How would you reply to this seller?

pinkfluffybabe

kriss_boy wrote:

Winning an auction is hardly a contract.

Is that why when you click on the button to bid it says next to it 'you are entering a contract to purchase this item', or some such?

I find your atttitude strange, we have all sold things at less than we wanted to due to starting too low and it being a quiet week or whatever. The difference between a good seller and a bad one, is that a good one wouldnt try to wriggle out of the deal by lying when they realised they weren't getting the price they wanted.

The OPs seller deserves to be negged, and hopefully investigated by ebay for this ridiculous practice that isn't in the spirit of an auction site.

dougk_2

newmoneysaver wrote:

. We all know you can't reserve for less than £50, so he is lying.

I didn't ! I have a feedback rating of over 400 and have used ebay since 2002! I thought it was £20 reserve (i am sure it used to be). I don't know why you can't set a reserve at any price you like, does it really matter????

I do agree however if you want £20 for it, list it starting at £20 but then the listing fee is a lot higher - again a listing fee should really be the same regardless of the value as ebay mkakes a % of the final fee anyway so makes more on higher priced items.

kriss_boy

movieman wrote:

If they're worth 1000, why start at 99p?

99p is in the cheapest listing fee bracket.

The guitars I sell attract a lot of fraud. My mum sells antiques and out of 200 has yet to have had a single nonpaying bidder.. whereas i get kids bidding on my items then backing out cos their parents wont pay for the items.. happens all the time... or jus people who cant even speak english...

tomstickland

kriss_boy wrote:

I know what your saying.. you won fair and square, but there comes a point where youd rather keep the damn item than sell it for peanuts. And at the end of the day when so many buyers constantly fail to pay or demand refunds why shouldnt sellers be allowed to cancel the deals too?

I sell far more items on Ebay than I buy and it's up to me to list items at the minimum price that I'll accept them for, or at least pull the auction before the last 12 hours if I'm really dissapointed with the price, not after the auction has finished.

Do the decent thing and say tut tut but that’s all. No good will come of leaving him negative feedback, infact itll mean he wont leave you postitive.

The seller should do the decent thing.

Say what you want but youll never see him again and no one really cares about feedback anyway so why not jus offer to both leave each other positive and say no more about it.

I care; I read feedback ratings for bidders and people I'm buying off. An occasional negative is not a problem, but the way they deal with problems speaks volumes about their attitude.

rachel123_2

I thought the lowest reserve you could put on an item was £50? Perhaps it didn't work because they put down £20? It does actually state this in the reserve box - 'reserves have to be £50 or more' (or something to that effect). Seems like an honest error.

frivolous_fay

rachel123 wrote:

I thought the lowest reserve you could put on an item was £50? Perhaps it didn't work because they put down £20? It does actually state this in the reserve box - 'reserves have to be £50 or more' (or something to that effect). Seems like an honest error.

Have another read of the thread

There's no way he could have thought he was adding a £50 reserve, because, as you say, it isn't possible.

zappahey

pinkfluffybabe wrote:

Is that why when you click on the button to bid it says next to it 'you are entering a contract to purchase this item', or some such?

eBay really wants you to think it's a contract but saying it's so don't make it so.

culpepper

I think the OP's seller was wrong to put the bike screen up for 99p and was lucky to get the bid he did. My OH would have been a happy bunny to buy a bike screen for such a low amount and disgusted if he had received that email.
If you wish to be dealt with honestly on ebay,you have to deal with others honestly. It isn't about keeping one ahead of the baddies who are all around you ,by being a baddy yourself .
Imagine if you went into a car showroom and pointed at the car you wanted to the salesman and he said 'oh the price on that car is just for tempting you in, its actually 100 times what it says on the sign ,surely you arent stupid enough to have thought it was a serious price'!!

pinkfluffybabe

zappahey wrote:

eBay really wants you to think it's a contract but saying it's so don't make it so.

Contract or not, the decent thing is to sell it for the price it got at auction.

MyUserNamesTaken

Hintza wrote:

Also have a look at his choice language when things don't go right, in his replies to negative feedback. Also look at the feedback he leaves for others he is one of these P+P cost moaners after the event.

I also wonder what the real story is re his luggage carrier that was sold yesterday for £6.50 and is relisted today at a start of £7.50.

If he started his auction at £5 he decided his start price and it was not a mistake. Get your money back and neg him!!

Did you read his excuse for re-listing the auction?

Re-Listed due to buyer not reading ad correctly !