eBay

hirocksale · ‎12-23-2025

On Sunday I won an auction for a welding machine. I got it for the initial listing price because nobody else bid on it. The seller said he'd send it today but now he claims he "dropped" it getting it ready for shipping and he can't sell it now because it's damaged. It's completely obvious that he just didn't like the results of the auction and he's welching. He has since refunded me against my wishes. Do I have any recourse? Does eBay just let this kind of thing slide now?

mrdutch1001 · ‎12-29-2025

That was Then...this is Now.... and 2025 is NOT 1995!!!

and as you have now learned, that yes trust and honesty can be questioned but it has always been Buyer Beware , although moreso in today's society it is "BEWARE" Everywhere!... and that eBay is a whole different environment these days...

Now having said that, you have no grounds to accuse the seller, you have no proof, you are only one side of the story, so "assuming" anything publicly just shows a lack of knowledge of how to work out said situation, a lack for control of your emotions that has clouded your perspective on the situation...

reallynicestamps · ‎12-29-2025

Oh dear. The first two lines of FB were fine.

Then..... oh dear.

john_koenig99 · ‎12-29-2025

@reallynicestamps wrote:
Oh dear. The first two lines of FB were fine.
Then..... oh dear.

TBH, I've seen worse feedback allowed to remain posted in some other seller profiles. I guess some sellers just don't care about how they are called.

reallynicestamps · ‎12-30-2025

Many buyers don't realize that sellers, particularly those running Best Offers and auctions, read the FeedBack they leave for others.

But no one else does.

mrdutch1001 · ‎12-30-2025

Many of us read FB left for others no matter what, even for those buyers who come to complain/vent in the forums and often sellers will block such buyers based on their vocal activity and/or FB history...