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Do I have to sell?

kevwev_2
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I sold an item on ebay for about £500 but the item is clearly worth over £3k!!
Do I have to sell it or can I just tell him no way I am letting it go for that!
Do I have to sell it or can I just tell him no way I am letting it go for that!
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Firstly no one can force you to sell, but you will probably end up with a justified non performing seller complaint and negative feedback. You will also have lost your FVFs and your listing fees so will be out of pocket anyway.
If it was worth over 3k why didn't you list it properly with a reserve or a better start price? It sold for that much and that is what is is therefore currently worth, it isn't the buyers fault you haven't understood how ebay works.
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no-one can force you to sell an item, but be prepared to receive a negative feedback from the buyer.
You should always start your price at an amount you would be happy to get for it, or otherwise put on a reserve amount.0 -
an ebay auction is a binding contract, you have to sell
thats why there is an option to put a reserve price on, so it wont sell for less than you are prepared to accept for it0 -
If I'm honest, if the item was worth £3k and it sold for £500 I wouldn't let it go.
But, I probably wouldn't let myself get in that position.
Accept the negative if it comes your way, and don't give one back just because they negged you. :P0 -
cracker1979 wrote:an ebay auction is a binding contract, you have to sell
thats why there is an option to put a reserve price on, so it wont sell for less than you are prepared to accept for it
So what they can sue me or something?0 -
kevwev wrote:So what they can sue me or something?
Unlikely, but a neg for not selling can do you quite a bit of harm.
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kevwev wrote:So what they can sue me or something?
Nope. If you can be bothered to search through Ebays terms & Conditions there is something that indicates that sales are not actually legally binding contracts.
We have discussed this one on the board a while ago can't find the thread via advanced search.
And on that note Soo anyway you can suggest to the powers that be that advanced search is upgraded to allow searches with more than one keyword: i.e "keyword 1 & keyword 2" it's not a very difficult thing to implement.
It's very frustrating if you put in more than one keyword you get search returns on either rather than both.0 -
Thanks mate will look at that later. Thanks0
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kevwev wrote:So what they can sue me or something?
The more savvy consumer, law aware, can sue you under contractual law for loss of bargain.It's BOUGHT (to Buy), not BROUGHT (to bring) AND you cannot be frauded, only DEfrauded.
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smartie1976 wrote:The more savvy consumer, law aware, can sue you under contractual law for loss of bargain.
I'm pretty sure we concluded that they actually couldn't but like I said can't find the thread due to advanced searches limitations.0
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