What do you think to this, a seller messaged me to say I was second highest bidder and t

[affo1959]

A seller messaged me to say i was the second highest bidder and the high bidder had pulled out and did i want the coin for £758, i thought about it for a while and decided i did, after messaging back and forth for over 2 hours the seller said ive put it on buy it now for you, click on and buy it, before i could someone else did and bought it,  asked the seller what had happened, he said sorry regards, i asked him to sort it he said he couldnt do anything about it as the buyer bought it in good faith end of matter, he could have emailed the other person, if he was a decent person he would have done something about it, completely wasted 2 to 3 hrs of my time at work, i think it stinks he can treat people like that,  id be interested in other peoples views   regards  michael

[john1297576]

I am afraid that both you and the seller need to learn about how ebay works.

All he had to do was make a Second Chance Offer to you as the underbidder. No one else could possibly have jumped in as it would be exclusively for you.

[affo1959]

wish id known that, the seller has sold 2300 items, a constructive answer john

[*guinevere*]

The other bidder was probably watching the coin and jumped on it quick when he saw it advertised as BIN.

The seller hasn't done anything wrong, his intentions would have been good.

Once the other buyer bought the coin the seller would have paid ebay and Paypal fees on the item.

The seller would not have a valid reason to cancel the sale, and if he had decided to cancel he would have most likely have got a nehative feedback.

[mustavaquid]

"completely wasted 2 to 3 hrs of my time at work," Does your boss know? 🙂

[geosacha007]

Your seller is a decent person.  He has honoured a legitimate sale on ebay as he is requred to do. 

Once someone else bought it he could not do anything else. He certainly would not be allowed under ebay rules to email the legitimate buyer and tell them he was cancelling in order to sell to someone else.