refusing a winning bid?

pinkshoes

I'd allow them to send their own courier, but only if they pay via bank transfer or the courier brings cash and gives a 2 hour collection slot.

UsernameAlreadyExists

soolin wrote: »

I also recall another newsletter suggesting that it was common for buyers to email a seller and make an offer on an item regardless of price actually listed for .

Doesn't the newsletter got to near a million people or something huge like that? In that case we shouldn't be surprised that buyers get these daft ideas.

Nothing daft about that idea, and it's perfectly reasonable for it to come from a "Money Saving Expert" website given that it can save both the buyer and seller money by using ebay as a shop window only - and bypassing their entire "system". Just because you are an avid ebay fan and live your life on it, and know their processes intimately, doesn't mean it's right and the "only" way.

soolin

UsernameAlreadyExists wrote: »

Nothing daft about that idea, and it's perfectly reasonable for it to come from a "Money Saving Expert" website given that it can save both the buyer and seller money by using ebay as a shop window only - and bypassing their entire "system". Just because you are an avid ebay fan and live your life on it, and know their processes intimately, doesn't mean it's right and the "only" way.

I do not understand though why a seller would list something at the mimimum price they want for it- and then just agree to sell it for less to a buyer who asks?

If they are happy to take less then use a lower start price and who knows, it might start off a bidding war.

UsernameAlreadyExists

soolin wrote: »

I do not understand though why a seller would list something at the mimimum price they want for it- and then just agree to sell it for less to a buyer who asks?

... because their "minimum" price has at least 10% ebay fees built in, and more if paypal is used. They may well take less than they'd sell it for "inside" of ebay.

I will, and I ask people that I've won items from if they'd do the same. Often they do. Then we both mutually withdraw the ebay transacton, and job done - quids in all round. (& even ebay get the listing fee)

Would you sell any of your products outside of ebay? What if someone sent you a cheque or bank transferred the money and provided a delivery address? Plenty of businesses manage to exist from just their own website advertising their goods - it just so happens that the ebay shop window is much bigger and shinier than most others and is known the world over.

Strapped

soolin wrote: »

I do not understand though why a seller would list something at the mimimum price they want for it- and then just agree to sell it for less to a buyer who asks?

If they are happy to take less then use a lower start price and who knows, it might start off a bidding war.

That's for auctions though - on BIN things normally have some profit built in. It depends on the item too - if it's something you can see selling at full price, then obviously you're very unlikely to get a discount off the full BIN price. But with more obscure items, you may. (The thing I just bought was part of a set - which I just happened to have the other half of. But without the second part, I'm not sure who would buy it. So I guessed the seller would let it go at less than listed BIN.)

Gleeful

Strapped wrote: »

Oops, guilty as charged of this one this morning The seller agreed though!

I block and ignore every buyer who does this, because in my experience, if I refuse to sell at 'their' price and they buy at 'my' price then they tend to claim that there is something wrong with the item once it arrives to haggle a partial refund.

Strapped

Gleeful wrote: »

I block and ignore every buyer who does this, because in my experience, if I refuse to sell at 'their' price and they buy at 'my' price then they tend to claim that there is something wrong with the item once it arrives to haggle a partial refund.

Yeah, it is a risky strategy.