what to do with saw bought on ebay

[flatyre]

Hey folks I occasionally buy old saws on ebay to fix and sell on, its a hobby thing as much as for the money. I recently won the bidding on a Husky 50 rancher with a duff starter recoil. I actually bought it to keep as a backup, I have a little Husky 36 which kicks about the back of the van for months on end but always starts regardless, saved many a day when the primary saw lay down. Hopefully the 50 is just as reliable.

The listing was collection only but I contacted the seller well before the end of the auction to see if a courier collection was ok, which the seller was happy to accommodate. Unfortunately for him I won the auction with a bid of £5. Since then he has been slow to relay the relevant information for the collection, and very blunt. I emailed him the collection docket and told him it was to be printed off for the driver to scan. He doesn't have a printer or access to one! I contacted the courier who said they would collect anyway on Monday, apparently they didn't turn up, or the next day or any day. When I emailed him regarding the matter he just offered to refund the £5.

Now on one hand i'm thinking of just accepting the refund and being done with it, on the other hand part of me thinks stuff that, he put it up for auction with no reserve, I bid, I won, so give me the damn saw. I might be reading too much into it, but can't help thinking he's pissed off because he didn't get what he wanted for it and is just being awkward to the point where i'll walk away. What to do?

[roys]

Where is he about? maybe someone on the forum is nearby could pick it up and then courier it from there.

[dan494]

He prob doesn't want to let it go for the money. I won a year old ms261 for £200 in the same town as me, took days to get them to answer me when wanted to collect and came back with it was a friends and they sold it without telling them before the auction ended 😡

[IVECOKID]

I sold a Iveco Daily drivers seat expecting it to fetch a few bob ....... It went for 99p and the guy collecting it even asked for the penny change , I stood by my auction and paid the price .

 

 

Ste

[dan494]

I sold a Iveco Daily drivers seat expecting it to fetch a few bob ....... It went for 99p and the guy collecting it even asked for the penny change , I stood by my auction and paid the price .

 

 

Ste

 

 

That's the way to be, this wife sold some curtains a while ago, underestimated the postage and as they only went for 99p lost about a fiver in the deal!

[Aunt Maud]

I'd just forget about it, the guy's obviously a nob and not worth the time.

[stihlmadasever]

Sometimes people on ebay advertise elsewhere,and forget to take the item off ebay when its sold elsewhere.

To be honest it sounds like hes pissed off at the fiver sale and is being a knob about it.

Open a dispute case with ebay,ive done this in the past and got what i paid for.

Good luck mate

[5 shires]

Hey folks I occasionally buy old saws on ebay to fix and sell on, its a hobby thing as much as for the money. I recently won the bidding on a Husky 50 rancher with a duff starter recoil. I actually bought it to keep as a backup, I have a little Husky 36 which kicks about the back of the van for months on end but always starts regardless, saved many a day when the primary saw lay down. Hopefully the 50 is just as reliable.

The listing was collection only but I contacted the seller well before the end of the auction to see if a courier collection was ok, which the seller was happy to accommodate. Unfortunately for him I won the auction with a bid of £5. Since then he has been slow to relay the relevant information for the collection, and very blunt. I emailed him the collection docket and told him it was to be printed off for the driver to scan. He doesn't have a printer or access to one! I contacted the courier who said they would collect anyway on Monday, apparently they didn't turn up, or the next day or any day. When I emailed him regarding the matter he just offered to refund the £5.

Now on one hand i'm thinking of just accepting the refund and being done with it, on the other hand part of me thinks stuff that, he put it up for auction with no reserve, I bid, I won, so give me the damn saw. I might be reading too much into it, but can't help thinking he's pissed off because he didn't get what he wanted for it and is just being awkward to the point where i'll walk away. What to do?

 

You will get loads of different answers and advice....you do what you feel is the right thing and that it won't bug you for the next few weeks if you just leave it...personally I would do what I could to get it...ok only £5 but it's yours you own it,you won the bid fair and square I wouldn't spend to much time or effort trying to sort it..but just to walk away is not the thing to do...only what I would do....and ya he does sound like a knob..more reason not just to leave it.

[Richard 1234]

I'd do the dispute thing you win some you lose some.

He should have put a reserve or a higher start price.

[felixthelogchopper]

Post on here where it is and see if somebody will go and get it for you. The seller is being a nob in the hope that you will give up, most likely because he expected to get much more for it and wants to try elsewhere.