A first for everything. 20 year ebay member here and this has never happened.
Seller had a standard auction that ran to conclusion. Forty-some bids. I was successful.
The final price was a couple of hundred dollars under market (a camera system) and he refused to complete the transaction. He told me not to pay (I have his note in my messages), so I did not.
I was annoyed, but that's life. Some people are honest, some are not. The challenge I have now is that the seller won't cancel the transaction -- he won't respond to me at all. And the item is sitting in my cart and I am getting pinged by eBay for payment.
The system won't let me cancel because the auction ended and I have committed to buy. I can't even open a dispute - the system keeps coming back to "pay first." I'm not about to send money, of course.
What should I do? Just let it sit in my cart? Will it ever disappear? Will eBay ever help?
Thanks!
