and I didn't (and wouldn't) expect anybody to cut me some slack. Sure, it would be awful nice of them, but I certainly wouldn't expect it.

I would HOPE the buyer would be nice enough to let it slide, but if you click through like, five screens explaining that you're selling this item for this price, and that it's a binding contract... I would just tell my grandma to let me handle it for her next time.

 

I find it a tad ridiculous that he relisted the item already.

 

My first thought is the next time you need somebody to give you a break, don't be surprised if you don't get it. In my opinion, leaving somebody a negative for selling something at a price nobody in their right mind would obviously do is pretty harsh. Karma is alive and well. However, to each their own.

 

See my prior post. If you want details, it was an NGC slabbed MS63 common-date Morgan. Meant to list it for $60, listed it for $6, it sold in about two minutes. Contacted the buyer, he was adamant that he wanted the coin for the price he bought it at, so I sold it to him for $6. Took a bath, learned a lesson.