Withdraw from the purchase on eBay
Submitting a bid on eBay is generally binding for the bidder. If you remain the highest bidder, the purchase is legally effective. However, you can still withdraw from the purchase under certain conditions. You should know your rights and options, especially if you are frightened by your bid.
You are on the safe side if you have placed a bid on an offer from a commercial dealer. Then you have a right of withdrawal because it is a distance contract. Immediately after you have won your highest bid, eBay will send you a cancellation policy.
eBay is not an auction
- The remark often made by the seller that eBay is an auction to which the law does not grant a right of withdrawal, has meanwhile been rejected by case law. In this case, the knockdown does not take place as in a real auction by an auctioneer, but rather by submitting a highest bid within a period of time.
- You can declare your right of withdrawal without giving any reason.
- The withdrawal period is usually two weeks.
- It is sufficient if you send the revocation in good time within this period, the receipt by the seller does not matter. The beginning of the period for a consignment of goods is the receipt of the delivery.
- Since the period of time is doubtful in the case law, some sellers also grant a right of withdrawal of one month. So check the exact deadline with your seller.
- If you have bid on an offer from a private person or with the exclusion of any warranty, you should check whether there is actually a private sale. You have no right of withdrawal for private sales. Possibly it is a commercial offer in which the provider disguises himself as a private person. If the seller offers similar goods or goods in general in large quantities, he is usually acting commercially. If in doubt, contact eBay directly.
Buying on eBay - you should note the following when withdrawing your consent
If you buy goods on eBay, you have the right of cancellation if you ...
You can only withdraw from the purchase in exceptional cases
- For the rest, you remain bound by your offer and the award you have received. You can from purchase don't just step back. You have no right of withdrawal.
- However, if you are no longer interested in purchasing, you still have the option of contacting the directly To include the seller and to ask him, stating your reasons, in a comprehensible manner, from the sales contract dismiss. If he is not ready to do so, you remain contractually obliged to accept the goods and pay and you cannot withdraw.
- Under certain conditions, you can withdraw your bid in advance, before the end of the auction and the acceptance of the bid.
- Your bid is initially a binding declaration that you can at best contest. You must then be able to rely on an error because, for example, you put the comma incorrectly in the bid amount and you bid an amount that was far too high because you placed the Have misunderstood the description of the article or because the seller deliberately concealed an essential property of the article that determines the purchase or pretends to be wrong Has. In this case, be sure to contact eBay for assistance.
- However, you cannot justify the challenge by stating that you have come to the conclusion that the item is too expensive or that it does not meet your expectations. These are the thoughts you need to think through before you bid.
- If you want to withdraw your bid, use the "Withdrawal of the bid" function and give reasons Your step with comprehensible and best based on the legal requirements Objections.
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