The message in the purchase proposal is binding | Selling on eBay

salvatore21m · 2025-01-18T16:57:18.936000Z

Good evening, I’m asking:if you accept a purchase offer, with an attached message in which the potential customer asks for part of an item to be sent in exchange for a big discount on the purchase price, can the seller actually ship only the items requested, or does the original listing still apply and therefore is the seller still obliged to send all the items or to publish a new listing (which in some cases is a bit annoying, since most of the time new photos would have to be taken, and until the buyer pays you’re never completely sure) Or again, if a seller accepts a purchase offer in which they write that the offer is valid only if another item is included, is the seller required to respect it, or can they play dumb, even if the buyer writes it again during the order process. Or again, if the seller himself offers you other items in the purchase offer without relisting, is he required, once the buyer accepts, to ship only the items present in the listing. In other words, for EBAY is it perfectly legitimate to sell only part of an item when a buyer’s intention is clear not to buy, under the stated financial terms, only the part advertised in a listing and the offer extends to multiple items. I’ve been using ebay for many years and honestly I’ve never really asked myself the problem of having to redo a listing for sure, and I’ve completed many purchases this way (to be clear, for items of little value). Or does Ebay protect sellers and buyers in these cases? Have I been at risk of being the victim of scams all this time?

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