Made the dreaded error of leaving price on item!!

Hintza

Sold an item for £60 the other day but left the £29.99 sticker on it.........arghh!!!

Buyer contacts me and ask me to explain before he leaves feedback...yikes!!

I just calmy explained that I had cleared out a retailer of some old stock and forgotten to remove sticker. Was dreading buyer posting my price paid in feedback as I still have quite a few to shift. Fortunately very nice feedback was left....pwhew!!

quietheart

Glad it worked out for you. Personally I don't think the buyer could leave anything other than positive feedback, they decide what they want to pay for an item. Sellers are obviously there to make a profit so that's just the way the cookie crumbles. Good profit though - well done!:T

dodger65

I don't think it matters as long as you didn't put a RRP or similar on your auction description.
I bought an overcoat before xmas 2nd hand. Seller said it had cost £800 new I paid £150 for it. She left the Harrods price tag in the pocket it was about £400 reduced to £250.
Gave her a neutral as I liked the coat.

black-saturn

Its down to the buyer what they pay for the item. They bid what they decide the item is worth to them. So I dont really see what the price tag has to do with it.

Contains_Mild_Peril

A couple of times when I've been browsing in charity shops, I've noticed items with original price labels of less than the chariity shop labels!

Syman

In an auction you agree to pay £X.XX amount for something.

the price of the item initially is irrelevant.

i sold a cd for 70 quid, got it free from a record label manager, should i have give it away! i think not:j

good on the buyer for doing the right thing:T

li'l_p

As the seller, you have done nothing wrong. If someone is prepared to bid £60 for an item that potentially could be bought cheaper elsewhere, than that's their problem. They are at fault for not having researched the market fully.

If I buy a book at retail price and it sells for double, the buyer can't start quibbling that they could have bought it for the RRP ...then why didn't they - they didn't have to buy my item.

People do get carried away on ebay and when you're the seller, it can be a huge bonus. But as a buyer, you really need to investigate whether you could buy the item cheaper brand new, as quite often you can!