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Osem · 25-09-2016, 10:15

I'm not a big Ebay user but in the last few months I've tried to buy an item twice and on both occasions been successful only to receive an email a day later with an excuse for the fact that the item is no longer in stock. The first time it was a bid on a single new item and the second was a 'buy it now' transaction and in this case the seller is still advertising the items and showing 4 as available. On both occasions the sellers offered alternative items which I didn't want.

It's not a major issue, just an annoyance really, but I don't like the idea that sellers are misleading people by showing items which aren't available as still in stock. Is there anything which can be done about this?

25-09-2016, 10:15	#1
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Ebay - advertising unavailable items I'm not a big Ebay user but in the last few months I've tried to buy an item twice and on both occasions been successful only to receive an email a day later with an excuse for the fact that the item is no longer in stock. The first time it was a bid on a single new item and the second was a 'buy it now' transaction and in this case the seller is still advertising the items and showing 4 as available. On both occasions the sellers offered alternative items which I didn't want. It's not a major issue, just an annoyance really, but I don't like the idea that sellers are misleading people by showing items which aren't available as still in stock. Is there anything which can be done about this? Last edited by Osem; 25-09-2016 at 10:31.