commit to buy

[brg6566]

What is this Ebay con, whereby you click on an item and it automatically says you have committed to buy evem though you have not gone to the checkout basket, or given the opportunity to emove said item from baskek? The help says you can cancel within an hour, which I did after 10 mins and it said too late. 

[corred]

@brg6566 

You cannot win by clicking on an item......you can if you click Buy Now

This sounds like you are using an app...in which case you need to be very careful what you select

The 1 hour is nonsense...........the seller is charged as soon as a liting ends

• There is NO RIGHT OF CANCELLATION on eBay
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• You can ask the seller, but they have already been charged fees & may have lost other potential buyers as a result of your actions so they may not agree
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• If the seller was a UK registered business then you will have the right to return the goods by a tracked service at your own expense for a refund
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• Bidding is a serious matter & changing your mind simply is not grounds to cancel
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• It is likely that the seller will open an unpaid case to get their fees refunded & you would then earn an unpaid strike.......
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• If that happened again within 12 months then many sellers will refuse to deal with you

[brg6566]

The item purchased was a £2 plastic connector and should not be listed as an auction item at all. `The Ebay listing for such an item is misleading. The wording also tells you you can cancel within an hour, which I did, but then am informed this only applies in the US and not the UK. Again misleading. Clearly you work for Ebay and do not see the implications this gives rise to.

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@brg6566

NOBODY on the forums works for eBay.....we are all members like you....personally buying & selling here for 22 years

When reading rules/policies it is important to do so on the site you are using....different countries have different rules

The one you mention for example...applies to the US not UK.......equally there are rules on the UK which do not apply to the USA.....and while on the UK site sellers must accept Paypal....this is not the case on the German site.......consumer law changes from country to country as therefore does eBay policy