Quick question, everyone always seems to like spouting various distance selling acts and the likes when people talk about refunds/returns, and how youre entitled to return items.

So, when selling something on ebay, if you state returns not accepted in their returns policy box, is this actually legally binding? Or is it a bit toothless if people have a right, regardless of what you say about returns, to demand a refund?

*note, Im just selling some stuff thats been kicking around for ages, nothing bad had happened yet, but I simply CBA with returns if scummers buy the items, so have stated no returns, and want to be prepared in case anyone tries.

So why do ebay UK have the option to set the listings to "Returns not accepted"? Is there maybe something in the law which makes the returns regulations not applicable to private sales?

Theres a difference in the law between professional and private sales. HOWEVER, I dont know the ins and outs of it.

A quick summary that Ive found (which at least backs up what I thought):
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/consumer-rights-refunds-exchange#second

Good to know. So basically if whoever buys these trousers wants to return them as being the wrong size, unless I said they were a small and theyre a large, they can get stuffed

Problem is that things sold over the web cannot be sold as seen, they have to be sold as described or pictured.

Also buyers and sellers have the power of the site to deal with.