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ebay, can i walk away from an item ive bought ?
steve m - 23/10/10 at 08:45 PM

Ive bought a mig welder (not paid yet)
but the seller is very evasive, and my "only" day of collection is monday night
Not to good for me , as im on nights !!

So, if i walk away, and tell him to poke it
will i get neg feedback ?

I DO NOT WANT TO JEPODISE MY PERFECT EBAY RATING

Steve

marcjagman - 23/10/10 at 08:46 PM

Explain that you can't come Monday night as you work and tell the seller when you can come, if you have no joy then complain to ebay.

steve m - 23/10/10 at 08:49 PM

I won this auction on thursday morning
he hasjust messaged me, despite my 4 mails thursday, friday and 2 today

Daddylonglegs - 23/10/10 at 08:51 PM

In which case I'd contact eBay and retract the sale. If the seller can't be 'arsed to reply then you shouldn't be arsed to buy

sdh2903 - 23/10/10 at 08:59 PM

Seller cannot leave negative feedback about a buyer anymore, if it seems dodgy walk away.

T66 - 23/10/10 at 08:59 PM

If your not happy walk....


If you get the neg feedback so what



Part of the ebay process includes answering emails within a reasonable timescale.


Ditch it.

robocog - 23/10/10 at 09:03 PM

Frustrating I know!
Just had to book a day off work last week as a seller of a pickup only item I had won got funny with me and refused to let me pickup evenings or weekends...
Got the distinct impression he didn't want to actually sell the item, but I guess I wanted it more than he didn't want me to buy it , tied it to a day and boooked it off short notice and got over there


If you really want the item and this is the only thing holding you back...

any of us close enough to do the pickup? (assuming your happy to PayPal the bloke in advance)

If its towards this way...Gosport/Fareham/Pompey I'd gladly do the doo (assuming it will fit in my car!)
I could tie in a trip to Selsey on Monday if its out that way

You could then pickup at your leisure

Regards
Rob

RichardK - 23/10/10 at 09:16 PM

Walk if you want, he can't leave neg feedback anyway.

R

Jon Ison - 23/10/10 at 09:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by T66




Part of the ebay process includes answering emails within a reasonable timescale.



You may not be aware since all the changes made on October 1st one of the many things to now be very hit and miss is ebay member to member messages, some dont arrive almost all arrive very late, then when you try to reply you get "not available please try later"

ebay wont put this problem into the public domain though as sellers discounts rely on "DSR's" left by buyers, there are a lot of low DSR'S flying about at the moment for "communication"


All that said, he needs to be a little more flexible than Monday evening only, dont you have a number to call ? If not request one.

The answer to your original question is yes you can walk away, the worst you will get is an unpaid item strike if he attempts to get id final value fee's back.

T66 - 23/10/10 at 09:31 PM

Whether the ebay website supports the email transfers is immaterial, my point is some people on ebay are happy to sell/list items.


And often dont reply to emails.


The process of buying and selling requires communication, often forgotten on ebay.


I have fielded some ridiculous emails, but they all get an answer.


If the seller is scant with responding, then why would you give him your money.


I refer to my earlier post, if your not happy walk....

loggyboy - 23/10/10 at 09:51 PM

Where is it located?

Dangle_kt - 23/10/10 at 09:56 PM

you will get a none payment item strike. get 2 of them in a 6 months and you will be blocked from a load of auctions.

No biggy if you dont make a habit of it.

And dont be offended, if they file a non payment strike, theycan dodge the final item fee (not listing fee though), or they get charged the listing fee and the final item fee, but get nothing for it as you have let them down.

Peteff - 23/10/10 at 11:05 PM

If you want it contact him again and tell him Monday night is no good for you. If you have changed your mind then tell him to relist it and he can give you none performing buyer strike if he wants.

Ninehigh - 24/10/10 at 12:25 AM

Might be a good idea to tell him the days you can pick it up and let him choose when he's available too. If you can't pick it up when he can let you have it that's no-one's fault and neither of you should be penalised for it