buyer has a problem with me making a profit.

mrcol1000

trukdiver wrote: »

When I worked in a charity shop, people used to complain about the prices of some of the books saying they were given to us so why were we selling them for high prices? I tried to point out that people had donated them to us to raise funds for the charity and we had checked ABE, Amazon and eBay to get a realistic price.

Watched a program where they value antiques yesterday and girl had a antique board game. She said she brought it from a charity shop and managed to talk them down to a lower price! She had no shame. It sold for less than she paid for it anyway so karma is restored.

Monkeyballs

butler_helen wrote: »

Ok so "potential buyer", I blocked her.

She initially asked for a BIN price for a book. I gave her the lowest price I could see them selling for on ebay.

She came back and said "but the rrp is £4.95". Which is true. So I emailed back and said I was after the market price for it, at my price makes me £4.19 profit. Now I started the auction at 99p because I don't read this book, I don't need it, I just want the space. The fact that it isn't available to Joe blogs is merely a plus to its value.

She has since been messaging me saying I should be disgusted with myself and ashamed I tried to make a profit out of her.

I've been really polite but these are getting to me now - I wouldn't email a buyer and have a go for winning a book at below the rrp, I'd just accept it's an auction and be done with it.

Ebay didn't seem bothered - they say she isn't harassing me and blocking her is all I can do.

I guess I'm not after any advice, just a rant about how someone can be so daft as to not understand how eBay works. Some people make as to profit - plenty make a loss.

Kinda ironic really, all she'd have to do is place a bid at 99p and (potentially) when nobody else bid she'd have bagged a bargain LOL

Your property, you can sell it for whatever you want! I've recently sold some collectible 50p's for waaaaay more than 50p I'm such a bad bad man...

MB

paulc333

mrcol1000 wrote: »

Watched a program where they value antiques yesterday and girl had a antique board game. She said she brought it from a charity shop and managed to talk them down to a lower price! She had no shame. It sold for less than she paid for it anyway so karma is restored.

got to admit, the one place I wont barter is a charity shop, I do lots of other places but in a charity shop i either pay what they are asking or just leave it.

[Deleted User]

Years ago I sold a free entry ticket to a theme park, that WHSMith were giving away when you spent a certain amount of money.

The buyer then left negative feedback along the lines of 'selling something I could have got free in WHSmith'.

Which kind of begged the question why they didn't go and get one free in WHSmith rather than buying one on eBay!

Monkeyballs

paulc333 wrote: »

got to admit, the one place I wont barter is a charity shop, I do lots of other places but in a charity shop i either pay what they are asking or just leave it.

No way man! I'm like what do you mean charity? I'm not paying 50p for those shoes!!! You're such a rip off, who cares about starving orphans in Africa? I'll give you 25p, take it or leave it?

NOT...

MB x

martindow

There's no point in continuing conversations with people who want things for nothing or to negotiate on the price - it just encourages them. Just block them from bidding and disregard any further messages

techspec

I once got an email saying your price is a rip off - they are only £29 in Argos.

I just replied "I know - where do you think i get them from" :rotfl::rotfl:

trukdiver

paulc333 wrote: »

got to admit, the one place I wont barter is a charity shop, I do lots of other places but in a charity shop i either pay what they are asking or just leave it.

It wasn't unusual. Apart from people complaining about us ripping them off, we used to get "what's your best price?" and comments like "how am I supposed to make any money if I buy it off you for that price!".

We weren't allowed to change the price, even when the item had a ridiculously cheap price on it - like a Canon F1 for £10...

likelyfran

butler_helen wrote: »

I'm not a business but I do at least check it's worth my listing my junk before I sell. I think she thinks as a private seller I should get make money

Oh she sounds off her head so don't let it get you down!
She approached you - asking for a favour basically.
Sounds like you've been more than patient with her, might be time to say 'get a life'.
Sounds like she'd be better off avoiding ebay.

unbelievable

The bottom dropped out of Ebay a long time ago as it pandered to the mass market and tilted its system in favour of the buyers, e.g. by removing feedback for them and offering automatic money back refunds.

A certain sort of individuals knows it know and is exploiting it. It used to be a nice little club where you could trust people. Now they treat their sellers like unpaid workers with no rights and take far too many charges and fees off money which never actually leaves their bank. It's about 20% per transaction going from Paypal to Paypal account now.

I just hate all the b/s language they use ... like, "it's for the safe of our users!"

This woman sounds mental, Just be grateful you only have to spend a few minutes in your life with her, she has to spent her whole life like that.