Cancel order and leave negative feedback?

[3narf]

I thought I sold my car yesterday. It turned out the buyer just wanted to come and look & test drive it. He got funny when I took issue with this, and told me to sell it to someone else.

I had 1200 views and 100 watching and now I have to readvertise it, so I'm less than impressed. I can't relist it unless I cancel the order and if I do I won't be able to leave negative feedback for this timewaster. 

If I don't cancel the order, and just start a new listing, I'll get charged a fee for selling it the first time! 

What should I do?

[tressygirl]

Surely,   buying a car you would accept the buyer would wish to inspect it fully,  and test drive it,  and not just buy it on looks alone?

I'm afraid if the buyer was not allowed to do the above,  then he would be in his rights to walk away and not pay ,  without having done that all important test drive.

Yes,  lsiting fees for cars are not refundable.  If you list it again,  you pay the listing fee again.  Same as you woul if you advertised it in a local paper ,  and someone came to inspect your car,   and changed their mind about buying,  the paper would not refund you your advertising fee.

[3narf]

You don't win an auction then ask to view and test drive. It was on for 10 days, plenty of time to view and make a decision. He didn't come at all, got funny as soon as I pointed this out.

Anyway, I'm not asking for comments about who is in the right, I know I am.

[pixiesen2012]

except you are not in the right, as on ebay people cannot view first!

[tressygirl]

Those are the rules here on eBay, on all collection items, the buyer first ' buys' the item, that way eBay get their seller fee, then the buyer comes and inspects, they are then in full rights after inspection to walk away and not pay, and seller send a cancellation request to retrieve seller fees, as explained above listing fees are non refundable.

That is how it has to be because there is no way later to enforce a buyer to go home press that Buy it Now button, which is when eBay get their fees, and not when the buyer pays you.

@3narf 

[3narf]

I never said at any point that the 'buyer' wasn't allowed to inspect and test drive.

[pixiesen2012]

I think you did:-

It turned out the buyer just wanted to come and look & test drive it. He got funny when I took issue with this, and told me to sell it to someone else.