Performative justice for seller violating policies? | Member To Member Support

surfingmelon04 · 2025-12-29T15:47:15.354000Z

I reported a seller who cancelled an auction I won because the final price was less than he was willing to sell for, and who set the transaction so it appeared I had requested the cancellation. After querying this, I was subject to abuse that I was stupid enough to consider he would sell at the winning price. Our eBay chat logs show his contention that setting a reserve was not an option as then it is no longer free to list the item. I saw previous negative feedback, but have never experienced this before in all my years on eBay so was naive enough not to know this was an action a seller could take. Obviously the guy doesn't understand how no-reserve auctions work, and this is against eBay's policies since he's gaming the system to avoid legitimate charges. I have reported him, but heard nothing and his account is still active. Is there any redress for these idiots beyond my ability to post negative feedback? Will eBay tell me the result of my report? I'm not very bothered about the item, but it leaves a bad taste in the mouth when obvious chancers seem to get away with it, and the law-abiding don't even get a message to say what action's being taken.

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