Ebay and Contract Law

What's the position here?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=43121&item=249403
9661&rd=1

I accept this chap is trying to use ebay as a means to advertise (rather
badly IMO) his bike but isn't this against the whole spirit of ebay?

If I were to bid and the vendor cancelled my bid without good reason do I
still have a contract with him?

 

the cont known as sweller says...

Probably, but could you enforce the contract? The worst you could do is
report him to ebay for being a ****.

 

sweller secured a place in history by writing:

No. And you never did.

 

Sounds like he wants to avoid paying seller's fees to me.

 

He's violating their rules:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/listing-circumventing.html

 

As I suspected - as you say he's being rather petty.

I was hoping there was some convoluted legal mechanism that meant I could
end up with a Mk1 LM for £50. Hey, I need a new flywheel for mine...

 

Yes, he's basically looking for a free ad here too.

You might want to check that you're not going to get stung for back tax
as well.

 

Eh?

 

This is clearly in direct contravention of ebay listing rules. Wouldn't it
be a shame if a few people reported it to ebay and the seller lost his
account and his 215 positive (98.6%) rating!


Tony

 

The bike doesn't have any tax, all vehicles now have to have this
declared or you get fined. You might want to check on this, I'm not sure
of the implications now, but best be safe.