First eBay issue. Ever.

just leave negative feedback and state you won auction and then seller wanted you to pay more than what you won it for.

i had the same issue with a guy off ebay. he put some alloys up for £400. they never sold.

so i messaged saying deal @ £300 and he agreed. i drove 90 mins away. and when i turn up he wanted £400. i was like wtf. i have drove for 90 mins and we had agreed £300 after they wouldn't sell for £400. he said he would just re-list them until they sell. the lowest he was willing to go was £380.

so i left them. went home and bid £400 to teach him a lesson. cost him £100 to post them to me as well as his time and money packaging them up..

alloys were £1600 brand new and he had just paid £250 to have them professionally refurbed. so at least i got to see what nick they were in up close before i bid on them.

sent him a message after stating what a tool he was and should have took the money because after all his fees he was now probably £50 worse off even though i ended up paying a bit more. was worth the £20 to teach him a lesson.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
just leave negative feedback and state you won auction and then seller wanted you to pay more than what you won it for.

i had the same issue with a guy off ebay. he put some alloys up for £400. they never sold.

so i messaged saying deal @ £300 and he agreed. i drove 90 mins away. and when i turn up he wanted £400. i was like wtf. i have drove for 90 mins and we had agreed £300 after they wouldn't sell for £400. he said he would just re-list them until they sell. the lowest he was willing to go was £380.

so i left them. went home and bid £400 to teach him a lesson. cost him £100 to post them to me as well as his time and money packaging them up..

alloys were £1600 brand new and he had just paid £250 to have them professionally refurbed. so at least i got to see what nick they were in up close before i bid on them.

sent him a message after stating what a tool he was and should have took the money because after all his fees he was now probably £50 worse off even though i ended up paying a bit more. was worth the £20 to teach him a lesson.
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Should have given him a negative as well for making you waste your time for the journey!
 
This EXACT thing happened to me just a week ago.

Bid and won a set of 9 PC towers and 2 monitors for £10.
Seller sends a message 2 hours later informing me that he scrapped the items.
I contacted customer services and, alas, they can't do anything about it.

I was WELL gutted.
 
I left him negative feedback. Tbh the exhaust isn't worth £400 at all. Said he paid £1200, for a custom exhaust. Really? It was a local fabricators work too so I know how much they charge lol. Anyway thanks for the help, I'll know in future where I stand.
 
I don't think a court can rule that a £400 exhaust should be handed over - they would award you damages at most, which are what exactly?
 
Presumably they rule that way if someone owes somebody else money, this is just someone backing out of a sale. It's not something a small claims court can do.
 
Caged said:
Presumably they rule that way if someone owes somebody else money, this is just someone backing out of a sale. It's not something a small claims court can do.
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On the contrary this is exactly what small claims courts are for. Look up "loss of bargain" for examples of what can happen in court when people try to back out of a sale.

The famous Zanussi dishwasher saga for example on the MSE forums.

https://www.bitterwallet.com/economy/bq-the-dishwashers-with-no-discretion-13425

Section 51 of the Sale of Goods Act: (3) Where there is an available market for the goods in question the measure of damages is prima facie to be ascertained by the difference between the contract price and the market or current price of the goods at the time or times when they ought to have been delivered or (if no time was fixed) at the time of the refusal to deliver.
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On that basis the op would be entitled to claim £399 damages if he bought that exhaust for £400 after the seller failed to complete the sale.
 
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lol @ ebay and legally enforceable.

is there actually any documented cases of private sales on ebay going to court in cases like this?

seller can quite simply put 'item is no longer available' and the story ends there.
 
Teknobry said:
lol @ ebay and legally enforceable.

is there actually any documented cases of private sales on ebay going to court in cases like this?

seller can quite simply put 'item is no longer available' and the story ends there.
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There are cases of irl auctions going to court in these situations, ebay is low value and aimed at the mass market though so it's unlikely there are documented court cases of it. Doesn't mean it isn't legally enforceable though.
 
Lmao I can't believe this is even a debate

The seller doesn't have to sell. He was a fool of course. But I wouldn't sell for that either.

The op will get nothing except some hollow satisfaction that he can leave negative feedback.

Leave feedback, move on.
 
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