LIGENFELTER
New Member
Are ebay contracts legally binding? I placed a bid on a very expensive item and won. The seller now refuses to sell the item to me. I know what to do as far as ebay is concerned, but I want to know if the seller can legally be forced to sell the item to me. If so, and the seller still refuses to sell, what recourse do I have, if any?
I took the following language from ebays site:
Seller Non-Performance
When a seller lists an item on eBay, and a buyer bids for and wins that item, the seller and buyer have entered into a contract. Both members are expected to honor that contract. In accordance with that contract, the seller may not:
1) Fail to deliver an item for which payment was accepted.
2) Significantly misrepresent an item by not meeting the terms and item description outlined in the listing.
3) Refuse to accept payment for an item at the end of a successful sale.
4) Refuse to accept a buyer's PayPal payment using a credit card if the seller included the PayPal logo in the listing which signifies the seller will accept PayPal payments. Sellers are not permitted to state in their listings that PayPal payments made via credit card will not be accepted.
I took the following language from ebays site:
Seller Non-Performance
When a seller lists an item on eBay, and a buyer bids for and wins that item, the seller and buyer have entered into a contract. Both members are expected to honor that contract. In accordance with that contract, the seller may not:
1) Fail to deliver an item for which payment was accepted.
2) Significantly misrepresent an item by not meeting the terms and item description outlined in the listing.
3) Refuse to accept payment for an item at the end of a successful sale.
4) Refuse to accept a buyer's PayPal payment using a credit card if the seller included the PayPal logo in the listing which signifies the seller will accept PayPal payments. Sellers are not permitted to state in their listings that PayPal payments made via credit card will not be accepted.