Opinions/advice please!

olliesmum

Hi, I am quite new to selling on ebay. I'd like advice/some opinions. A buyer has contacted me regarding a dvd box set I am selling, asking if I would be willing to end the auction now and sell for £20 inc p+p. (Starting price is £15). They say that apparently I can end the auction and re-post as a 'buy it now'. The auction has 4 days left to run and during the course of today, someone else has made a bid below the price that the other person wants to pay. Am I allowed to do what the original buyer has asked? It doesn't feel right since someone else has made a bid in good faith. Also, surely the whole point of ebay is that it is an auction site and this goes against the whole 'highest bidder wins' thing. Maybe I'm just being a bit naive!

emerald_starcat

If there is a bid on it you cannot edit the listing - so you won't be able to put a buy now price. Even if you cancel the bid it still won't let you. I've tried this before!

boystuff163

Hi
You could do what they say but as someone has bid there is obviously interest in it, tell the guy who offered £20 to bid and if he wins alls well!
Seems a bit poor to cancel someones bid and sell to another, personally I would let it run its course, you could get more than the £20!!

olliesmum

Thanks, I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this. I've since checked out the guy's feedback and what he is selling - surprise surprise, he's selling the same dvd box set for a 'buy it now' of 49.99! I think I'll be asking him to take his chances!

emerald_starcat

Add him to your block buyers list - that will p*ss on his bonfire!

boystuff163

Sounds like a del boy, stick your ground and see what you get for it, you were going to be happy with £15 so anything else is a bonus!

cyberbob

A phonecall to the HMRC may annoy him even more. If he's stupid enough to buy on the same account he's selling on I really doubt he will be registered for tax.:D