Fucking stupid tosswanker buyer.

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I sold something on eBay last night. The buyer won by bidding £801, just beating previous bidder who had bid upto £800. Now I know it's a lot of money but surely you shouldn't bid if you can't afford it?!
Do I have a leg to stand on with this or do I take the fees on the chin and relist, praying to god it gets the same interest it got last time?

It's a pair of binoculars! The gutting thing is I was only selling them as we are skint and need the money!

Thank you Fergoose!

Urgh, I am so sorry you are going through this. For future ref, I would never offer a mutual cancellation as the buyer can click "no" and walk away, still not pay you and leave you stuck with the fees. If they are already messing you around by bidding and not paying, I wouldn't trust them to do the decent think and agree to the cancellation. So I would always go down the non-paying bidder route. That way, you at least get to give them a strike.

I would try live help again, explain that the advice they gave has put you in a worse position and plead with them to let you off the fees. I don't know if they will though :(

When you eventually get a sale and post them, please do it by trackable means - ie special delivery not just recorded, so you don't risk someone claiming they did not arrive. Without a tracking number, paypal would refund them leaving you high and dry.

Sorry, I missed the post where you said you are already planning on getting insurance when you post them.

I had no idea that I then wouldn't be able to claim them back. It doesn't mention that at all.
I'm never fucking selling anything on eBay again.

have you gone back to live help?

Yes. The person in billing said she had cancelled the final value fee but is putting me through to someone in 'Trust and something' to sort out what to do with the buyer. The first girl told me that if he did still want the item he could pay me direct to PayPal?

Fergoose and Aniseeder thank you so much for your help. eBay have credited me back the final value fee and apparently as I cancelled the transaction the buyer cannot buy now which I am relieved about as he has really messed me around.
However I now have another question! The second chance offer buyer has requested a quote for postage to the Netherlands. Does anyone know how I would send them? I am so bloody clueless! I guess a courier? I definitely want to send them insured don't I?!

YES insured, please sne insured for your own piece of mind if nothing else

I recently couriered a load of pram arts to the continent. It was Parcel force and insured, took 48 hours. I think I went through parcel2ship as a broker, definitely NOT parcel2go.

so glad you got your fees back. Send to confirmed address with online proof of delivery. I guess it could be pricey with a courier?

Think it's going to be about £70.

Why not parcel2go Hermione?

Stupid parcel2go (long story short) were the brokers I used in 2010 to ship a Jane car seat via HDNL (as was). Car seat lost HDNL confirmed loss with a month parcel bastards took 3 months to refund and argued every which way! Bastards

God, that's awful OP!
Why oh why do people bit on an item and then do this?
I've been shopping (never selling) on Ebay for years and years. Always had great sellers - really fantastic - and no bad experiences. I really feel for sellers as it seems Ebay does not support you as they should.

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