l was bidding on a car, after reading the small print l realised the seller wants to bank the money b4 releasing the car, as we wouldnt be able to pick the car up until the evening he wants us to leave him with the money and pick the car up the next day (hahaha no bloomin chance!), l emailed and said 'and what are the chances of you and the car being there the next day' to which ive had no reply. ive reported him for unreasonable seller demands but how do l retract my bid?
panny, please read the question properly, he will have the cash but wont release the car until it is in the bank, he will have it in his hand, yet wnats me to go home with no car and him keeping the cash
hmmm there seems to be a few people on here that would give some1 a few thousand pounds cash, let them walk away with while u still have no car and then really think they will still b there the next day to give u the keys? what is the problem with handing the car over when ive given him the cash? why do l need to go home then come back the next day?

You have to email the seller and ask them to cancel the bid, it is up to them whether they do it or not.

go back to ebay and look its not hard

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/questions/retract-bid.html


follow this and you will be able to retrct your bid.

s you that sounds unreasonable to me
why should he release the car before he gets the cash?
you could just as easily defraud him!

that is the reason they invented paypal if either side defaults, paypal take the hit!

l think ebay has an escrow option, where they will hold the $ as a neutral party. Check ebay help files, contact customer service. They also buyer/seller forums where you can ask your question and get better feedback than here.

SkyPilot - check your facts. l am not a scammer and escrow is not a con. It is one of the methods recommended by Ebay to protect both the buyer and seller:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/escrow.html

When u place a bid or use ''Buy It Now u enter a binding contract.

It is possible for u to cancel a bid you've placed before the end of an auction, but only in the exceptional circumstances listed below. Please note that the number of times you've retracted a bid is displayed in ur feedback profile.

It is against eBay rules to withdraw from a purchase after the listing has ended. Learn more about what u can do after the end of the listing.

To cancel a bid, fill in the Bid Retraction form. You’ll be asked to provide a reason why you'd like to cancel ur bid. The available reasons are:

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Entered wrong amount
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Seller changed item description
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Cannot contact the seller

he'd have to agree & it sound like hes going to be unreasonable, u can ask him to retract ur bid..to be honest l think youre better of seeing what he says (any reasonable seller would be able to see why ur asking - you'd be mad to leave a stranger with a lot of money.he could be anyone) & if hes unreasonable DO NOT PAY. he can open a dispute but u can argue it, Ebay will probably see that he is a bit dodgy & judge in ur favour (but .even if they dont, buyers can not get bad feedback anymore, just write on his feedback that hes dodgy to let people know)

If you give him cash in hand, he should immediately release the car to you. If you are paying by some sort of check or money order, l do not blame him. l have bought and sold several cars on ebay and l always pay before getting the vehicle, unless l make arrangements to pay at pickup. BTW.Chatterbox is wrong. Ebay does not have any sort of escrow service. That is just something that scammers say when trying to con someone.

That is completely ridiculous. It sounds like a scam. There is a link you can click on to retract your bid and the sooner the better.

You can retract a bid under certain conditions. Go into 'my ebay', then click on the buying section. Look right on the LH edge & run the page right down, after the list of topics it will say more. Click on that & a new page comes up in which u will find the steps to retract ur bid. Click on the bid wrong amount option & ebay will accept that & cancel ur bid.

However, if the auction has ended with u the winner, u cannot retract ur bid.

You can just refuse to pay & take a negative feedback. In theory it is a binding contract, in practice he is not going to sue u as he would have to hang on to the car until the court case & he could not be sure of winning as he has applied unreasonable conditions to the contract.

People default all the time for one reason or another.

Contact the seller and advise him it is strictly cash on delivery, no alternatives, and that the goods will be professionally inspected on receipt. That should put him off