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?

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@3narf 

There is no way for a buyer to arrange to view the car until they hit the buy or win the auction as you cannot exchanr contact detailsprior to sale unless you list as a classified ad

If you close the auction as buyer changed mind you get the 1% refunded BUT by not allowing the buyer to view they might decline the cancellation

[3narf]

Everyone seems to be reading my post as if I wouldn't let the buyer come and view/test drive? Where exactly did I say that?

I merely pointed out that they had won the auction without viewing while it was live, when they cancelled the appointment to view, I asked if they were definitely still coming and to let me know if not (a reasonable request). That's when they got funny and told me to sell it to someone else.

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@3narf

As you stated " It turned out the buyer just wanted to come and look & test drive it."

Until they were the winning bidder they could not do that though.....so at that point it was not appropriate to question their motives......you probably came across as not wanting then to check/test drive before paying

[3narf]

They could have come and viewed. I gave out my phone number to several watchers who asked questions.

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@3narf

Then you have breached eBay rules & may yet face sanction