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Can a prospective buyer try an article before they buy?
How?
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Can a prospective buyer try an article before they buy?
How?
red_magpie
Mentor4 months agoBuyers used to be able to try articles before buying, but so many buyers and sellers then completed the sale privately to evade paying eBay's fees that this practice was outlawed. Members are no longer even allowed to give any contact details until after the item has been sold and paid for.
The only alternative today is for the buyer to buy the item, then ask the seller to cancel the sale and refund them if it's not what they wanted. As the saying goes, what could possibly go wrong with this?
wilson_two_sheds
OP4 months agoSent from my iPad
john1297576
Mentor4 months agoNo. Has to be bought and paid for before you can exchange addresses.
Bit of a pain but then can try and if not suitable, you cancel sale which generates a refund.
All designed by ebay to stop off ebay sales.
If however it is a vehicle then use a classified ad. but listing fee is paid up front and not refundable, but no selling fee.