Ebay Purchase Gone Wrong!

[bgbikes]

Having bidded on a cycle on eBay I was really pleased that i'd won it. I messaged the seller to inform him that I would pay for the bike in a couple of days as I told him I was away. He, in the meantime, asked me if I could pay which I duly did two days after. The bike was over 300 miles away so I asked him if I could arrange collection in the next couple of weeks once I had arranged a way of collecting it.

 

The bike cost £300.

 

The original purchase was on 11/3/13

Payment date: 14/3/13

 

Through PayPal

 

On the 18/3/13 I was e/mailed by the seller asking me if I'd got his message as he'd sold the bike! At first I thought it was a mistake, but then realised that he informed me that he was going to give me a refund for the bike. I informed him that it was not his bike to sell and that it was mine since I had paid for it. I informed him that we'd entered into a legally binding contract and I would take it up with eBay to get their position on it.

 

Ebay told me has was in breach of contract and that they would also inform him.

 

I then informed my seller of the situation and told him I would get the authorities involved since he had broken the law.

 

He thinks he hasn't done anything wrong and was quite blaise about the situation!

 

Where do I stand and what's next is my question??

 

Gav

[tigeress289]

Hi, firstly get your money back, then report him to ebay, which you already appear to have done. Other than that, its one of those things you should put down to experience and move on. Honestly it is not worth going any further as the seller will come up with an excuse and it will not help you. Just let ebay know that you hold them liable and you want the seller removed. This would be the best outcome as it will be his lose in the long run. It is not worth doing your head it. That is the ebay world, lucky it was not a [[con/problem]] and you lost your money.

[ashmk]

eBay will not care, they will do nothing, the seller will get a silly little message about eBay seller Policy blah D blah blah and that will be that. Get your money back and move on. The time, energy and money you will spend getting stressed over this will far outweigh the NOTHING you will get in return. And believe me, as an experienced eBayer. You will get nothing back. Put it down to experience and move on.

[chrissy88]

I don't think ebay is gonna be very helpful in those cases

[citizenB]

I have to agree with tigress and ashmk - distasteful as it is, you should put this down to experience. We find that Ebay do very little in helping with these disputes. As long as they have their cut, that is all they are concerned about.

 

Very disappointing I know.