Anyone sued anyone on ebay?

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Did it sell for less second time round because that was a realistic price for the item? I get the impression the first 'buyer' backed out because they realised they were overpaying.
 
I would not even entertain the idea of suing someone over a claim of £100 (a rather tenuous claim at that).
 
Energize said:
What is this even supposed to mean? Continually cancelling sales and ******* off bidders until I get the result I want and strikes against my account when I could have the money in investment accounts accruing interest?
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Sueing someone about the potential investment gains on £100? Maybe just ask him to buy you a Happy Meal and call it quits?
 
Why don't you sue the second buyer, because he never paid enough for the item ?

What was the item ? and was it an auction ? or buy it now ? or offers ?
Surely if, and thats a big if, this got to court they'd just laugh at you. You signed up to ebays t&c's as a seller. The original buyer agreed to ebay t&c's as a buyer. Ebay done everything in the conditions. Its done, sorted.
 
Can't actually believe you are considering this....

You are trying to sue someone for "changing their mind" ?? They have been suitablely penalised by ebay already.

Calling someone a "contemptible individual" - I hope they counter sue you for slander.

Pathetic attempt to effectively extort money from someone.
 
Are you selling as a business seller? If so shirley this is covered under distance selling regs and the 14 day cool down. If you're not a business seller then okay it "might" constitute breach of contract but honestly going after some guy on Ebay with the intention of destroying his credit rating because he pulled out of a sale is petty in the extreme. As somebody who has been taken to court on spurious grounds (and won) I'd not consider doing this to somebody unless the impact to me had been significant, especially since you could have protected the second sale by using a reserve or buy it now.

Honestly if I filed court proceedings everytime some fool pulled out of an Ebay sale through not reading the listing, or changing their mind, or buying it cheaper elsewhere, i'd pretty much have to leave my job and just become a professional litigator.
 
booyaka said:
Can't actually believe you are considering this....

You are trying to sue someone for "changing their mind" ?? They have been suitablely penalised by ebay already.

Calling someone a "contemptible individual" - I hope they counter sue you for slander.

Pathetic attempt to effectively extort money from someone.
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He says he's not bothered about the money, just wants to wreck the guys credit score (lol). It's pathetic childlike behaviour because he didn't get his own way, the guys a complete joke.
 
Personally I'd lock him in a basement and pull all his finger and toenails off with a pair of rusty pliers, and then one of his teeth each day until the tooth fairy has given me adequate recompense for this gross transgression but hey, if you wanna pay someone else to fight your battles then you do you I guess.
 
montymint said:
£25 cost + time for £100 back?

To me that doesn't _really_ seem worth it unless the whole thing (including travel) is taking up less than an hour of your time.

It just seems petty to me.
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This is my view. Just not worth my time. If your time is worth less than that and you deem it worthwhile, but I would not.
 
montymint said:
£25 cost + time for £100 back?

To me that doesn't _really_ seem worth it unless the whole thing (including travel) is taking up less than an hour of your time.

It just seems petty to me.
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Its not necessarily £100 back. Chances are the seller never brought or acquired the item, for that highest price. Its £100 less that what he thinks its worth.

I never sell using auction on ebay. Always buy it now for a higher price than the item is worth and then accept offers. Cos everyone will send offers and you can barter a bit between yourselves.

The best thing is, he didn't have to sell the item for £100 less to the second buyer. He could have waited for a higher price. But cashflow issues. Times must be tough if your desperate for something to sell on ebay to keep you afloat.
 
MadMan-JaMeS said:
Its not necessarily £100 back. Chances are the seller never brought or acquired the item, for that highest price. Its £100 less that what he thinks its worth.

I never sell using auction on ebay. Always buy it now for a higher price than the item is worth and then accept offers. Cos everyone will send offers and you can barter a bit between yourselves.

The best thing is, he didn't have to sell the item for £100 less to the second buyer. He could have waited for a higher price. But cashflow issues. Times must be tough if your desperate for something to sell on ebay to keep you afloat.
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The hundred came from post #4 which wa the estimated "losses" he was going to sue for.

But yeah, I have the same approach to ebay as you, unless I just want rid then I'm happy to take whatever it happens to sell for.
 
montymint said:
The hundred came from post #4 which wa the estimated "losses" he was going to sue for.

But yeah, I have the same approach to ebay as you, unless I just want rid then I'm happy to take whatever it happens to sell for.
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Yeah i know, wasn't have a dig yourself. Ebay is a really strange place for buying and selling.

If i'm selling something i always watch a bunch of the same item before to see how much they go for and what condition then base my price around that. But i've seen prices differentiate massively like over £200 sometimes, just depends what time of day it is and who wants it.

I really wanna know what the item was now.
 
I can understand his frustration. Ebay is rife with non paying bidders. Luckily its usually ones with less than 20 rating and you can just remove them. I sold an Electric Scooter and I had to relist it 4 times due to non paying bidders in April. Considering you are meant to wait about 7 days till they pay before you can act is a pain. You can relist it straight away but then when the seller decides to pay right at the last minute its another thing too. Suing is not the way though Ebay need to change their payment scheme and make bidders pay within 24hrs or serve some kind of penalty. At least at the moment you cant get someone winning an auction whilst they are on holiday and giving that as an excuse as to not paying like I've had before.

Just sold a RTX 2080 and I had 8 fake bidders on the auction. Luckily as I was on top of things and cancelled/blocked bidders it sold for a very good price and it was on a £1 selling fee too. Thats the kicker you get a £1 selling fee then they dont pay, have to relist it and take a 10% fee hit.
 
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