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Buy it now or best offer question

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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,978 Ambassador
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    PRT wrote: »
    So if this buyer doesn't pay can I relist my item even though I have hit my listing limit in the category it is in?

    Only once you have completed the NPB otherwise original buyer can pay and expect you to send the item.
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  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,711 Forumite
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    PRT wrote: »
    I'm doing okay on there thank you very much.
    It's other people who are messing me about.

    yes you said that before; you also said you find it stressful, so you need to either deal with it or do something different.
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • PRT
    PRT Posts: 35 Forumite
    mgdavid wrote: »
    yes you said that before; you also said you find it stressful, so you need to either deal with it or do something different.

    Cheers Dave.

    Not sure why you keep telling me I need to leave ebay though.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    porto_bello wrote: »
    I've found the 'best offer' facility both a waste of time and a pain, as it attracts the opportunists who convince themselves that they can secure any item for a a fraction of the buy it now price.

    When their 'plain daft' offers are rejected, an irritated complaint usually soon follows, along the lines of "I put in offers of £5, £6 and £7 for your £100 item - and they were all rejected! What's your problem?"

    Why not use the option where eBay automatically rejects offers below your 'plain daft' level...?
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    PRT wrote: »
    It's other people who are messing me about.

    As others have pointed out, there could be any number of perfectly valid reasons for the buyer's delay - car accident, domestic emergency, illness, death in the family, the buyer's own death also a possibility...... failure on the part of the buyer's ISP, leaving them with no internet service, etc etc
  • PRT
    PRT Posts: 35 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    As others have pointed out, there could be any number of perfectly valid reasons for the buyer's delay - car accident, domestic emergency, illness, death in the family, the buyer's own death also a possibility...... failure on the part of the buyer's ISP, leaving them with no internet service, etc etc

    None of that is likely though is it sir/madam:D
  • Lego_house
    Lego_house Posts: 26 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    As others have pointed out, there could be any number of perfectly valid reasons for the buyer's delay - car accident, domestic emergency, illness, death in the family, the buyer's own death also a possibility...... failure on the part of the buyer's ISP, leaving them with no internet service, etc etc
    PRT wrote: »
    None of that is likely though is it sir/madam:D

    No, you're right. It's been done deliberately by a scamming seller who wants your widgets off sale so he can sell his, and is designed to cause you maximum stress and upset.

    As a plot device, it works. ;) But if we allow a little room for a reality check... :eek:

    And as an aside, of the list quoted, 4 of those things happened to my family in the last week alone. Sometimes !!!!!! happens.
  • mgdavid
    mgdavid Posts: 6,711 Forumite
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    SlowCooker wrote: »
    eBay UK was launched in October 1999. I don't think it has been around for 15 years yet, or am I just bad at math?

    I, like many others, also registered on ebay when it was US-based but global in reach, August '98 for me.
    The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    PRT wrote: »
    None of that is likely though is it sir/madam:D

    Why not ... ?
  • PRT
    PRT Posts: 35 Forumite
    googler wrote: »
    Why not ... ?

    Am I being trolled?
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