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aia
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:14 am

...because it is likely you have discussed it tons and tons of times... it never happened to me and now i have to cope with the problem that the buyer somehow changed his mind once the auction he won has ended...

what should i do?

thanks and ciaooo

benjoshua
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:00 am

aia wrote:...because it is likely you have discussed it tons and tons of times... it never happened to me and now i have to cope with the problem that the buyer somehow changed his mind once the auction he won has ended...

what should i do?

thanks and ciaooo

I copy their statement that they no longer want the item. Then I go on eBay and click on the item links that cancels the transaction and include their quote in the reason for canceling. Then I tell them they need to accept the cancellation once eBay sends them an e-mail that the sale has been cancelled and they approve. Then I block them from ever bidding on my auctions ever again. Then you add their eBay ID to the shady buyers thread so everyone else can block them found here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7137

If they don't want the item, they aren't going to pay, and even if they do, they can give you bad feedback or cause trouble. The hassle is not worth the money. That's my take.

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:29 am

benjoshua wrote:
aia wrote:...because it is likely you have discussed it tons and tons of times... it never happened to me and now i have to cope with the problem that the buyer somehow changed his mind once the auction he won has ended...

what should i do?

thanks and ciaooo

I copy their statement that they no longer want the item. Then I go on eBay and click on the item links that cancels the transaction and include their quote in the reason for canceling. Then I tell them they need to accept the cancellation once eBay sends them an e-mail that the sale has been cancelled and they approve. Then I block them from ever bidding on my auctions ever again. Then you add their eBay ID to the shady buyers thread so everyone else can block them found here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7137

If they don't want the item, they aren't going to pay, and even if they do, they can give you bad feedback or cause trouble. The hassle is not worth the money. That's my take.

Yeh don't make them pay, Ebay now has a policy that if someone doesn't pay they can't leave feedback, so no reason to hassle them if they don't want the item. Just get them to accept the cancellation, block them and move on.

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SimperingToad
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:25 am

I usually only get non-payers. No communication. They get the "Hey! You'd better pay up!" message through EBay. Then when they fail to pay, I close the non-payment case and block them.

Closest I came to what you are describing is once when the bidder failed to notice a map being missing on an item (and I stated as such) until several hours before the auction ended. EBay would not allow me to retract his bid as requested, and when the auction was over, would not allow him to accept cancellation of the auction.

We both tried. EBay failed.

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:55 pm

Back in 2001, I sat next to a guy at work who bought a 911 Turbo for $100K+ on eBay, then changed his mind. He told eBay that his three year old had done it. :lol:

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