Blatant fee avoidance

jasmineswhiskers

What i don't get is why put a BIN and a Bid price?? Lol

Millionaire

jasmineswhiskers wrote: »

What i don't get is why put a BIN and a Bid price?? Lol

If someone places a bid it then removes the "Buy it now" price.

Another attempt by seller to aviod fees as its cheaper to list it this way than a straight out "buy it now" if I remember correctly.

Bid = 1p
Buy it Now = 1p

Obviously what seller is doing is against the rules. As someone mentioned it could cause a problem if buyer requires a refund.

soolin

Millionaire wrote: »

If someone places a bid it then removes the "Buy it now" price.

Another attempt by seller to aviod fees as its cheaper to list it this way than a straight out "buy it now" if I remember correctly.

Bid = 1p
Buy it Now = 1p

Obviously what seller is doing is against the rules. As someone mentioned it could cause a problem if buyer requires a refund.

Actually it costs more to list an auction with a BIN as well. A straight BIN would have been cheaper...just shows you the seller is a bit dim.

As for refunds, only the seller will lose (told you she was dim) as paypal will refund the whole lot including post and packing but the RM will only pay out on the stated item cost of 1p, so seller better make sure that item doesn't get lost.

Anyway, the item has been quite rightly reported and is now an invalid item.

Ebay take fee avoidance very seriously indeed, under the new complaints = suspension rules that ebay are enforcing this seller is not likely to last long on ebay.

mazz1953

Ebay has now pulled the item, it is no longer available.

jan03

can someone please tell me what this thread is actually about as the listing has been removed now! i'm very nosey as you can tell!

natalie1974

It was a lady selling a buggy with a BIN of 1p and postage costs of £90 .

Time2Go_25

soolin wrote: »

Ebay take fee avoidance very seriously indeed, under the new complaints = suspension rules that ebay are enforcing this seller is not likely to last long on ebay.

Indeed they do as it's their profit.

gromituk

pdel61 wrote: »

Why do people on this board think it is the god given duty to report other people, probably the net curtain brigade who gaze out of the window and phone the police every time a stranger walks down the road.

A stranger walking down the road is not committing a "crime". Silly analogies won't help you.

So, this person is trying to save themselves a few quid in fees, Ebay is hardly likely to go broke over it, big deal.

Oh, let's all do the same then - big deal. Ebay is hardly likely to go broke over it, is it? Erm... !

I'm amazed you don't get it. You remind me of drivers whom I tackle for using mobile phones when I am cycling. More often than not, the question I get is "Are you a copper?"

frivolous_fay

Post 10. has the best reason for reporting listings like that one.

The 'what's it to you' brigade entirely miss the point.

wearside_2

natalie1974 wrote: »

No , I don't think I have the god given right to report people but when they do things like this it gets right up my nose . I had a listing removed as I put "like new" in the title . It was something I had taken out of the packet , realised it was no good and put it back in the packet and stuck it on Ebay . My listing gets removed but I bet if no one had reported this one it would have stayed on . Just my opinion .

Well Natalie, you and I have stirred up a right hornets nest. Thanks to you for mentioning it on here and me for reporting it, the item has been removed. Perhaps if everyone reported similar postings, Ebay fees may go down or they may have more Free Listing Days! On the other hand, their profits may just increase!