I really dont believe this has happened!

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:38

Cut a long story short my 5 year old has just managed to do a buy it now on ebay for a £1600 macbook pro!

I was cooking lunch, the Mrs was outside gardening with my little girl, i was on the pc looking at macbooks on ebay as i am looking to buy one. I went back into the kitchen to get all the food together and dish it out and the little one went into the living room on the pc and when i looked she was on paint, after we all eat i decide to check my emails on my iphone when i recieve an email saying congratulations on winning the auction!!!!

At first i thought maybe my account had been hacked so i instantly changed my password, then after thinking about it i asked my little girl what she had been doing on the computer, she told me she was painting, i then loaded the ebay auction screen up and asked her if she had pressed anything on there, she said yes the red button, i really dont know how she has managed this as ebay ask you to confirm a bid after you have done a buy it now so she must have pressed that aswell.

I have contacted the seller and explained the situation, to be honest i dont expect him to believe it, i wouldnt! hopefully he will understand as i havent even got the money to pay for that kind of macbook pro, i'm only after a £400 macbook!.

Anyone got any advice apart from dont leave yourself logged into ebay?

Here is the auction.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=120280525699&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=002

Glaucus · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:40

not much you can do..

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:41

As in?

I told the seller i will be happy to pay any fees for him.

aproctor · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:41

can you not back out, and i wouldn't worry anyway as sellers cannot give bad feedback iirc

Trifid · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:42

Well, he can't leave you negative feedback so that is a plus.

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:42

I do worry as i dont like upsetting people. As hard as it is to believe the story is genuine.

Glaucus · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:43

JAMAL said:
As in?

I told the seller i will be happy to pay any fees for him.

as in just don't pay, he wont get charged anything.
He wont believe you.
Really isn't anything he can do.

badbob · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:43

Just apoligize and pay for the fees, and like a fiver on top. Can't see the problem

JBuk · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:43

just explain the situation to the seller, best would be to just not pay and the seller will get to relist for free although you will get a naughty points from ebay

Soulja · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:44

I'm sure you can both agree not to go through with the deal and the seller will have no fees to pay.

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:45

AcidHell2 said:
as in just don't pay, he wont get charged anything.
He wont believe you.
Really isn't anything he can do.

Hopefully if he turns funny that is what i will have to do.

The Mrs has given me a right going over, its completely my fault.

Serves me right trying to get my little girl computer literate a soon as possible!

Monkey Puzzle · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:45

Don't worry about it - the seller won't have to pay any fees if you pull out, he gets his fees reimbursed by ebay.

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:46

Yeah hopefully all will be well and i will give him a little something as a token.

gillywibble · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:46

I want my money :mad:

JBuk · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:48

JAMAL said:
Hopefully if he turns funny that is what i will have to do.

The Mrs has biven me a right going over, its completely my fault.

Serves me right trying to get my little girl computer literate a soon as possable!

well you shouldnt of left the pc logged into ebay but its done now so meh..

nothing wrong with letting your kids loose on computers, my 5yr old nephew is very pc literate and goes on our pc to visit websites,play games
, paint etc he even tries to write emails although he cant fully read or write yet lol bless..

--Mike-- · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:51

I remember reading the news a while back that some kid had bought a car on ebay for several grand! It all got cancelled in the end though.

You can agree not to go through with a sale and the seller will have the fees reimbursed.

Wrathamon · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:52

Monkey Puzzle said:
Don't worry about it - the seller won't have to pay any fees if you pull out, he gets his fees reimbursed by ebay.

The seller will have to go through the non-paying buyer process to get the final value fees recovered. He will still be out of pocket for the listing fees.

JAMAL · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:55

I have sent this which i hope is reasonable

Hi,

Just to let you know there has been an accident regarding the auction.

I was left logged in ebay and my daughter (who is 5!!) has decided to press the (nice red as she puts it) buy it now button on your auction. God knows how she has managed this. I was looking at macbooks on ebay earlier and left a page of macbooks on the screen after searching ebay.

I have no intention of buying the product, i do have every intention of paying your listing fees etc...

I can only apologise for this, i have an excellent ebay history as you can see and i hope you understand.

Please report to ebay as an unpaid item and then send me a bill for the listing fees and i will send them over paypal

Apologies

Jonny

Monkey Puzzle · 13 Jul 2008 at 13:56

Wrathamon said:
The seller will have to go through the non-paying buyer process to get the final value fees recovered. He will still be out of pocket for the listing fees.

Oh okay, I thought the seller got them back as well. You learn something new every day...

JBuk · 13 Jul 2008 at 14:01

Wrathamon said:
The seller will have to go through the non-paying buyer process to get the final value fees recovered. He will still be out of pocket for the listing fees.

no he wont, he will get listing fees back too