Item that was supposed to have been cancelled sold, but was already sold locally?

klb4556

klb4556

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I have been a seller for a while, and just sell personal items no longer in use, not a huge deal of experience. But I had cancelled ( or thought I ended the item) and sold the item in a local group, and just tonight logged into my email to find they had sold, but buyer has not yet paid.

I messaged the buyer with a profuse apology and explained to them what happened, do I go ahead and cancel the order now or wait until the buyer responds?

Am I going to be in trouble with ebay for this? what are the penalties here? thanks...
 
#2
You already messaged the buyer so I'd just go ahead and cancel the sale. If this doesn't happen on a regular basis, I don't think you're going to be in trouble with Ebay (at least I have never been for the few times that this happened to me). If buyer hasn't paid yet, I don't think (s)he can leave feedback.
 
#3
You'll get a ding on your account for a cancellation for an "out of stock" item but if it's the only time it happened, it's not a big deal.
 
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BeenBurned said:
You'll get a ding on your account for a cancellation for an "out of stock" item but if it's the only time it happened, it's not a big deal.
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klb4556 said:
Yes, it's the only time. What do you mean by ding. Sorry, not familiar with all the workings of ebay, thanks
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whateve said:
I wouldn't worry too much. One ding doesn't hurt you. It's when you get a lot of dings that they start putting limits on your account.
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A ding is a black mark indicating an infraction, a mistake of some sort that was the fault of the seller.

Unless the violation is extreme, a single ding for an unavailable item rarely results in more than a warning. As long as you don't habitually "sell" items you don't have, you won't have a problem.
 
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thank you all!! it turned out pretty good, the buyer was understanding and agreed that "mistakes happen" and told me to take care, I think all will be okay.

I will admit I panicked because I have never done that before and really hate doing people wrong.
 
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klb4556 said:
thank you all!! it turned out pretty good, the buyer was understanding and agreed that "mistakes happen" and told me to take care, I think all will be okay.

I will admit I panicked because I have never done that before and really hate doing people wrong.
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So glad your buyer was understanding and that it worked out for you. :smile:

I just recently sold a bag; but the buyer hadnt paid yet. The buyer asked if I had the box to go with it and that if I could send it out the same day. As I was looking at the bag, I noticed that I was over-charged $100 for this bag. The receipt said one thing and my credit card receipt said another. (I don't know why I never noticed this before.) I contacted the buyer to give me a day to resolve my issue. He wanted it right away as he needed it the next day. He was willing to pay the extra postage.

Well it turns out I resolved my issue within hours. So I contacted my buyer. He told me his wife bought another bag and that they were no longer interested.

So I therefore had to cancel the transaction and the only option i was given was: item out of stock or item damaged. So I chose out of stock so now I have a "ding" lol on my account and because of this I haven't relisted the bag.
 
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klb4556 said:
I have been a seller for a while, and just sell personal items no longer in use, not a huge deal of experience. But I had cancelled ( or thought I ended the item) and sold the item in a local group, and just tonight logged into my email to find they had sold, but buyer has not yet paid.

I messaged the buyer with a profuse apology and explained to them what happened, do I go ahead and cancel the order now or wait until the buyer responds?

Am I going to be in trouble with ebay for this? what are the penalties here? thanks...
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This has happened to me before as well. Every item that was marked "unavailable / Not for Sale" became available for sale. I had to go back through and correct them. It happened again later, resulting in a sale that I had to cancel and get dinged for. And another time my vacation hold on my closet canceled early. Posh has a lot of issues it needs to work out.
 
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