Anyone sued anyone on ebay?

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you're not going to destroy his credit rating:
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both 1 and 3 will be viable here.

also most legal claims require to see evidence and a demonstration of losses and that they are justifiably being claimed. You haven't really lost nor been significantly impacted beyond your own apparent butt-hurt at failing to sell it for an inflated price. I imagine the seller will be able to demonstrate good grounds for cancelling due whatever he has said thus far, and overbidding, typos etc are legitimate reasons for terminating bids at auctions, as is realising you've committed to something you cannot afford to pay - and that applies at a general auction. It's messy but precedent is against you my friend. Also, don't be nasty. Pursuing someone, not because of losses, but to ruin their credit rating is a disproportionate retaliation of a most unpleasant kind. Remember what goes around comes around and all that.

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brendy said:
Suing for 100 quid... you'd have been better cancelling the second sale or putting a reserve on it.
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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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Or just list it as buy-it-now for the price you actually want? That is better than shoving hidden reserve prices onto things which I agree annoys people. Sure ebay fees go up, but just build that into your price. And if you have a savings account giving anything like meaningful interest right now do let me know where and how much, as everything I've seen in the last 6 months is giving the equivalent of sweet FA in interest. Baseline is 0.25% and even long-term ISA bonds are only 1.25%, some have dropped to 0.50-0.75%. Would that 50p-£1.25 really make a difference? Really? People pulling out after winning is a PITA but it's not like they defrauded you. I'm amazed you want the hassle of the time and paperwork! That's worth more to me than £75 (once you take off the fees).
 
If you have the time and are willing to spend the money then do it. Take the **** for every penny you can legally squeeze out of them.

Then you **** in a Pringles tube, pour in half a pint of water and give it a stir before freezing it and posting it to them.
 
Energize said:
I sold a product on ebay for a decent amount of money and then the buyer backed out which I contested leading to a strike on his account, a subsequent relisting of the item sold for significantly less, and I had to pay final value fees which I would not otherwise have paid because I took advantage of an offer on at the time and ultimately led to a delay of 2 weeks before getting money in my bank account which affected my cash flow.
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Sounds like you need to spend more time learning how to manage your finances properly instead of suing someone on eBay for backing out of a purchase ;)
 
To answer the question; no. And nor would I in your circumstance. It's eBay's platform, and they have taken appropriate action against the user as per their terms of service. You suing someone for "what might have been" would not sit well in court in my eyes. So on that basis alone, go for it and post results pls
 
wnb said:
Even if you win small claims court they don't have to pay,. Six months later I'm waiting on £8k
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The OP isn't bothered if they pay they just want to crap all over their credit rating.

The real answer here is don't use eBay if you don't agree with the way they deal with things like this.

Are you a shop OP?
 
As already pointed out, you could be getting yourself into a lengthy process that will cost you money and even if you do get the result you want, you might not even get paid.

This is £100, it's probably more prudent to your wallet to let it go. Some deals don't work. Some contracts get broken.

You have to pick your battles and this one doesn't seem worth it.
 
No but Im considering suing the company that sent me dodgy alloys, then refused to cover the fitting\unfitting costs. Mostly out of principal as the guy was a **** :\
 
I couldn't go through that effort for 100.
Sure if it was 1000.but then you'd get more fight too.
 
£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.
 
Energize said:
Please. This is a contemptible individual who decided ex post facto to change their mind. This is not some poor person who has fallen on hardship who I would be fully sympathetic with, they decided on a whim to change their mind in their own words. They are basically everything wrong with he eBay platform distilled.
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No. A contemptible individual would have broken the item and then opened an Item Not As Described case against you, claiming it arrived that way - resulting in you being out of pocket for shipping both ways, plus stuck with an item worth significantly less than before.

Which is exactly what you'll be encouraging them to do if you decide to try and punish them for their honesty.

Also if you are selling as a business (which it sounds like, since you mention it affecting your cashflow), then they are absolutely within their rights to "on a whim to change their mind". If not, then perhaps you need to look at budgeting better so that you aren't reliant on ad-hoc Ebay sales to manage your personal finances - after all, what would you have done if the item hadn't sold?
 
I'd just move on - the non paying bidder has clearly caused some inconvenience, but you still have the item, thus ultimately not immediately out of pocket - could have been much worse.

I learnt a lesson a few years ago when I was a noob - sold a fully working Radeon 9800 Pro on eBay. Buyer received and claimed it was broken, eBay refunded them and I received a broken card back. I'm convinced it was a different card, but I'd not taken enough images to prove it. Was about £80 down - had to suck it up, nothing I could do (I'm a lot more careful now).
 
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