Greedy eBay Seller Cancels Order At The Last Minute And Relists It With A Higher Price, But The Buyer Doesn’t Let It Slide

Buying stuff on pages like eBay or Amazon, you rarely get to interact with the seller. But texabilly71 did. And it was a nightmare.

The man spotted a vintage jacket he really liked and decided to get it. It was a Carhartt. He was cool with waiting through some inconveniences the seller had to go through before shipping the item as well. But all good things come to an end, including patience.

When the seller started insisting on interacting with him, texabilly71 knew something was up. “He claimed he had been trying to call me and text me because he wanted to talk to me about the order. No such missed calls, voicemails or texts showed up on my phone. It was very odd. My phone was working fine,” he told Bored Panda. “I had calls and texts from other people at the same time. So that all seemed a little odd to me. I’m glad the rest of the exchange happened through eBay so that there was proof he was trying to extort me for more money.”

Greedy eBay Seller Cancels Order At The Last Minute And Relists It With A Higher Price, But The Buyer Doesn't Let It Slide

texabilly71 wanted that particular jacket because he had the same one and it had been stolen on a job the week before. Carhartt had discontinued it, so his only chance to find it was on a third party seller sites.

Greedy eBay Seller Cancels Order At The Last Minute And Relists It With A Higher Price, But The Buyer Doesn't Let It Slide

Image credits: texabilly71

“I haven’t received the other eBay jacket yet but I’m definitely happy that I got it for less but even happier I did not give money to a dishonest and unscrupulous seller,” texabilly71 said.

He also wanted to add that he doesn’t think he did a very good job of defending capitalism. “It gets a bad rep these days, mostly because people either don’t understand what capitalism is or mistake the current system of corporatism/cronyism for capitalism. True capitalism is simply private property, the voluntary exchange of goods and services, as well as fair dealing of contracts. What’s to hate about that?”

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Greedy eBay Seller Cancels Order At The Last Minute And Relists It With A Higher Price, But The Buyer Doesn't Let It Slide

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Hans 4 years ago

Frankly, do not even quarrel about this. Take five minutes to report it to ebay, and if that does not resolve it, take 10 minutes and tell your legal protection insurance (if you are lucky to have one). This is a simple breach of contract and entitles you to compensation pretty much everywhere in the world. It is not worth more than a few minutes attention, though.

18points

John L 4 years ago

I agree. It's like teaching a pig to sing. If he was willing to do it in the first place, using logic will never win out over immorality.

10points

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Scott M 4 years ago

It's worth the call to eBay tech support to report this bad behavior. If a seller cancels an order for shaky reasons that aren't the buyer's fault, they don't get their final value fees back. Sounds like this seller lied about it being the buyer's fault they had to cancel, and probably got a refund on the fees.

5points

Craig Silberman 4 years ago

I listed an antique radio on CraigsList, and it sold within a few hours. Soon thereafter I got emails from people saying "I'll pay you more for it." I would love to have sold it for more, but as I told them, the honorable thing was to sell it to the first person who responded at my asking price. Funny thing: the guy who bought it sent me a check right away, but didn't send anyone for the radio until a few months later.

2points