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?

[red_magpie]

Any "agreement" with the seller to split the items and list them separately counted for nothing until the seller had actually done so. If, in the meantime, someone else bid for and the item and won it, that's the end of it.

The seller obviously has to honour the sale, as eBay requires. Being a seller yourself, I'm surprised that you didn't realise this.

[joh-ethe]

i didnt ask to be reprimanded......i'm surprised you are sooo rude!

[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,

[*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.

[61stephenuk]

Nothing you can do,obviously someone else was looking for the same items and saw it before you and bought it and the seller must honour that sale.