Reply to "Negative Seller Reaction"

autophileMember

According to eBay policy, the seller and buyer are required to follow all terms listed in the auction. The seller is not allowed to add terms after the auction ends, nor to add terms (prior to an auction) that are not made public.

So in this case, first the seller almost didn't sell you the item you won. Had they carried out that threat, they would be in violation of eBay policy, and severely punished! Second, the seller has threatened to renege on future auctions if you win them using a snipe. Unless the seller specifically and publically mentions a no-snipe policy in their auction listing, that seller (if you won using a snipe and seller reneged) would also be in violation of eBay policy, and severely punished!

To put it very bluntly: if a seller lists "no sales to Jews, Arabs, or Indians", eBay policy allows a seller to renege if that term is violated. If the seller did not list that, the seller has broken the contract.

--Rob

10/14/035:57 AM

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