At least you havent gotten burned for $500 like I have, or at least I hope that you havent.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

The most I've ever got burned for was $20. The guy burned me and like 3 other people right in a row.

Anyway, I have filed an "unpaid item" dispute with ebay. They are supposed to contact him to make it mutual. I also sent him a polite email explaining that I wish to back out of the contract with no neg feedback. I am waiting to hear back.

BTW, when the process is complete we will still be able to leave feedback for each other according to ebay rules.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Ok, just received confirmation from ebay. It is settled. However, this idiot can still leave me a negative feedback. I'll be watching.

Anyway, does anyone want to buy a brand new Garmin automobile GPS unit?

I'm not listing this thing again.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

I'm glad the buyer agreed to your request for mutual withdrawal. It would be nice if he were also not to leave you negative feedback, too.

For future reference, you really want to be sure the buyer is in agreement with you before you initiate an unpaid item process with a request for mutual withdrawal.

The eBay rules are sort of twisted on this. If you ask for mutual withdrawal, and the buyer responds to the dispute, but chooses not to agree to the mutual withdrawal, then you're out of luck - the dispute's closed, you don't get your final value fee refunded, the item isn't eligible for a relisting credit, and the buyer doesn't receive a "strike".

The other way to handle it - and the way to go unless you're pretty sure the buyer is in agreement with you - is to wait the required period of time (7 days), then initiate the unpaid item process without requesting mutual withdrawal. That way, unless the buyer pays, you will get your final value fee back. The buyer and seller can still mutually agree not to complete the transaction, but some of the consequences are different if it's the buyer who makes that request rather than the seller.

As an added bonus, if the buyer chooses not to respond to the dispute at all, then he can still leave a feedback comment, but the rating won't count.

Twisted, eh?

Woah!!
I didn't even know you could sell a Douche Bag on Ebay.. Aren't they only like $5.00 at Walmart, in the womens department, next to the Tampons and Depends?

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