Hello. I sold a wardrobe last Friday on ebay. Clearly stated collection only and Cash on Collection. I forgot to stipulate that I would like it collected within 7 days. £50
Buyer bid without any prior contact and paid the following day by paypal. Still no contact. I refunded Paypal immediately and sent polite notice stating "you may not have realised I stated cash on collection only so have refunded you payment and if you could contact me to arrange collection date and bring cash that would be super". Got brusque reply which said paypal was preferred payment method but would pay in cash and then suggested collecting the wardrobe between 1-2 today. I said this wasn't possible as I am at work and that evenings or weekend would be best (assuming this coming weekend 7th/8th sept). Just looked at emails before going to bed (big mistake) and have received a message asking if can collect wardrobe about 10ish tomorrow evening.
My partner is away at the moment and I dont want anybody i dont know coming into the house at 10 at night when children are in bed. I replied and said that was not a good time (but didnt go into detail) and said Saturday or Sunday would be best and that I could ensure somebody would be here between 9-5 each of those days.
Ping - another message - "That is not convenient as we are busy all weekend - we will collect the wardrobe on Sunday 15th between 5pm and 7pm"
This means I will have waited nearly 2 weeks to get rid of the wardrobe which I could do with having out of the house as we have already got new wardrobe in room and it is getting a bit crowded.
I can see I am at fault as didnt state when it needed to be collected by but do you think it is reasonable to expect they would collect within a week. They live about 1 hour from me and I assume they have a vehicle to transport this wardrobe as it is big.
My main worry as well is that they just might not turn up and then I will have wasted a couple of weeks. Any advice?
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scaramanga · 04/09/2013 01:00
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