Buyers enter a legal contract under English law when closing a deal on ebay.

[30terrym]

Although the buyer enters a Legal Contract under English Law, and then doesn't pay, Ebay are very weak to carry out harsh sentencing.

Short of taking the buyer to court (which is an expensive undertaking) in my opinion ebay do not take strong enough action.

Protection under Ebay Rules has greatly favoured the buyer over many years. The poor old seller ends up getting a NEGATIVE FEED BACK for no particular reason, which Ebay do nothing about.

To try to get the balance back  someway towards equal, my suggestion is to Ebay that buyers who enter into a contract, and then do not pay up should receive a NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. Perhaps then they might think twice before before pressing the buy button.

30terrym.

[tsmgmd]

The contract to buy is between a buyer and seller.

eBay only provide a platform for the transaction.

So eBay cannot take any legal action as they are neither a buyer or a seller.

If a seller does the correct thing and reports a non payer than can register the fact on the system, but it needs sellers to report the transaction.

A seller could attempt to go through small claims court, but needs to be careful.

You cannot claim a loss for the sale value and then sell the item to someone else..