what he said.
Originally Posted By: stephen9666
Originally Posted By: JustinH
When you bid on a car on ebay, and you win it, you need to pay for it in full, otherwise you are a deadbeat bidder.
Ebay keeps track of this, and will terminate your account for doing this a number of times.
I've sold on ebay for 15 years now, so I have filed the deadbeat bidder form several hundred times.
Originally Posted By: cptbarkey
its pretty cut and dry that the winner should pay for and enjoy his new vehicle. he is not covered by ebays purchase protection which is clearly spelled out here:
http://pages.ebay.com/motors/buy/purchase-protection/index.html
since i'm a somewhat nice person who can appreciate grey area situations, you can just be a deadbeat non payer once or twice a year and ebay wont do much against you.
These posts are
wrong, wrong, wrong. These people only have a limited understanding of eBay rules, and the regular rules don't apply in this case. Calling the OP a "deadbeat" is totally out of line.
The OP was completely within the rules when he said "the car's junk, I no longer want it."
Ebay vehicle bids are NON-BINDING. Vehicles are one of the rare categories that are this way. I assume it's specifically aimed at situations like this, where the vehicle turns out to be junk.
Here are the ebay rules:
http://pages.ebay.com/ma/en-us/help/policies/non-binding-bid.html
Quote:
A non-binding bid is a bid that shows a buyer's interest in purchasing an item, but it doesn't create a formal contract between the buyer and the seller.
All bids made in the Real Estate and eBay Motors vehicles categories are considered non-binding.
