Ebay problems!!

I bid and won a coin from a seller on the 8th and paid the seller for the coin as soon as the bidding ended. Today I look at my paypal and he rufunded me my money saying there was an error in the listing and he dosnt have the coin anymore. Is there anything I can do? Im almost sure the truth is that he didnt get what he wanted for the coin.

 

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The only thing that I could recommend is to demand a detailed explanation, then give him a scathing NEGATIVE review. eBay won't step in since he returned your money. As they see it, "No Harm No Foul". Good luck! Let us know how it goes.

 

I would make the complaint to ebay and then continue to check watch the sellers auctions. The seller might relist it and then maybe talk to ebay again. Maybe even download the auction pictures to help track to see if he relists the coin.

 

Im thinking the same I already took full screen shots of the auction and My plan is to keep watching what he lists.

 

Well THAT would be a bust ! :hammer:

Of course, the issue will be proving, beyond reasonable doubt, the relisted coin is the coin from the original auction. If it's certified, the certificate has a unique number for positive ID. Be sure that's visible in screen shots.

If you're right - that the dude bailed out because s/he didn't get what s/he wanted - then that's breach of contract. I bet s/he would want it enforced if seller bailed out on a high price !

I hope it works out for you.

 

Thank you for reminding me why I stopped using Ebay.

 

Seller is in violation of the rules....non performance something or other. If he relists, bust him. It is a common way of fee circumvention, as reserves cost extra......

 

I'd say you should count your blessings that he returned your money and something worse didn't happen. It's the wild wild west...I'd probably just move on. But I do think I'd keep an eye out to see if he relists it.

 

I'm not sure Ebay will really care unless he does it a lot.
If a person could prove that, they might get involved.

 

Since I am a seller and a buyer, I would say at least you got your money back. In some cases it may have just been a error on inventory. Or it is also possible that he didnt get what he wanted for the item. Sometimes mistakes happen but look at the bright side your not out any money.

 

Shame on that seller. A deal is a deal. If you misjudged your inventory too bad. A credit or some future discount to the buyer is in order. And hope that that satisfies him. When I shop on Ebay I always check the negatives that the seller has. You really get to know them by looking at deals that went bad. If I see feedback that the seller reneged on a sale I avoid them, reguardless of the coin or price. That's the only way to really hold them accountable.

Lou

 

I had a seller do that to me once but it would be hard to prove that his excuse was invalid
so I just accepted the situation. ($10 item)

 

Man, I'm sorry to hear about it. Would you mind posting a link to the auction?

Phoenix

 

there is no such thing as ebay problems ebay is the problem i got ripped out on 2 coins not long ago

 

Just because there are ocassional car crashes because some people don't follow traffic laws or drive carefully, is no reason to outright abandon driving altogether. There are ocassional risks yes, but in the long run you're still better off with the convenience you can't get walking or using a horse-drawn carriage. Just be careful and observant, and avoid bad drivers as much as you reasonably can.

Same with eBay. Don't let a few bad apples spoil the bunch. There are bad sellers, and bad buyers, and ocassionally either can also just make honest mistakes, but all in all, it's more convenient than the next best alternative for the most part.

 

IMHO HA is a better option 100% of the time

 

The auction is a contract. The sellers excuse is a joke and he broke the contract. The appropriate feedback is obvious.

 

I negged him, and he negged me back. Thats fine, Im not a seller lol. After the 2 emails he sent me OUTSIDE of EBAY messanger. Im just going to report him to ebay. I dont want to drag this sellers name into the mud on the forums just yet. As there still is a chance of a fix of some sort. But beleive you me. Its not over yet, as I feel he just wasnt happy with the final winning price of the coin.

 

Not if they don't carry what you are looking for. I am MUCH MUCH more likely to find what I an interested in on eBay than I am on HA.

It is also kind of comparing apples and oranges. You are saying that it is always better to deal with a single firm for everything you want than i is with multitude of strangers. By that same logic you should never go to a coin show. But the more contacts you have the more likely you are to find what you are looking for. HA is fine if you are interested i most of the readily available stuff they auction, but ebay is better or the odd, unusual, the rare but lower priced, and the stuff to "common" for HA to fool with but which you can't find anywhere else.

Both of them have their place.

 

I have to disagree with you. You are much more likely to get burned buying on Ebay. I don't think your analogy makes any sense at all because these things aren't accidents. Maybe a better analogy would be to ask if you would continue to drive if 1% of all other drivers were intentionally trying to injure you? In that case, you would probably look for safer transportation options.