ebay situation.

[Cheech]

So i had a guitar pedal for sale... 1 bidder bid on it, and I'm positive that he regretted it, and rather than emailing me telling me that he changed his mind (which I would respect ), he made a new "fake" account to outbid his bid. The new account won the auction, and no surprise to anyone, I haven't heard from him.
Is there anything I can do about it? Should I even bother filing a complaint?

[msjinkzd]

You can file a dispute I believe and also relist with no additional fees.

[snoopy65]

In order to get your listing fees back, you have to file a complaint. The complaint system also gives that buyer a strike which helps prevent this person from doing it again to someone else.

[coach_z]

file the complaint to get your fees back.

[Cheech]

complaint filed. Thanks guys.

All he had to do was send me a message saying how he changed his mind about the item . No biggy.

[Reefscape]

Make sure in the complaint you let them know about the additional ebay account he used....

[dixienut]

if usung a different account he will be bannished,.. both accounts,.. also if he had a low number of previous bids you can adjust your sale to a certian number of feedbacks,.. or banish that id-ids from all your further sales,..

also leave him feedback to help other people who have stuff on sale,..

[Cheech]

would Ebay know that he created a new account?

The reason i know he backed out was because this new member made the account days ago, and bid higher than the first guy, when there was a listing for the same pedal at a lower price.

The old member has 250 pos. feedback. new one has none. This bidding ended friday afternoon... I know we're only tuesday, but I knew the old member tried to get out of it as soon as I saw that a new member outbid him.



I'll let you know what Ebay says when they reply

[DeeSeven]

would Ebay know that he created a new account?

ebay watches ips VERY closely...When I use my 3 home pcs every now and then I get an email from ebay to confirm my information..just bring it to their attention they'll act very fast and usually ban him

[froglover007]

What a jerk. Good thing ebay will fix it.