ellillowladex":3ffeqyi6 said:This is quite simple - you open the dispute: as item not received, state that the seller has relisted the item and request a refund. Then eBay / PayPal apply a hold to the sellers PayPal account for the original transaction amount. The buyer gets his time to respond and if he hasn't refunded you by the deadline - eBay / PayPal refund you automatically (whether the seller has the funds to cover the amount or not) and recover the money from the sellers payment sources needed to hold a seller account.
As mentioned before the seller will always have to pay regardless of who is at fault! They can then take up their own case with eBay and file a complaint if they feel the buyer is at fault, though naturally you can only do this once the original dispute has been settled. Buyer always win regardless!
^ What he said. I can't believe there is even a debate over this! I would like to see the nature of the replies if the OP had asked whether it was right of him to hold on to a buyer's money after a sale had fallen through on eBay.
Dispute, dispute, dispute...!