Members strtdv Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I had a phone listed on ebay (Samsung Galaxy S2), and I only offered postage within the UK (for safety reasons I only use tracked/recorded/insured postage for higher value items).Some guy with 1 positive feedback from Russia sniped the auction and now wants me to post it to him. Obviously this isn't going to happen, I've already offered a second chance offer to the next highest bidder who has 300 positive feedback, is in the UK at a PayPal verified address and has already paid for the phone. I've opened a dispute with ebay about it under the grounds that the buyer wants me to post to a country I don't offer postage to, but it looks like it's relying on him admitting that he shouldn't have bid before asking me if I posted to Russia, otherwise I have to pay final value fees on it anyway. Is there any other way I can remove his bid, or am I stuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nerine Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Mojo. Another reason eBay sucks 42 dicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Mojo. Another reason eBay sucks 42 dicks. Yeah looks like I'm going to have to pay final value fees twice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srspud Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 You can cancel the transaction and then Ebay allows you to send a cancel transaction request to the Russian buyer asking him to release you from the commitment. If he agrees then Ebay gives you the fees back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ::fred:: Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 sorry broski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 You can cancel the transaction and then Ebay allows you to send a cancel transaction request to the Russian buyer asking him to release you from the commitment. If he agrees then Ebay gives you the fees back. Yeah I've done that. The problem is that I'm pretty sure it's a scammer so he will probably not agree. I could be wrong though.I've never had a problem like this before, guess I must have been lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretless Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 ebay allows you to choose what countries to block , go into "my ebay" then "account" then site preferences " to shipping preferences then "Exclude shipping locations from your listings" for future auctions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Assy- Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 If he closes the dispute, which he can do, and probably will do, you are required to pay the fees. You should have made the auction invisible to any country but the UK, a seperate setting that Ebay hides from you for this very reason. I had to pay $140 when some dick{censored} from Poland bought my Triple Rectifier. I called Ebay, they literally told me "Even though he broke the auction rules which you selected and then stated again in your ad, you did not hide the auction from outside countries in the settings, therefore you are required to pay the listing fee." Literally nothing they would do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FrostByte Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 I had something similar to this happen a few months ago. I canceled the transaction, dude didn't respond, after 7 days I got a credit for the fees. You have proof that you didn't offer shipping worldwide, ebay will be on your side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members satannica Posted December 11, 2011 Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Any time I want to sell {censored}, I put it up on Gumtree and leave it there till it's sold. If it never sells, I'm happy keeping it, none of my gear is rubbish enough to have a dire need to offload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members strtdv Posted December 11, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2011 Well, the guy ended up agreeing that he was in the wrong and agreed to cancel the transaction, and I got the final value fees cancelled, so happy days. I'll be more careful about who I allow to bid in future though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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