Seller credit requests in gunbroker

[ArmedCorgi]

Maybe I'm just being dumb and already know the answer to my question, but I'm new to GB and they have some policies or ways of doing things I'm not used to. So here is the back story:
I won an auction. Paid immediately. Gun arrives, but was not as advertised. Seller agrees to take it back and refund me in full. Gun goes back and I get my refund. A few days later I get a notice that the seller has submitted a credit request for what I assume are listing fees, since the item was returned. I have 5 days to dispute this.

My question is if this is just GB double checking with me to confirm the item was returned Etc. before they (Gunbroker) give the seller his listing fee back? Or is this something I have to dispute otherwise I have to pay the seller for the listing out of my pocket?

 

[dsdmmat]

The seller is trying to recoup his fees from gun broker. I had one do the same thing to me. My situation was different, the seller didn’t actually have the item they were listing. It was an honest mistake on their part the wrong part was in the bin and I never got charged for the item. I wrote what happened in my rebuttal and the seller was denied the refund of fees. I suggest you tell gun broker exactly what happened so they can make sure to make the right decision. It is not going to come out of your pocket.

 

[Karpteach]

IMHO, I don’t think your on the hook for listing fees from GB. I think GB is asking if it was truly returned.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

That's basically what I was thinking. It's just weird because it shows up on my home page as a claim against me.

 

[ArmedCorgi]

The seller is trying to recoup his fees from gun broker. I had one do the same thing to me. My situation was different, the seller didn’t actually have the item they were listing. It was an honest mistake on their part the wrong part was in the bin and I never got charged for the item. I wrote what happened in my rebuttal and the seller was denied the refund of fees. I suggest you tell gun broker exactly what happened so they can make sure to make the right decision. It is not going to come out of your pocket.

In my case, the seller had taken the handgun in on trade. Looking at his fb page and other listings it seems he deals with more modern style guns than what I bought from him. In short, I am giving him the benefit of the doubt that he honestly didn't know what to look for issue wise in a revolver and thought it was in better shape than it actually was. He also didn't give me a hard time about taking the gun back and giving me a refund.
I emailed GB asking what the credit request was and if I had to do anything and I haven't heard back from them yet.
From what I read on their page, unless I dispute this request within 5 days, GB will start to process the seller's request for his fees back.