Thought We'd Left The Eu? It Still Has Its Hooks In Unexpected Places

[barry1010]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11903667/Pensioner-cancelled-sale-tape-recorder-eBay-ordered-pay-buyer-11-600.html

This is a very disappointing decision in my view

[jno]

I was thinking the same as Gromit. Just sell it! But maybe he didn't notice the rule about withdrawing items until too late. Or maybe he found he'd underpriced it a teensy bit and wanted to start over.

[jourdain2]

This is the problem in many ways - we are still not out of the EU, it seems that if you trade with an EU country then EU laws have precedence even if you are trading on your side under UK laws. OK I'm a bit vague about all this and possibly wrong. I do know that it is what is wrong with the Windsor framework.

[JDavis]

Agree with gromit and jno. Story doesn't seem to make any sense.

[Old_Geezer]

He should go to the UK because the thing he complains of was performed in the UK. That's just common sense. If I want to sue the guy down the road I don't take the complaint to a court in Timbuktu.

[Old_Geezer]

The seller wouldn't notice the rule. He would be trusting that the eBay rules obeyed the law. He ain't going to be checking laws everywhere for something he isn't aware is going to cause an issue.