Another Ebay Gripe

[Ged Parker]

Another reason ebay is getting worse and worse.

I bit on a lot of 61 records which had some nice peices in including Douglas Banks 'Aint That Just Like A Woman'. I was out sniped rather than out bid these things happen as you will all know so I contacted the winning bidder to see if he particularly wanted the Douglas Banks which was clearly listed as part of the lot with the description Douglas Banks on Guyden (Very Rare Killer Northern Soul 45 - VG++ - Beautiful Promo copy)

The winning bidder replies saying that the seller wasn't including that record in the lot. The seller then proceeds to relist it seperately . I know I didn't win the auction but that is so underhand it's untrue. It did make more on its own than the 61 records made but that isn't the point he should have put a reserve if he wanted a certain amount for the DB. Ebay are very clear that you are entering into a contract when you a placing a bid so how can a seller get away with that.

Is it any wonder I rarely buy off ebay any more.

[Larsc]

You could try to report him to ebay as a non-selling seller. You have the evidence and ebay has some routines for these things.

I recently won a record then the seller told me he had sold it somewhere else for a higher price. I reported him. The frustrating bit is that ebay won't tell you what they have done about it. I assume the seller gets a warning and then if it happens again he gets thrown out.

Some sellers just don't understand the difference between auction and sales ad.