Hi,
I decided to bid on an item on eBid for the first time to see how it works here compared to the number one auction site. So I looked and looked, then found something for about ten pounds that I could use. I bid on it, and behold, won it immediately because it was "Buy Now". The listing page also stated he had a quarter of a hundred of these items available. I quickly paid for it through PayPal, got a receipt, and eBid showed that I had bid on and won this item.
I waited a week and saw that I had email proclaiming I had won an item and should expect it soon.
The next time I looked, as I thought enough time had passed, I saw that the money was refunded to PayPal. I wonder what went wrong, what did I do? I went to eBid, and looked up the listing. It was still there, and listed me as a winner, and also listed 24 more of the same items that the seller still has in stock. What happened?
I sent a question to the seller, who responded to me by saying that my money was refunded because the item is out of stock!
Just to make sure, I logged out of eBid, and went back to eBid to check and see what the listing looks like when I'm not logged in. Sure enough, the listing is still there over a week later, with me as one of the winners, and still saying 24 of these items are in stock.
I began to wonder, if the seller doesn't want to send me the item because I'm not located in the UK? Whatever the reason, the auction is still up claiming to have 24 of the same items ready to ship under "Buy Now".
So, help me out, please, because this doesn't make total sense.
Does it matter that this seller continues to list an auction claiming to have items in stock, allowing eBidders to potentially bid on or buy now on items that he does not actually have? Does it matter to anyone that it took several days (nearly a week) for the seller to inform me, the bidder / buyer, that I actually am not going to receive anything that the system told me I was supposed to get?
It seems a bit bold that a seller would keep a listing up for items that he may not have had to begin with. As I leave this message, the seller still has the auction up, claiming to have nearly two dozen in stock, yet claims to me personally, to be out of stock.
Finally, is the next step of action for me, the disenfranchised buyer, to now leave "negative feedback" for the seller?