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Buy it now help

onejontwo
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Help please on how to offer a BIN price to an interested party. Going off e-bay instructions if I offer an item to a buyer at an agreed price , I have to ask the member to place a bid at the agreed price, then "End my listing early and sell to the high bidder"
The problem I have is that the bidder can't offer an agreed bid only a maximum bid, so the amount bidded will be far away from the agreed price!
How do I get around this? Thanks in anticipation.
The problem I have is that the bidder can't offer an agreed bid only a maximum bid, so the amount bidded will be far away from the agreed price!
How do I get around this? Thanks in anticipation.
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If there are no other bidders you can add a BIN price to your auction fairly easily.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0
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If there is a bid on the item how do I get around the problem?0
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I had this problem not too long ago. I already had a bid on the item, however, somebody asked for a BIN price which I gave. If you go into Ebay and then look in the 'help topics' section it should show you a way to do this. I do believe, in my instance, that the winning bidder was also the person who asked for a BIN price as she wanted it in time for Christmas. I ended it early and then made up the difference between her bid and the BIN price in the P&P section.
Having written all this I've realised that this may not help if the current wining bidder is not the person who wants to BIN! However, look on the 'help topics' section in Ebay - I found it useful.It's wouldn't have not wouldn't of, shouldn't have not shouldn't of and couldn't have not couldn't of. Geddit?0 -
Thanks Birdy 12, but the help section just advises as i've written in the 1st post. The interested party has agreed a price but I cannot see how they can bid that amount as it accepts your maximum bid, but will only bid in stages.
The only other way I can think of is ending it early then putting the item on with a BIN price, but if the interested party doesn't bid then I will have to let the auction run again!
Surely there must be some way of letting them bid the agreed price 1st , me accepting the price, then ending the auction early? Any ideas?0 -
You are right in that, if you a listing early and offer it to the highest bidder, you will only achieve the 'next stage' amount as opposed to the BIN price that you have quoted. But you can get round this. As per my previous post, make sure that the bidder is the highest bidder then end the listing early (with the option to sell to the highest bidder) then, when you send them an invoice, adjust the P&P price to reflect the difference between the winning price and the BIN price (not forgetting you original P&P too!).
There may be a different way, I don't know, but it worked for me. The invoice will still show the amount you want in total, however, the 'item' price and 'p&p' price will look different, that's all.It's wouldn't have not wouldn't of, shouldn't have not shouldn't of and couldn't have not couldn't of. Geddit?0 -
If you've agreed a price and are using paypal then just do it as an off ebay deal and close the auction.
Gives everyone the exact same protection as if it were on ebay.
Simple.Terms & Conditions Apply0 -
Smart_But_Casual wrote: »If you've agreed a price and are using paypal then just do it as an off ebay deal and close the auction.
Gives everyone the exact same protection as if it were on ebay.
Simple.
The buyer is less safe actually.My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
frivolous_fay wrote: »The buyer is less safe actually.
Go on then, tell me how its any different than a standard merchant transaction.Terms & Conditions Apply0 -
Smart_But_Casual wrote: »Go on then, tell me how its any different than a standard merchant transaction.
They don't get to do a SNAD.My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
frivolous_fay wrote: »They don't get to do a SNAD.
Which has no impact on the seller in this case so my advice stands.Terms & Conditions Apply0
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