Advice needed; RE: letter/email

[pc plod]

Hi,

Im posting this msg on behalf of a work m8.

This geezer @ work decided it was time to get with the times and get a computer.
The first week of having it he'd set himself up an ebay account and bid on a minimoto for his son, and he won the bid without knowing. And it was to late to retract his bid, and now he doesnt want it.
As the emails started arriving off the seller about payment my m8 just ignored the emails, and he thought they'd go away. but they havent

Today he 's shown me a email he's recieved about the minimoto, and he's asked for my advice, and to be honest im stumped.

So i thought you OCuk lot would have some advice about what he could/should do.

Here's a copy of the email he's recieved Here
Only problem is its in German, so ive translated it best i could Here


Thanks

 

[pc plod]

Thats what i thought, you bid, you win, you pay......simple

 

[pc plod]

my work m8 has payed for the item today, he's a bit gutted over it, and said he'll never visit ebay again.
once bitten and all that.....

thanks for the replys

 

[pc plod]

is there any need for slagging him off like that "daveyj27" ??

 

[pc plod]

Oh he's took resposablety allright, for a £50 minimoto its cost him nearly £140

Didnt you eva make a mistake when you first had a PC.

He tryed retracting his bid, but it was too late, and the seller was contacting him via email but it was in german, and as my friend is a noob he didnt know about sites that translate for ya.

And as for me using ebay myself, ive never sold or brought anything off there, so i couldnt give advice about what to do.....


anyway, he's payed for the item now, he's just hoping HE dont get messed about now waiting for delivery

thanks for ya time everyone

 

[pc plod]

He made a mistake of not reading the terms & conditions of ebay, and i think he's learnt from it in the way of £90 on top of the original price of £50