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So I just bought a card in an auction on eBay. Pretty sure it sold for much less than the seller had expected it to, but that's the chance you take, right? 

Within a minute or two of the auction being over, the seller canceled the auction with the reasoning that the item is "out of stock or damaged." This is really lame. Is there any way to report this or do anything about it? 

Are you able to leave feedback? That’s about your only recourse 

Last time I left negative feedback the seller sent me a threatening message. Said he knows where I live 

Last time I left negative feedback the seller sent me a threatening message. Said he knows where I live 

I had won 2 auctions from the same seller, years ago. For whatever reason, I was the only bidder on both cards. One was basically a base card, worth not much more than the $1.00 starting bid. The other was a extremely short Serial #'d, autographed Vinny Testaverde buyback card, worth a lot more, than the $1.00 starting bid. When I received the intact, well packaged, padded envelope, and opened it. There was only the base card inside. When I messaged him, about the missing card, his immediate response was, They were both in there, I don't know what happened, I will refund your $1.00. Basically end of story. No recourse.

Most sellers are pretty good, some are excellent, and unfortunately, then there are the skells.

plevin wrote:

So I just bought a card in an auction on eBay. Pretty sure it sold for much less than the seller had expected it to, but that's the chance you take, right? 

Within a minute or two of the auction being over, the seller canceled the auction with the reasoning that the item is "out of stock or damaged." This is really lame. Is there any way to report this or do anything about it? 

I've also had the seller cancel the order. In my case, it was a seller that had something like 8 feedback. After that, I decided not to buy from anyone with so little feedback. I had mixed feelings about that because, you know, if everyone does what I'm doing, no one will ever be able to get started selling, but it just seems like sellers with little feedback are where the trouble generally comes from so I just don't buy from them anymore.

I also had an experienced seller do the same thing but they sent me a message explaining that when they went to get the item to ship it, they couldn't find it and that they were refunding me. I tend to believe that. This guy had a few thousand sales, he communicated, he refunded, and I know things do happen so I didn't sweat it.

I think that if you set a lower limit on the number of feedback a seller has before you will buy from them, you will probably have better luck. Not perfect luck, but better luck.  

It appears I can leave feedback, but have to wait 7 days until I can leave Neutral or negative feedback. 

If they seller had sent me a personal message apologizing for not having the item in stock, that'd be one thing. But there was no communication and the item was immediately canceled after the auction, so I think I'm gonna have to leave negative feedback. This is an experienced seller with 1800 items sold. What a bummer.

I can tell you that he will not be able to do it that much. If you want to stay a top rated seller you can only have I think 5 or so a year that you cancel. They also get 5 revision requests per month so just because the seller has 100% feedback scores doesnt mean they never got bad feedback it just means they definitly have not gotten more then 5 a month.

I have 100% with no revision requests so if someones being a jerk I get a little jerklike back to them because I know that if I have to call EBay seller support they can see my history. The one time I left a neutral feed back the guy responded in my feedback with a bunch of rude things and said seller be ware i wouldnt sell to this guy again. I save up to buy Wander Franco cards sometimes and this was the series 1 big card. He mailed it to me in areally big toploader and the corners were all flat from it sliding around in it, it got to me it was diagonal in there.  If you guys are looking for something I have tell me your in this group and I will take care of you nicely. I only really have newer stuff. I started in 2018 again.  

see you

plus, lots of people that have bad experiences don’t even bother to leave feedback…

i bought a used laptop on ebay, the screen arrived cracked,

the seller blamed ebay shipping & the post office,

ebay blamed the seller & the post office,

& the post office blamed the seller & ebay…