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I would say yes, you are within rights to cancel.
If you're buying a bike and a big fault is not cited in the description then you are being sold a pup. Small issues are to be expected in a project bike but a seized seatpost is pretty major. See also: seized stem, bent/cracked frame, excessive rust.
Also you can arguably haggle over significant damage to parts like missing teeth on chainrings, saddles that turn out to be ripped up, etc.
The most recent issue that caught me out was a seam of rust on a 653 chainstay. After stripping the bike, melting a seized BB out with caustic and then de-rusting the frame, the rust seam was actually a crack right through the stay. Frame written off. So do be thorough and cautious.
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am i within my rights to void the purchase? (i'm going to pay cash on collection)
Fuck the rights, you're not going to hand over cash for a lemon are you? Your ebay feedback score really isn't that important!
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sort of a pre-shenanigans post here...
i'm going to collect an ebay project bike this evening which i suspect may have a stuck seatpost due to the age and condition.
it was a bit of a last minute punt on a zero bids auction so i didn't have time to question the seller beforehand, and the description on the listing was very sparse.
if i go to collect and confirm my suspicions that it is indeed knackered, am i within my rights to void the purchase? (i'm going to pay cash on collection)