Think i got stung on ebay?

ok not 100% but have a read and see what you think.
i am trying to sell my mazda mx5 (i know not the best time of year, but it is if you have tax bill to pay!) the most important thing is its LHD and uk registered, this makes it rare and desiarable to some. its a n reg with 48k on the clock. i listed it last sunday and was amazed when it sold with buy it now for £1500 within 2 minutes!!! however i cant get hold of the buyer. i sent several messages and an invoice and nothing at all so after 4 days i raised an unpaid item case, this takes at least another 4 days before i can claim back the ad fee and the final value fee. so i have lost at least 8 days before i can relist. so no problem in itself just some idiot with no intention of paying. as i cant relist because i have to give the buyer time to pay   ,i did a little research and found that the only other lhd mx5 on ebay is in a garage its 3 years older than mine and twice the milage and TWICE the price!! and by a complete coincidence its less than 5 miles away from where my winning bidder lives!!!.

now i have no proof and it could be a complete fluke but i think if i had a car for sale and some had one better for half the price i wouldnt be happy.

so hopefully i can relist tomorrow (tuesday) and sell the thing but is there anything i could do to stop this happening again, other than no buy it now.

try a classified add..

i guessed that someone "bought it" too get rid of competition.. also don't be fooled when wanting to buy something, another item better condition comes on, the original listing ends with most waiting for the better item, then better item ends early.

Because you have a username.

Check out there profile too, have they got good feedback?

That's the probs on e bay, are you entitled to sue to enforce contract when the time limit for him to pay expires.

Plus you would then ask for all the court costs too.
Bit extreme I guess.
But you don't want to be made a monkey out of.
Plus if the seller of the other car may have another e bay account, with a friend etc. So he may sell his for more money and then use the money to buy yours and then re sell it making a profit?

Or am I getting carried away again lol.

they have a feedback of 10 and 100% most for buying cars (none are for sale at the garage though).

couldnt give a monkeys what he does with my car i priced it cheap to sell for the minimum i would take dont need the hassle just want rid.

You can ban them from buying or bidding on your products at least he cant do it again the problem with ebay you cant leave non paying members negative feedback so it leaves them free to carry on doing it

If it is a scam, its an unusual one because they either 'trash' an account, or have multiple ones.

The other possibility is they've hacked another account and hijacked it, but if they have, its sheer chance they hacked one with an address less than 5 miles away…..

Use the eBay facility to report an unpaid bidder if they never pay etc, and they'll at least be able to mark the account as an unpaid buyer. If its a friend's account that got used, he'll now think twice about letting his mate abuse it?

Because of new eBay you have to put your full post code on the details make sure your Mazda doesn't get damaged or even worse stolen now this bloke has your details.
Good luck with the sale
Let us know how you get on!

Azza

Paul_c's right, register the dispute with ebay and they'll mark them as a non-payer. I've had it happen to me and it's frustrating to say the least.