I just need to share this as I feel such a fool. I've been on ebay for about 5 years, mostly buying, I very rarely sell. In January I came across my virtually unused tens machine (used it for about half an hour on first labour and found it worse than useless), and thought I should ebay it. Sold it for more money than I expected (about £29 I think) and was quite pleased, then got this email:
My wife ordered this yesterday but had still born last night is there any way you would consider cancelling the sale if not we will pay and I'll have to hid it and resell it!! Sorry she is not in a good way at present!
I was really, really upset. I actually cried when I read the email and sent a really sympathetic one back saying of course I'd cancel the sale and I was so sorry for their loss. It really shook me up as I think most mums find the loss of a baby really upsetting. My husband said at the time, they're probably lying, and I was really annoyed with him.
Anyway, fast forward to May when I listed a table and chairs on ebay. The winning bidder emailed after the auction to say they'd discovered her inlaws had bought her a table and chairs as a surprise and would I cancel the sale. I was a bit annoyed about it but did it (didn't even get a thank you) and while going thru my ebay messages came across the one about the tens machine. Out of curiousity I looked at her ebay feedback only to discover she bought another tens machine 5 days after telling me the baby was stillborn, and a host of baby stuff since then (baby girl, lots of pink stuff).
I was so angry with my husband when he saidy they were probably lying, I thought, no one would ever say they'd lost a baby if it wasn't true, but it looks like he's right and there are some awful people out there.
All for £29.00!! I was genuinely upset for them and cannot believe it was all a lie!