First of all let me say I haven't frequented ebay in about a year and a half because I have never had a transaction go as it should and ebay just doesn't seem to care.

I just won a bid on a car. When I contacted the seller he decided he wanted $4,200 more than my winning bid.

I did not find this lising until about 2 hours before it was scheduled to end and the listing showed that his reserve had been reduced and it also said that the next bid would meet reserve. I placed a bid and "won".

When I contacted him he said he didn't know how the reserve had gotten dropped that low. He admitted to reducing the reserve, just not to that level.

I used the Live Help button and spent a frustrating 5 minutes while a double talk agent basically said there was nothing that ebay would or could do and I should just tough it out.

Other than the obvious answer of never using eBay does anyone have any constructive advise on how to get him to honor the bid?

 

give him a bad feedback?

 

The Sopranos?

 

I like the Sopranos much better than bad feedback.

How does bad feedback get him to go ahead and deliver?

 

If it's a dealer, paint them black on the internet. Start a blog with your saga. Have people constantly call them until they cave in.

 

I think the most you can do is really leave bad feedback and deal with it. Find another car. I don't think there is a way to "make" the seller sell you the car at the price, other than the threat of bad feedback.

 

yeah only bad feedback can do it. eventhough it's a "contract" when you win you still are at the mercy of the seller good luck.

 

A year and a half ago the police department in the small city I lived in outside of Dallas said they got over 1,000 eBay complaints a month.

These weren't complaints like, "ohh it's not working right" but actual criminal complaints.

There should be some way to make people perform &/or rid the world of the scum. I know, I'll sic Denny Crane on them!!!

 

Bad feedback. If it's a dealer, call the BBB and post a complaint.

 

if that guy refuses to sell you the car all you can really do is leave bad feedback and move on.....

do you have a link?

i have been on ebay since 1997 and have only had 2 bad experiences out of thousands of purchases and sales (mostly purchases).