Got a few things listed on the bay.
Have people forgotten its meant to be an auction site.
Constantly get asked how much etc on pm's
Got this from one buyer
how much are you l@@king for on a buy/now bargain.
I dont' want to sell a bargain I want as much for it as possible hence why its on an auction site.
Rant over lol. I just tell them an expensive price now.
[Edited on 23/9/13 by mikeb]
Just add 'NO BUY IT NOW - AUCTION WILL RUN TO END' on the listing, then you can ignore any stupid requests.
What you have got to remember is that OCCASIONALLY early BIN offers can mean higher prices, as if one person is prepared to spend £100 and the highest
other bidder is only prepared to spend £50, then the higher bidder will only pay just over £50 for it. You have to way up the item and look at past
auctions etc.
[Edited on 23-9-13 by loggyboy]
Having a BIN auction costs more. Lots of people put things up on a 99p starter and then happily cancel if someone offers a decent price. It's not right, it's really annoying for other bidders, but it happens a lot.
I did once get a BIN offer of a cheque for 300quid for an item i valued at about 250 and was expecting to made a large loss on. I said I would leave
it to run for now (6 days left) but if he could get be a cheque in time to cash it before the listing ran out I would sell it to him.
I sold it to him. For what I thought was a more than fair price.
Not all doom and gloom!
Daniel
You lot must be made of money if you are turning it away so freely.
Why not just tell them the price you want for it, sell it and get away without rediculous ebay final value fees?
Or you could wait till the auction ends and run the risk of it ending for less money than you wanted.
The first person to put cash in my hand for what I want to sell it for will always be the one who buys it.
Fair play if they offer a decent amount, but the last 3 I've had want the stuff for a 1/3 of the goign ebay rate for similar stuff.
A friend of mine had a scooter on for £1299 buy it now or offers. He included his mobile number in contacts and one idiot phoned him up asking if he
would take £400 for it, I said did you tell him yes as a deposit
My gripe is Reserves on cars.
One guy was happy that I should travel 250 miles to look at it without letting me know how much he wanted for it ......that was going to happen.
Clearly didn't want to sell it. It didn't reach reserve. And no I didn't ask him after the end of the auction after his shitty reply
.....go swivel.
[Edited on 23/9/13 by Lightning]
Another gripe is "No Reserve !", but a starting price of £X000.00 !
If you will only accept a starting bid of £1000.00, surely that is as good as a having a reserve of £1000.00 ????
It does attract all sorts of idiots !
Regards
Jon
quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Another gripe is "No Reserve !", but a starting price of £X000.00 !
If you will only accept a starting bid of £1000.00, surely that is as good as a having a reserve of £1000.00 ????
It does attract all sorts of idiots !
Regards
Jon
quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Another gripe is "No Reserve !", but a starting price of £X000.00 !
If you will only accept a starting bid of £1000.00, surely that is as good as a having a reserve of £1000.00 ????
It does attract all sorts of idiots !
Regards
Jon
quote:
Originally posted by plentywahalla
quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
Another gripe is "No Reserve !", but a starting price of £X000.00 !
If you will only accept a starting bid of £1000.00, surely that is as good as a having a reserve of £1000.00 ????
It does attract all sorts of idiots !
Regards
Jon
That's the way I always list things because eBay fees for Reserve prices are far more expensive. Your £1000 example would cost £1.30 when set as a starting price, but £5.80 when set as a reserve.
I am not an idiot!