Ebay - Help!! (Yet Again!!)

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My friend successfully bid on this trampoline for her little boy. She won it for the bargain price of 99p. Now, the ebayer has said his son jumped on it and broke it (yeah right!) and he can't sell it. Despite having no reserve we think he just didn't want to sell it for 99p. My friend then emailed him and said it didn't matter if it was broken because her techy husband could probably fix it, he said he would deliver it at a cost of £1.00 per mile to save her picking it up, we live approx 25 miles from him, so you do the maths, why start off at 99p (my friend couldn't believe she had won at that price tbh) and not put on a reserve? Having looked at his previous feedback, he has done this once before in 2004. He has left my friend neutral feedback - she has not done his yet - but wants to leave something cutting and to the point - anybody good at this type of thing?

sorry dont know what to say but that is really bad, i sell loads on ebay and would happily sell for 99 if that is what the auction was won at. cant she report him to ebay

Can your friend not pick it up?

Surely the ad covered postal costs? If so, then he committed to sell it at that and she has the right o complain to EBay. If not, then he can impose at will, though I guess there will be some pretty serious negative feedback due here!

DH has on one or two occasions made a loss on the stuff he makes and sells, we now put on a minimum starting price (IME less intimdating than an un specified reserve. If you don't, it's your own hard luck!

Report to ebay. Probably didn't use reserve cos minimum reserve is £50.

This happened to me once over a 99p tumble dryer! We got it in the end.

Thanks for your replies. My friend's dh is going to report him to Ebay. My friend wanted to pick it up and was going to give him £5.00 for it, because she felt 99p was quite mean, but he is hellbent on delivering it.....things are at stalemate now. I wonder if Cod could give a cutting comment for the feedback - LOL

Don't give him £5! Don't!!!! It's his fault!

Tell her to contact him, insist on her picking it up and say she'll report him otherwise. (I'd do it anyways) and get cod to think of feedback

is this it?

the buyer and seller have entered into a legally binding contract.
he HAS to sell it to her for the price, and any postage costs he advertised.

set up a dispute with ebay

Thanks Lunavix. Their has been a few emails back and forth between them, her dh has kept them all and is going to contact ebay. Was it you who was looking for the mini-cooper paddling pool from ELC yonks ago? If so Argos has something similar and the roof comes off.

Yes Suzy thats the one. He has done this once before in November 2004, something sold for £12.50 and he refused to sell the item as he wanted £20 for it!!

So why didn't he start bidding higher?? It's a risk you have to take.