Won aution for 43 chairs now seller says the price was per chair!

cyberbob

Maysie wrote: »

Why not report the listing for fee avoidance it will most likely be pulled so not worries about a non payment strike. The report button is on the listing.

Thats a little extreme its obvious its a mistake by the people listing (they are a new seller) and the OP in missing that line in the listing.

Just explain to them that they listed incorrectly and it wasn't totally clear but your willing to cancel the sale if they wish

discountmummy

just a quick note to say thanks for everyones input -x-

TurkishDelight

Minxy_Bella wrote: »

I don't believe that they bought each chair for £515!! That's ridiculous!

That was my first thought.

How? :eek:
I mean they're probably lovely chairs, but it's still some bits of wood and a little fabric at the end of the day.

Maysie

RFW wrote: »

"Cabinet table" is just misleading, is it a cabinet or a table?;)

Regarding the listing, I think it is fairly clear, looks like they are new at listing and didn't make it clear enough rather than anything else, its a fairly rookie mistake.

The 'number of items per lot' bit seems to have disappeared from anywhere useful on the listings these days, but don't get me started on that one!

Displaying the quantity of multiple items

If you have more than 10 of the same item to sell, you can choose to show the quantity available as “more than 10”, or show the actual number of items available.



To select whether to show the exact number of items:

• Go to My eBay.
  
• Click the Account tab, and then click the Site Preferences link in the left navigation.
  
• Under Selling Preferences, click the Show button next to Sell Your Item form and listings.
  
• Click the Edit button next to Show the exact quantity of items in your listing if the quantity exceeds 10.
  
• Select either:
  
  • Display “More than 10 available” in your listing (if applicable)
    
  • Display the exact quantity in your listing
    
• Click the Submit button.
  

There it is and right convoluted it is to.

pinkshoes

Actually, I think this is quite ambiguous, the more I look at it...

Initially, I though it was obvious it was for 1 chair, but having read the advert several times, it does say "Chairs" (plural) in the title, and mentions they have 43 available for sale. On top of that, when there's several for sale, the auction would say "10 or more...", allowing you to buy more than one, but it doesn't.

I'd phone ebay and see what they say (perhaps to avoid a non paying buyer strike if you don't want just the one), but there will be no way that they'll sell you all 43 for that price!

Sagz_2

OP, I also work for a charity and was lucky enough to get around 30 meeting room chairs from here a while back:
http://www.wantdontwant.com/charity/index.cfm

http://www.wantdontwant.com/charity/index.cfm?pg=ads&subcategoryid=48&charityid=499

TurkishDelight

pinkshoes wrote: »

Actually, I think this is quite ambiguous, the more I look at it...

Initially, I though it was obvious it was for 1 chair, but having read the advert several times, it does say "Chairs" (plural) in the title, and mentions they have 43 available for sale. On top of that, when there's several for sale, the auction would say "10 or more...", allowing you to buy more than one, but it doesn't.

I'd phone ebay and see what they say (perhaps to avoid a non paying buyer strike if you don't want just the one), but there will be no way that they'll sell you all 43 for that price!

They quietly did away with dutch auctions a while back, so the only multiples are buy it nows.

I think it's a new seller who is either confused or trying it on. Either way it does leave some room for doubt, so I see where the OP is coming from.

sunnysea83

have to say i find this misleading, it clearly states chairs and i would therefre have assumed it ws for more thn one. the seller could have put this listing is for one chair only but more avaliable etc!

RFW

Maysie wrote: »

Displaying the quantity of multiple items

If you have more than 10 of the same item to sell, you can choose to show the quantity available as “more than 10”, or show the actual number of items available.



To select whether to show the exact number of items:

• Go to My eBay.
• Click the Account tab, and then click the Site Preferences link in the left navigation.
• Under Selling Preferences, click the Show button next to Sell Your Item form and listings.
• Click the Edit button next to Show the exact quantity of items in your listing if the quantity exceeds 10.
• Select either:
  • Display “More than 10 available” in your listing (if applicable)
  • Display the exact quantity in your listing
• Click the Submit button.

There it is and right convoluted it is to.

My point wasn't finding it when listing, its finding it when an item is listed, it used to appear in the sales panel. So if you had 100 of an item listed it would show price per item, but you would only be bidding on all the items. Your example shows how to list more than one item when selling on fixed price, I was referring to more than one item per lot, there's a box for each on the sell your item form, they are default set to 1.

macfly

Folks, it's only misleading if you just read the title, but who does that? If they had put "chairs" in the title and then "we have one chair for sale" would you expect them to go out and find some more?
It clearly states priced for individual sale. Not ambiguous at all.