Timeline for “No returns” policy for private individuals selling items “buy it now” style on eBay
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| Sep 3, 2023 at 12:25 | comment | added | Matsemann | I'd say step 3 is two parts. After seller accepts the offer the contract is formed. When buyer goes to pick up the item is a new step, but then it's too late too change your mind. If buyer's offer is conditional on inspection, it should say so. | |
| Sep 3, 2023 at 6:38 | comment | added | Mark | Does Australia permit selling things in "as-is" condition? For example, I've got an electronic device with a missing power supply, so I can't test it to see if it works: can I sell it "as is", with no guarantee of function? | |
| Sep 3, 2023 at 3:37 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | What if (and I think this is typically the way it works with a 'pickup'): Alice responds to Bob's 2/offer by agreeing to a pickup time/date and marking the listing as "sold"? I would think that step would be a contract, even though the pickup has not taken place yet. | |
| Sep 2, 2023 at 18:05 | comment | added | supercat | What about situations where the seller knows nothing about an item beyond what is disclosed, e.g. someone buys property which contains seller-abandoned items that appear as though they may have some value, and the buyer of the property simply wants to liquidate them. If the person selling the items accurately describes how they acquired them, I wouldn't think they should be required to refund a purchaser if the items are substantially less valuable than they would have appeared. | |
| Sep 2, 2023 at 14:43 | comment | added | Karl Knechtel | It seems that by "illegal" you mean "not legally valid", but my initial interpretation was "Alice commits a crime by writing it". Or what exactly are the consequences of such "unlawful misleading and deceptive conduct"? Does it matter that eBay makes a superseding statement here? | |
| S Sep 2, 2023 at 12:56 | history | suggested | John Omielan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The seller usually doesn't dispatch items to themselves, with it clearly being "buyer" instead based on the context.
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| Sep 2, 2023 at 12:15 | comment | added | Dale M♦ | @Trish Alice is a supplier of goods or services - it doesn’t matter that the supply is not in the nature of a business. | |
| Sep 2, 2023 at 5:43 | comment | added | Trish | Alice is not a company, selling item akin to a flea market. | |
| Sep 2, 2023 at 0:22 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |