Bidder for 'collection only' item is pressing for courier collection

[cellotone]

My husband and I have a large amount of camping equipment for sale for which he has made a listing on his account.  As a private seller, it is far too big to package up safely for courier delivery so it is listed as collection only.  A prospective purchaser (who also happens to be from overseas but seems to have a base in the UK  some 300 miles from us) has communicated several times to ask if it can be delivered and each time my husband has politely told him that we are not in a position to do that and that it must be collected.  He has now made a large bid and is still being persistent in asking for it to be delivered and saying that he will send a courier.  We really cannot contemplate delivery and even if he sends a courier, can't pack it up or ensure it will be safely delivered, have no intention of agreeing to that and are unhappy about being pressured like this.  The listing still has a few days to run but if he ends up being the highest bidder, where does my husband stand? 

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

cancel his bids here:-

Cancel Bids on Your Listing

then put his ID on your blocked list here:-

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?BidderBlockLogin

[cellotone · Accepted solution]

Thanks - would he then be able to give adverse feeback?

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

you need to do this before the listing ends, he can't give you feedback if he can't buy the item

[cellotone · Accepted solution]

Thanks very much for your prompt advice. And then, after the bids are cancelled, do you know what happens to other people's bids which might have been raised by those bids before they were cancelled?

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

the bids drop back to the level they were at before he bid

[pixiesen2012 · Accepted solution]

if he isn't the highest bidder leave his bids where they are but put his ID on your blocked list so he can't make any more

[61stephenuk]

I can't see you have anything for sale unless it's another account,but if you don't want to sell to him cancel his bids and place him on blocked list to prevent anymore.

[cellotone]

Thanks, it's on my husband's account. If he was to cancel his bids, would this be shown in future feedback?

[pixiesen2012]

cancel the bids now, before the lising ends, he can't leave feedback if he doesn't buy the item