eBay problems, resolutions, shenanigans, questions and info (not bike finds)

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I bought something on ebay at a buy it now price. The seller as it turns out was on holiday despite not having updated there profile correctly. Anyway, I get a couple of messages from the seller to say that I can collect from their house mate, but I say no I'll wait till there back. Its a large amount of money and I'll have a long ish trip to get it so if there are any issues I would want to be dealing with the seller, not their house mate. I've waited the 10 days for them to come back from holiday and it's now been 48 hours since their return without any reply to my messages.

I still want the item, is there anything I can do to give them a kick in the arse!

No

I was watching some cranks I wanted and basically totally failed to drop a bid on them at the last minute. They ended at £27 with no bids and have now been re-listed at £70 buy it now! I wonder what my chances would have been of actually receiving them if I’d bid :-)

Sold two seperate items to the same seller using the global shipping program. Does the gsp system require me to post them to the sorting hub thing in two separate parcels? If that makes sense...

I think you might need (or have needed to, if already paid) to do a new invoice with both items on it.

Yes, unless you can see it’s collated as one. There will be two gsp codes and the buyer would technically be able to claim one hasn’t arrived - dick move but it happens!

Same ref codes, but it doesn’t look like the orders been collated, so I imagine they will do the combining when they send it out to him

Bought a Dura Ace R9170 lever off eBay and received it today only to receive a R9120 lever. I double checked the listing to make sure it wasn't my fuck up and see it is definitely listed as R9170 but when I look at the box on the listing it is actually labelled as a R9120.

Reckon eBay would be on my side regarding a return? Listing was incorrect but the picture was right, with zero details in the description.

Here's the listing anyway - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-DURA-ACE-shifter-Right-Hydraulic-Brake-Mechanical-Shifter-R9170/273471774675

I suppose eBay should side with you. Is the lever pictured?

Probably side with you. The listing title is pretty fecking important.

Nah, just the box. I should have checked but will have been on my phone.

Yep, main reason I saw it was because I had R9170 in my saved searches.

Sounds like you received an empty box...... *cough*

100% ebay will support, false listing.

Anyone noticed Ebay sellers putting the item location as within the U.K. but they are actually based in China?

I ordered a bicycle bell for £3. Item location shows as Liverpool on the listing. With 3-5 days delivery. It’s been 8 days.

I just checked my orders page on ebay and the seller has provided a tracking number for Australia post (which doesn’t work).

Also the sellers business address is in China.

The reason I bought from this seller was because he appeared to be in the U.K. so faster delivery. I would of just bought the same bell for 99p from a seller in China if I had known.

pretty sure you can report to ebay for this. I've had it a few times too and if you pull them up on it you get an instant refund as they're still making three times as much out of every customer paying full whack for UK prices.

Will be reporting it to Ebay.

The bell arrived today and I have been sent the wrong size. Advert states its for 31.8mm bars, I have been sent the smaller size.

So a pal - not set up on ebay - just, at the last minute, asks me to bid on some wheels for him so I do and just within his max budget win them.
A closer inspection shows seller with only 83% positive including feedback on fake items (perfume!) but more concerning is that the same wheels (pics and description) sold twice in August (only 8 days apart) and both times based in/around Oxfordshire and one with similarly dodgy (no reason cancellations) seller feedback.
What to do...I haven't paid yet

Cancel it.

Shall I go through the usual, 'polite msg' requesting cancellation or just go with it, potentially take a black mark which eBay may or may not revoke?
Cheers

For the odd cancelling there aren’t really any black marks except a very slight percentage knock behind the scenes. You have to have so many cancelled for an issue to occur

Most useful; have never before so will just cancel and drop seller msg explaining my reasons.
Many thanks

I've never posted anything abroad from ebay but am I right in thinking it's "safer" than using non GSP postal services?