gazumped!

[joh-ethe]

Hi all,

        I saw a listing that had several art items in it. I didnt want them all and asked the seller if he would  split it up and he agreed. I agreed a price and he said he put tem on as buy it now. Well when i went to look at it there was no way for me to pay. However, someone else managed to pay whilst I emailed the gy back....he will now not honour our agreemneet and says thats life and I was too slow which is a lie....ebay shuld have poweres to cancel the transaction amidst the agreement I reached with the seller...what can I do?

[*guinevere*]

That's a shame but unfortunately the seller is in the right.

The other buyer bought it fair and square and the seller doesn't have a valid reason to cancel the transaction and sell to you instead.

If he cancelled he'd have to lie and say 'Out of stock' which would give him an account defect, and he'd also lose his selling fees in the process, and that doesn't include the negative feedback he would get.

It's just one of those things, you weren't fast enough, sorry.