e bay issues

[yourdj]

OK, I'm going to chip in here briefly with a little bit of finger wagging at you.

You say 5 year olds can use ebay and it's the users who are the problem, yet you're creating some of the hassle yourself.

The buyer is perfectly within their rights to pay by Paypal and it's you who's wrong by asking for cash on collection. Yes it's really annoying sometimes, but that's the way it is. Ebay have loads of rules and yes it takes some time to read through them, but most of them are sensibly there to protect ebay and both their buyers and sellers. If you can't be bothered to play by the rules then you're a time waster too.

We don't know the details of your listing. Was it stated in the listing you needed it collected within 7 days or did you tell him that afterwards? If you did, then contact your buyer (people have lives and don't always live on the internet) even if you've decided they're a muppet. If you didn't, then why get yourself wound up, just wait for them to arrange collection.

If you can even contact ebay, they're likely to say contact your buyer as a first stage. So why not do that? Or open a dispute, where they give the buyer a chance to resolve it or you can then cancel and get your fees refunded.

As much as I respect Crazy K, I agree with this, but on the same hand Ebay can be tough at times as it does have a lot of muppets.
I find its down to what you are selling, how its listed and good communication, but good you have come on here for advice.

For the sake of 99p I would just chuck out the tow bar if no one wants it on Facebay and the likes.
I would assume it specific to a particular vehicle, which will make it hard to sell. Give the guy a week and then resist on gumtree etc.