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?

[pixiesen2012]

sorry, but that's how ebay works,

you should have used the buy it now and then paid for the items

the fact someone else bought them means you didn't use the buy it now option

the seller has to sell to the person who bought through the listing,