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[Bowlers Name Please]

Sorry for reposting this again but I couldn't find my original post on this topic.

I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience / could give advice on the following..

I sold a bat on eBay back in February to someone who it turns out is playing in Australia.  He gave me an address of a 'friend' in the UK to send to so he could hold onto it until he was back in July.  I did this but the bat was returned around 10 days later as it was never collected from Parcelforce's depot.  I immediately contacted the buyer to advise of this.  He was a bit confused why this had happened and advised over a month ago that he would arrange to send me another address in the UK for me to send it to at extra cost to him. This was after he refused my offer to send it to Australia. As of now I've still not heard back from the buyer even after offering to hold onto the bat until he is back in the UK in July and after sending several chase messages etc.  eBay help were far from helpful as I don't think they could fully grasp the situation so I'm wondering where do I stand in reselling this without offering a refund now due to the time that has elapsed / lack of contact from the buyer.  I've given him several options to hold onto it etc and still not had confirmation so for the time being this is just gathering dust / tempting me to use it for myself.

Any help or advise would be appreciated.

Cheers.

[Vitas Cricket]

Sorry for reposting this again but I couldn't find my original post on this topic.

I was just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience / could give advice on the following..

I sold a bat on eBay back in February to someone who it turns out is playing in Australia.  He gave me an address of a 'friend' in the UK to send to so he could hold onto it until he was back in July.  I did this but the bat was returned around 10 days later as it was never collected from Parcelforce's depot.  I immediately contacted the buyer to advise of this.  He was a bit confused why this had happened and advised over a month ago that he would arrange to send me another address in the UK for me to send it to at extra cost to him. This was after he refused my offer to send it to Australia. As of now I've still not heard back from the buyer even after offering to hold onto the bat until he is back in the UK in July and after sending several chase messages etc.  eBay help were far from helpful as I don't think they could fully grasp the situation so I'm wondering where do I stand in reselling this without offering a refund now due to the time that has elapsed / lack of contact from the buyer.  I've given him several options to hold onto it etc and still not had confirmation so for the time being this is just gathering dust / tempting me to use it for myself.

Any help or advise would be appreciated.

Cheers.

Have had a coupe of scenarios similar to this. It's been well over 18 months since i last heard from someone who left a bat for repair. I've given the bat to a kid i coach.

It's long past the period where he can file a claim through paypal, so speaking from a purely personal viewpoint here (having had enough ebay nightmares on my personal account) i would just keep the money, stop pursuing him and move on with life.

If you have a bit more of a conscience than me, refund him (if even possible, the refund function is disabled after a certain period. DO NOT send him money via any other method than refund or you expose yourself to all sorts of risk) and then move on. Hassle of relisting etc is a pain of course, so perhaps you could deduct some money for the wasted postage, and the hassle of taking so long/having to relist etc.

[tushar sehgal]

Technically its another persons property now that is in your possession. You can sell it but if he came back asking for it what will be your response? Would you refund him his money minus your losses? or would you ask him to go away and keep the money? You don't know what his situation is, as to why he is not responding, so don't make decisions that could hurt you.

What are the UK laws for possesions left with another person? I think some countries are a year and after that the person has officially fore-fietied the item.

[The Palmist]

If you have got your money then just leave the bat in garage and  wait for buyer to make contact.

[Seniorplayer]

You have done the right thing by contacting the buyer once that has been done on more than one occasion My understanding is that you must give the buyer reasonable time to arrange something also when calculating what is reasonable under the circumstances you must take into account that the buyer is out of the UK.

[Manormanic]

why not email him and say that you'll hold it for him until 1st July but that if he has not made arrangements by that point you'll be selling it on.  In case there is ever an argument, say "it cost X - I will be charging you X for every day storage after July 1st". 

[Bowlers Name Please]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I'll try one last message offering to repost or hold onto it until July otherwise I'm probably going to hold onto it for myself.. I'd love to offer a refund as I want to do the 'right thing' but at this moment in time I can't really part with 90 sheets until next month at the earliest.. Frustrating to say the least as its really tempting to use it this season!.

[kal_m]

Or you could send it to me and I would gladly accept it  just kidding.

You did the right thing by shipping it and then informing him of the situation, now it's up to him to take action.