I won some clothes on eBay. I was the only bidder and wanted them for my forthcoming holiday. As I was the only bidder, I managed to buy the items very cheaply.
However the auction was still ongoing when I went to bed Sunday night- it ended after 11pm but just before midnight.
On Monday I was up for work early and had a full on day. After work I had several things to do and didn't get to much me time. I therefore didn't check my emails and didn't give eBay a second thought.
On Tuesday I thought about the items I was bidding on and checked to see if I had won them.. Only to see a message from eBay saying that the seller had cancelled the auction/sale. My immediate thought was that the seller wanted a lot more for the clothes and this was why the had cancelled it.
I scrolled through and saw that the seller had emailed me on Monday ( less than 24 hours after the end time) saying ' do you want the item'
That was all.
I replied immediately when I saw it and asked what was happening. The seller replied that they had been in the post office on Monday but as I hadn't paid couldn't post the items so had cancelled the sale!
They added that they have sent 'messages'.
I replied that I had only just seen the one message, that it was well after bedtime when the auction ended and I hadn't checked my messages on that one day.
The seller has not responded.
Since then I have received an email from eBay asking me to pay for the items!
It's too late now and I gave a feeling that the seller will wait a while then request the items.
The other thing was e bay said arrival time was estimated to be this Sunday . So there is no way the items would have been posted before Friday possibly Kate Thursday.
Is it reasonable to do what thus seller has done?
I would never gave done this and want to leave negative feedback to warn other buyers. I don't even know if I can since they have cancelled. Surely you gave to give someone more that 24 hours to pay?
Sorry thus us long.