End auction early on buyer's request?

teeb

Hi there. This is my second eBay selling so I'm just getting the hang of it.

As part of 10p listing day I put up a broken iPod photo on a 10 day auction, no reserve or BIN, start price 99p.

Today I get a message asking to buy it for £40, all in.

That sounds like a reasonable price to me [as I've no idea what the item'll eventually total out at], but I'm not sure whether to accept his offer or let the auction run. The potential buyer has only 5 feedbacks [albeit all positive].

What do you suggest I do / say?

Moglex

£40 seems an aweful lot for a broken pod.

Do you know and did you state that repair would be trivial?

I'd steer clear of this. It sounds like prime chargeback material.

frivolous_fay

Is it a 60gb one? They're worth quite a bit and perhaps he can tell the repair fee wouldn't be a lot...?

FloFlo

teeb wrote:

Hi there. This is my second eBay selling so I'm just getting the hang of it.

As part of 10p listing day I put up a broken iPod photo on a 10 day auction, no reserve or BIN, start price 99p.

Today I get a message asking to buy it for £40, all in.

That sounds like a reasonable price to me [as I've no idea what the item'll eventually total out at], but I'm not sure whether to accept his offer or let the auction run. The potential buyer has only 5 feedbacks [albeit all positive].

What do you suggest I do / say?

You could ask for payment by personal cheque or postal order, just say that you can do it for this price only if you don't have to pay paypal fees. Avoids the chance of a chargeback.

teeb

Moglex wrote:

£40 seems an aweful lot for a broken pod.

Do you know and did you state that repair would be trivial?

I'd steer clear of this. It sounds like prime chargeback material.

I don't know what it would take to repair - I'm not an expert on these things. I've tried the basics that Apple suggest and that's it. Other than that, no idea how much time / money it'd take. I certainly didn't say it'd be an easy / trivial repair otherwise I'd repair it myself! Heh.

frivolous_fay wrote:

Is it a 60gb one? They're worth quite a bit and perhaps he can tell the repair fee wouldn't be a lot...?

It's a 30gig one.

smartie1976

A quick search reveals these units on ebay seller between £130-160

I guess it depends what the fault is, and if the guy thinks he can fix it easily.
I recall reading somewhere about how to fix Ipods, so it might be a simple task dependent on the problem (Clickwheel, yeah?).

Personally, I'd let the auction run its course.

One sold on the 8th oct for £41, so maybe this is where he got his price from.

This one >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ipod-Photo-30GB-faulty_W0QQitemZ190041745059QQihZ009QQcategoryZ73839QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem is currently at £30+


Do you feel brave enough to try and fix your clickwheel? May just be the molex connector (can happen if changing the battery)

teeb

smartie1976 wrote:

A quick search reveals these units on ebay seller between £130-160

I guess it depends what the fault is, and if the guy thinks he can fix it easily.
I recall reading somewhere about how to fix Ipods, so it might be a simple task dependent on the problem (Clickwheel, yeah?).

Personally, I'd let the auction run its course.

One sold on the 8th oct for £41, so maybe this is where he got his price from.

This one >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ipod-Photo-30GB-faulty_W0QQitemZ190041745059QQihZ009QQcategoryZ73839QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem is currently at £30+


Do you feel brave enough to try and fix your clickwheel? May just be the molex connector (can happen if changing the battery)

I'm getting a bit suspicious - I've had a second question asking for me to end the auction early - in this case, to "suggest a price".

I figure these people think they can repair it - and even if not, the various bits are probably worth something through selling for parts [screen, battery, hard drive, etc].

I think I will let the auction run its course, and tell the two sellers that. [Who knows? Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll bid against each other! ]


edit - I don't know what the fault is exactly. I don't think it's the clickwheel itself. If I have a free couple hours I might open it and make sure every wire is connected properly but other than that I'm stumped.