If Item Is Collect In Person Should Buyer Assume They Can Send Courier?

TurkishDelight

I have to admit I was a bad buyer this week *hangs head in shame*.

I messaged a seller to ask if they would (please, please) post or allow me to arrange courier.
No response, and the item only had a few hours to go.
I watched it until sniping time in a dilema, but then I saw that the other bidders were obviously traders, so probably no-where near the seller either.

I bid and won.
Luckily the seller couldn't be nicer, even offered to split the cost of the postage with me (I declined and sent her the full amount plus a few extra quid for packaging).

In my defence I would have agreed to a mutual without a murmur, but I still feel a bit bad for being one of those bidders.

Peter_Lanky

I bought a guitar and amp a couple of weeks ago from somebody who put pick up only in their advert. I wrote a few days before the auction ended, and even suggested a courier to use, and he was happy to use it.

We both benefited in that he had a sale he wouldn't have made with local pick up only, and I got what I wanted at a fair price.

Every case on it's merit I say.

catz747

Oh yes, keith I came across your post yesterday - how rude!!

I came across a post on the ebay boards about someone who sent a sink by buyer arrange courier & it got smashed & they had to refund it - £5 lmao!

Must be my week, someone didn't pay last week & today I discover sellers can't leave a negative to warn others, only a positive :cool: