eBay bidder asks me to cancel transaction. Should I?

[Rick Lee]

I listed a new Fender Strat loaded pickguard with a BIN price of $120. I have no use for it at all, so I agreed to the $90 offer this guy sent me on Mon. Then he sent me a note that he can't pay until he gets paid on Thurs. No biggie. Now he says it won't fit the blank body he bought and wants me to cancel the transaction. This is what he wrote:

"Dear Rick, I should have researched this further before I bid on it. I am making a custom guitar. I bought the blank Strat body . It is just raw unfinished wood. And I am buying all the parts and putting it together myself. I haven't done this before, so I am a novice. The loaded pickguard that I bought from you, will not fit the blank body. So I am asking you to "Please" cancel this purchase, without any hard feelings. I would be glad to send $10.00 to your paypal account for the inconvenience. Please consider my request. Otherwise I will have a unpaid item strike against my !00% perfect E-bay record. thanks rick. aloha Kerry h."

If it's a blank body, then he can't yet say it won't fit because, well, he hasn't routed the body yet. Assuming he cuts it like any other Strat is cut, it will fit. I'm inclined to play hardball here, though I doubt he'll pay either way. Never had this happen before. What should I do?

[BK911]

Like you said, he probably wont pay anyway. Cancel and move on.

[Seahawk]

Let him out of the deal, take the high road.

I had a guy earlier this year ask out of an FJ-40 deal we had made, one I really wanted.

But he was a good kid with family issues so I moved on.

I think you should as well.

[Danimal16]

Let the deal go. It is not worth your headache.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Let him out of the deal, take the high road.
....

+1....it's the road "less traveled", and you get to meet some fine folks along the way

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by KC911

+1....it's the road "less traveled", and you get to meet some fine folks along the way

Yup. Think of it as a deposit in the good karma bank.

[Jim Richards]

Yep, life's too short. Cancel the deal and put it behind you.

[kanadary]

there's not much you can do but if you want you can leave negative feedback so others are aware of flakey buyers.

[jyl]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

I'm inclined to play hardball here

Why?

[VaSteve]

RL, he bit off more than he can chew as a new builder and probably doesn't know WTF he's doing. Good for good karma, you've been blessed by the good Karma on ebay lately...

[jrj3rd]

Agree - take the high road. Life is too short to fight these. Also, if I remember correctly didn't you have a case recently with a guitar purchase that you were on the other side asking the seller to adapt?? Karma. He helped you out...pass it on.

[911dean]

I'd let it go, someone else will but it.

[Cajundaddy]

Move on with a gentle reminder that a bid is a contract. Flaky bidders who don't follow through on a purchase soon become ebay pariah with tons of negative feedback.

[RANDY P]

$10 bucks, at least he's honorable about it. Not big enough $$$ deal to be a dick about it.

Let him out.

rjp

[Rick Lee]

My eBay rating is 367 and with only one neutral feedback. This guy's rating is 560. I'd think he'd know better. But I'll take his $10.

[jyl]

Since you are the seller, you are unable to leave negative or neutral feedback for him - correct? So you take the risk of him leaving such for you, just to get $10? In addition to being kind of mean-spirited, I think it is unwise.

Edit: oh, wait. If there is no transaction then maybe no feedback can be left by either. Never mind.

[Noah930]

Let it go. This is not a fight worth fighting.

[kanadary]

Not sure being the seller what the deal is but I was able to leave neg feedback with a seller who put a sigma 120-300 os lens on ebay and I won only to have him backout within a minute of closing. It was an ebay store so it wasn't like he changed his mind and wanted to keep the lens. I won it for 1.2k and that lens normally goes for about 2k. I think he cancelled cause he didn't put in a reserve and there just wasn't enough activity on his item

[Rick Lee]

That happened to me with a guitar I sniped for half its value. Seller closed his eBay account before I could leave neg fdbck.

[wdfifteen]

Is there any downside to not leaving feedback if you are a seller? I sold a few small things last month, my first activity in over a year, and didn't bother. I don't see the point of leaving feedback if you are told what to say.