Recourse Against Seller for Cancelled Purchase | Buying

thesuperion · 2023-11-09T05:33:05.955000Z

I recently made a purchase and the following morning the seller messaged me to say that they were cancelling the purchase because (direct message via eBay): "Unfortunately I will have to cancel the sale. I just came back from the post office and the shipment does not go to “larger format letter” (cuz it's in Alberta) ... that would cost me $23 per package.." In this seller's listing he also has the following statement (which I believe is directly against eBay’s rules): "***No sales to new accounts or profiles with low ratings***(no need to buy, the sale will be automatically cancelled)" And finally, when they cancelled the order they gave eBay the following reason: "Issue with buyer's shipping address" I don't quite understand their DM but I interept it that they are saying the federal mail services has special rules for Alberta that isn't allowing them to ship as they had planned? Although I just made about a dozen card purchases coast-to-coast in the last few weeks without issue. Their reason for the cancelled sale is fraudulent and their disclaimer in their description is (as far as I know) discrimination and against eBay’s rules. I assume they were either incompetent with their shipping costs or are enacting their rule-breaking disclaimer from their ad. Either way, I am wondering what the proper recourse would be since it does not appear like I will be able to leave them feedback. Since cancelling my order, they have reposted the auction and raised heir shipping costs from free to $5.

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