e bay buy it now

[biggs682]

just hit the buy it now button on a nice vintage ladies racer at 99p , seller comes straight back on , saying mistake should have been starting from 99p , now refunded payment and re listed .

i aint happy , have left them neg feedback , ok mistakes happen , but no offer of meeting at an agreed price or such offer

 

[Octet]

Hehe.
Not sure about the law, but surely you can't raise or lower the asking price once it goes public? Otherwise someone could just raise it close to the end to get people to rush in and bid even higher.

 

[DCLane]

It's a contract - if you've paid then let eBay know.

Whilst there may not be much they'll do - eBay has been known to threaten a ban or ban a seller for non-completion.

 

[MattHB]

It's a contract - if you've paid then let eBay know.

Whilst there may not be much they'll do - eBay has been known to threaten a ban or ban a seller for non-completion.

exactly this. report it to ebay and demand the goods. its against ebay terms and conditions to pull out no matter whether youre a seller or a buyer unless both parties agree.

 

[accountantpete]

Sorry but a genuine mistake has been made.

If a shop misses a few 0's off a price in error then the contract is invalid.

Should the shop price something at £250 instead of £300 then it is an error in-house and I would expect to see the contract honoured.

PS I bought a watch for £2.99 which met the same cancellation plea due to error. It finally sold for 99p

 

[MrJamie]

It's easy to make mistakes, i dont see a problem with someone swifty apologising and refunding you, its not like youve incurred any expense. I dont think id have left the negative feedback either, maybe to a big corporation but not to someone trying to sell their bike.

I think online shops and sellers are able to cancel orders and offer a refund. I seem to remember something like Argos pricing a HD TV at £50 rather than taking £50 off and because of moneysavingpikeys people bought out the entire countries stock and then were told no.

 

[Archie_tect]

Beware ebay vultures.... they're up there..... circling.

 

[asterix]

Funny place ebay however I have never seen a buy-it-now as cheap as that! Have only sold a coupla fings on there and it is easy to make mistakes IMO. I wouldn't stand on my rights in a situation like the OP's as i wouldn't like it I was the seller. I guess they meant to start an auction at 99p!

It's a cut-throat world tho'.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Should the shop price something at £250 instead of £300 then it is an error in-house and I would expect to see the contract honoured.

Aren't shops allowed to withdraw an item from sale if it's been marked up incorrectly?

 

[swee'pea99]

It's easy to make mistakes, i dont see a problem with someone swifty apologising and refunding you, its not like youve incurred any expense. I dont think id have left the negative feedback either, maybe to a big corporation but not to someone trying to sell their bike.

That would be my take on it too. It's not like anyone's tried to pull a fast one. I'd grumble a bit to my mates, take it on the chin, and move on.

 

[accountantpete]

Aren't shops allowed to withdraw an item from sale if it's been marked up incorrectly?

If I remember correctly, advertised prices are an invitation to treat so that the contract arises only when the punter pitches up with the goods and the retailer agrees to sell at that price. So - yes in law they can.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_treat

 

[threebikesmcginty]

If I remember correctly, advertised prices are an invitation to treat so that the contract arises only when the punter pitches up with the goods and the retailer agrees to sell at that price. So - yes in law they can.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invitation_to_treat

Had that happen once in bookshop, the seller took the book off me, said the price was wrong and then went and grabbed the other copies off the shelf - the bas!

 

[accountantpete]

Had that happen once in bookshop, the seller took the book off me, said the price was wrong and then went and grabbed the other copies off the top shelf - the bas!

FTFY

 

[Norm]

Aren't shops allowed to withdraw an item from sale if it's been marked up incorrectly?

Yes, IIRC, something about it being an offer for sale, not a binding contract.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Trouble at the pound shop again, Ed?

And they didn't have change for a White fiver the swines, what an absolute shower!