messages to seller not sent

[arthur-mac]

Has anyone tried sending seller a query and not had it sent? I'm 100 miles away and tried to facilitate collection as I'd be making a special journey on a Buy it now. Previously all message woudl be viewed in both my normal email and messages. Thsi time, no message is seen in my messages and not having a reply from seller, I don't know if they've even got my message? 

Ebay keep kessing about with their site and this really is like throwing a curved ball, or am I missing something?

Thanks in advance. 

[pixiesen2012]

if your message contained contact details or asked the seller for his contact details ebay won't have sent it,

as you are not allowed to exchange contact details before a purchase is made.

[arthur-mac]

ER...Nope. What I said is what i did. Nothing more. Nothing less. "I would like to collect Sunday if that is acceptable" I don't have seller's details. Seller does not have mine. That's what's so puzzling. I've written to Ebay directly for an explanation (Yes, I know. pigs will fly). More significantly, in the past, fi an error was made, Ebay advise that they are blocking etc. That's what makes this odd. No info at all. Ho hum

[pixiesen2012]

you haven't bought the item yet, so ebay would see that message as trying to do an 'off ebay' deal, so the message won't be sent

[arthur-mac]

Now that IS indeed a possibility...As ever, however, truth as ever is stranger than fiction. The message had been sent! Seller was away and didn't respond till after sale had ended (and I was the winner!)...yet still no record of it is showing.
Anyway, thank you all for your input and support.