Why does eBay allow this?

Jack_

So, I had an item listed as being available to ship in the UK. I wake up this morning and someone from Germany has bought it, I double check to make sure I didn't put EU, and I didn't...

So how do I now go about cancelling the order, without giving the buyer the opportunity to give me negative feedback? Seems a bit stupid I take the flak for someone outside my set shipping zone trying to buy it.

The guy has sent me an invoice for shipping to Germany, so he knew he was on UK eBay bidding for an item I wasn't shipping to his country...

ThePrettyDamned

Because eBay are bumheads 

dano

Had this a few times.


Depending upon size and value of item, what ive done in the past is to send a polite email that the item is UK only and you are reluctant to post to Europe following previous problems of lost in post. Therefore you need to get a quote for international signed and tracked.

When you do provide a quote you can put in a large value to make it not worth their while.

This will allow for an amicable way to resolve.

spark240

dano said:

Had this a few times.


Depending upon size and value of item, what ive done in the past is to send a polite email that the item is UK only and you are reluctant to post to Europe following previous problems of lost in post. Therefore you need to get a quote for international signed and tracked.

When you do provide a quote you can put in a large value to make it not worth their while.

This will allow for an amicable way to resolve.

Do this..

Jack_

It doesn't even make much sense, it's a guitar case, but by the time I add on international shipping, he could go to Thomann and buy one new, so why bother buying mine?

Bleh.

boogieman

I wouldn't even get involved with the guy, just message him and point out you've said it's a UK sale only. 

Jack_

boogieman said:

I wouldn't even get involved with the guy, just message him and point out you've said it's a UK sale only. 

I've already cancelled it and sent a message.

thermionic

I once auctioned an electronic drumkit, which was described as local pickup only for obvious reasons. Imagine my surprise when I found out the winning bidder was from New Jersey!

Unbeknownst to me, my item had been hijacked. All traces of it were quickly deleted by ebay, presumably just after the winning bidder had paypalled the fraudster.

LordOxygen

I hate ebay