Help please

kate1976

Hi all,

I've just received a message on ebay about one of the items I'm selling, the message reads - Q: If these radios do not sell on your auction, I will contact you with my offer. I will collect radios from you.

I can't understand why he doesn't just bid, any ideas on how I should respond? The item's up for £50 and I'm selling them on behalf of my parents who don't want to sell them for less so any offer he makes which is under £50 will be rejected anyway!

Thanks in advance for any help!

slowen

kate1976 wrote:

Hi all,

I've just received a message on ebay about one of the items I'm selling, the message reads - Q: If these radios do not sell on your auction, I will contact you with my offer. I will collect radios from you.

I can't understand why he doesn't just bid, any ideas on how I should respond? The item's up for £50 and I'm selling them on behalf of my parents who don't want to sell them for less so any offer he makes which is under £50 will be rejected anyway!

Thanks in advance for any help!

Does the person have much feedback and see what the buy previous. I would just tell them if they are interested in the item to bid for them or you could get a price that you would accept and email him and say for example you will sell them for £80 if he wants them. He probably just wants them for cheap

kate1976

Thank you for your reply!

He has feedback of 32 positive 1 negative!

I can only access one item that he's bought and that was a xbox live headset in October!

I think I will do as you say but if he's not willing to go through ebay then I shall ask for payment in cash when he collects instead of paypal!

us,thecat&thedebt

its against ebays rules to buy/sell outside an auction purley for both buyer and seller safety..

you should reply saying you are not willing to sell out of auction as it is against ebay rules ect...

slowen

kate1976 wrote:

Thank you for your reply!

He has feedback of 32 positive 1 negative!

I can only access one item that he's bought and that was a xbox live headset in October!

I think I will do as you say but if he's not willing to go through ebay then I shall ask for payment in cash when he collects instead of paypal!

ebay and paypal are a pain in the @!!!!!! as I sold a PSP for £250 and ebay charged me £9 for selling it and as ebay own paypal it would have been about another £9 so I got the buyer to bring the cash when he picked it up (check for counterfit money)

kate1976

us,thecat&thedebt wrote:

its against ebays rules to buy/sell outside an auction purley for both buyer and seller safety..

you should reply saying you are not willing to sell out of auction as it is against ebay rules ect...

Thanks for that!

highlighter

us,thecat&thedebt wrote:

its against ebays rules to buy/sell outside an auction purley for both buyer and seller safety..

you should reply saying you are not willing to sell out of auction as it is against ebay rules ect...

Only cos' ebay dont get their cut. Kate, if you set out and agree a price (using email or phone) then when they collect, arrange not to be 'home alone' and all should be well

kate1976

Thanks highlighter! I know a few people who have sold outside ebay and the only downside was not receiving the feedback!!