I want item but missed the bidding

paul2louise

I was watching an item but missed the bidding. The item ended with no bids. I asked the seller if it was still available and she confirmed it was. Its starting bid was 99p plus £2 postage. Should I offer the 99p or is that a bit cheeky. Plus if we agree a price, how is the best way to pay for it as i presume we will do this outside of ebay.

thanks

mummyplus3

for protection perhaps agree a price and seller can relist as a buy it now and then you can quickly buy it

texranger

you could always use a snipe site

goofbay
Gixen
ezsniper
bidnapper

are just a few.

this way you place a bid that the seller is not awre of until the last seconds of the auction end, so in your case as their were no bids on the auction if you used a snipe service you would have won this and you dont need to wait for that 2 am auction to end

macfly

mummyplus3 wrote: »

for protection perhaps agree a price and seller can relist as a buy it now and then you can quickly buy it

That's not nesessary. A paypal invoice gives you as much protection without the messing about.

soolin

mummyplus3 wrote: »

for protection perhaps agree a price and seller can relist as a buy it now and then you can quickly buy it

As has been stated there is no additional protection by using ebay- and I doubt whether any seller is going to spend 40p to list a 99p item.

paul2louise

So if i take their email address, offer 99p and make payment thro paypal. Does this sound like best option. But does it cost them to go thro paypal to recieve the money

soolin

paul2louise wrote: »

So if i take their email address, offer 99p and make payment thro paypal. Does this sound like best option. But does it cost them to go thro paypal to recieve the money

Yes it still costs them money, but they will have factored that in to their start price. If they accept the offer don't let them talk you into a gift payment.

paul2louise

soolin wrote: »

Yes it still costs them money, but they will have factored that in to their start price. If they accept the offer don't let them talk you into a gift payment.

whats a gift payment

soolin

paul2louise wrote: »

whats a gift payment

It is a special sort of paypal payment designed for transfers or gifts between people that know each other (paypal explain it much better than that!). It has no buyer protection attached to it- you are basically making a gift of the payment so not to be used for purchases.

JimmyTheWig

I'd ask them to send you an invoice through PayPal. Then you've just got to pay it.