Originally Posted by
zazenzach
if the seller no longer has the item, what exactly do you expect to come from this? make the seller go out and buy a brand new brooks and then ship it to OP at a loss? LMAO?
filing a claim might give the guy a strike on his account, doubt it would suspend it, but even if it did. he could just make another account.
waste of time imho. just leave neg feedback.
In theory, when you have a binding deal (which this technically is) a merchant is obligated to do that although it could be a used old brooks saddle. Yes, even if he must lose money on the deal. In practice it doesn't happen often because the buyer isn't actually damaged in a situation like this.
I don't advise doing anything to the seller (I don't advise not to). I would say just this: buy from a reputable site or known merchant to minimize the chances of this happening.