Just sold an Item on ebay but someone wants to offer me more

CCFC_80

New to Ebay and have just sold an item which I am happy with the price. Someone who was bidding for it now wants to offer me more than £100 for what I sold it for.

First impressions are that this is not morally right to do this. Would most people agree and advise of the consequences if I went ahead and sold to him at the higher price.

Thanks in advance

soolin

You've got a buyer so unless you have two of the item then you can only really sell to the person that shows as having won the item in eBay.

RFW

You've agreed a deal with someone so no good reason, apart from the money, to go back on that deal.

If it was such a good deal for you, you could offer the customer compensation for selling it to someone else, which is the only honest way of dealing with it, if you don't supply the original buyer.

If you fail to sell to the original buyer they can report you and you would get a strike on your Ebay account, which could affect your ability to sell in the future.

There is also the possibility that the second buyer may not be legit and you are less able to do anything should that deal go awry. Given they have approached you in a dishonest way they could be trying it on and you may end up more than out of pocket.

techspec

If they cant bid properly - tell them to do one.

You wont last on Ebay if you mess buyers around - and will probably get a negative and low stars.

hermum

If they wanted it that much they could have bid £100 higher.
I wouldn't sell to them, however I would hedge my bets & not tell them, just in case the winning the bidder doesn't pay. Then accept their offer.

CCFC_80

Thanks everyone for replies. Looks like a resounding sell to original bidder which is what I thought and is the correct thing to do. Also don't want bad Ebay reputation

porto_bello

You've got a sale, and both you and the buyer are happy with the price - a perfect transaction, so see it through.

As you're already aware, the moral argument points strongly in the same direction.

Forgetting the moral argument, impulsive people who offer dramatically higher prices after they've missed out are usually trouble of one kind or another.

If you did entertain the higher offer, I suspect either they would back out or there would be some troublesome issue, whereby they'd want the price dropped again.

In short, stick to your genuine buyer.

[Update glad you've already decided to do this in your later post, OP.]

Crowqueen

I agree about people saying to sell to the eBay bidder.

As Tech says, annoy an eBay buyer (or too many, at least) and your account is toast.

While I would usually follow up offers that state a price directly up front - they tend to be more serious than vague requests to name my price and I'm not too sceptical - it's not really on to do it when you have a winning bidder.

undetterred

Take the higher offer,just inform original purchaser item damaged etc.
Or dont post item,when seller 1 complains,just refund saying must be lost in post.

amibovvered

undetterred wrote: »

Take the higher offer,just inform original purchaser item damaged etc.
Or dont post item,when seller 1 complains,just refund saying must be lost in post.

If you are an eBay seller, do let me know your username so I can avoid buying anything from you!

Riversong

undetterred wrote: »

Take the higher offer,just inform original purchaser item damaged etc.
Or dont post item,when seller 1 complains,just refund saying must be lost in post.

I hope you're being sarchastic. That's a very dishonest way to conduct business.