Non selling seller

lesleystrawson

Advice please. Won a caravan on e-bay at £8300 (highest bidder - no reserve - starting price of £8000) and the seller has now come back to me stating that he was hoping for a bit more and he would be 'prepared' to sell it to me for £9000.

Would anyone have a suggestion about how I approach this seller/proceed? At the end of the day, I guess if he doesn't want to sell, I can't force him, but I want to make damned sure he doesn't do it to anyone else again!

Cheers

Lesley

jaffa30

Hi Lesley
report him as a non performing seller thats about all you can do
here is the link http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-rules-overview.html
And you are right he doesnt want to sell
Seller like him give ebay a bad name the greedy !!!!!!.
If he wanted £9000 he should have paid for a reserve the tight git

Tojo_Ralph

My advice is tread carefully to begin with, after all, I assume you want the caravan?

So..... You should be thinking along the lines of steering the seller into parting with the caravan for the winning bid.

Having listed the caravan twice, the seller must realise that your winning bid is about as good as it's going to get, so I personally would follow the understanding route. My gut feeling is that your seller is simply trying it on, is disappointed, and a well worded email pointing out the reality might well swing it. .... Something along the lines of .... understanding their feelings .... throw in a sob story of your own about market prices .... point out winning bid is a fare price in current markets .... at the limit of your budget .... they could list it a third time .... (which would look fishy and put folk off) .... need a quick response confirming they are not going to back out of sale .... etc, etc.

Then........ If all else fails, get tough.

mystic_trev

Tojo_Ralph wrote:

Then........ If all else fails, get tough.

Yes - and bearing in mind they need to "shift it" in time for the summer season - If they don't sell it to you, and relist it, give them neg feedback, and complain - that'll put a stop to their greed!

jaffa30

Tojo_Ralph wrote:

My advice is tread carefully to begin with, after all, I assume you want the caravan?

So..... You should be thinking along the lines of steering the seller into parting with the caravan for the winning bid.

Having listed the caravan twice, the seller must realise that your winning bid is about as good as it's going to get, so I personally would follow the understanding route. My gut feeling is that your seller is simply trying it on, is disappointed, and a well worded email pointing out the reality might well swing it. .... Something along the lines of .... Then........ If all else fails, get tough.

Sorry to dissagree but why should you tread carefully and be understanding.
If the seller wanted £ 9000 for the caravan he should have put a reserve on it plain and simple.
I do however agree he is trying it on i would also tell him its a legally binding agreement he has entered into to sell you the caravan.

Tojo_Ralph

jaffa30 wrote:

Sorry to dissagree but why should you tread carefully and be understanding.
If the seller wanted £ 9000 for the caravan he should have put a reserve on it plain and simple.
I do however agree he is trying it on i would also tell him its a legally binding agreement he has entered into to sell you the caravan.

Well..... the buyers response depends a great deal on what their objective is?

If the buyer wants to get the caravan for £8,300, I would suggest that wading in, throwing punches quoting the letter of un-enforceable laws is unlikely to achieve the desired result.

If the buyer does not particularly care whether or not they get the caravan, then by all means, fire off an email pointing out the obvious, and await a response.

jaffa30

:eek: I agree if he doesnt want to sell no one can make him sell.
As pointed out by Lesley he wants £9000 for it so i cant really see him selling it at 8,300
I would personally report him as a none performing seller and leave feedback letting everyone know what kind of seller he is

He should have placed a reserve on it or started it a the least price he would take for it.

There is really no easy solution to this :eek:

Tojo_Ralph

jaffa30 wrote:

As pointed out by Lesley he wants £9000 for it so i cant really see him selling it at 8,300

Originally the seller listed the caravan with an opening bid of £9,000 and a BIN of £11,000 with no takers. They then relisted with an opening bid of £8,200 with the caravan "selling" for £8,300. Now.... If the buyer wants the caravan at £8,300 they need to do a little "work" on the seller to make them realise that £8,300 is a better option than relisting the item..... Especially as they'll be relisting with a neg for non selling.

I agree that the seller deserves no sympathy whatsoever, however, there are times when biting ones tongue can pay dividends.

jaffa30

Very true Tojo its very fair point

But he should have paid the £2-50 and put a reserve on it instead of being a tight wad
I hope it works out for lesley good luck

lesleystrawson

This is how I have responded...

"If you wished for a better price for the van, then a reserve should have been placed on the item before bidding commenced. We have essentially bid on the van in good faith and as far as we are concerned now have a contract with you for £8300.

Are you telling me that you are not going to honour the contract?"

To be honest, I will be disappointed if it falls through - but hey, its only a caravan. And I assure you that I will have great pleasure in reporting him.

I'll let you know what happens...

mystic_trev

Perhaps you could let us know when he relists it? We could all then bombard him with a lot of useless questions about it - such as...how many wheels does it have? are there any sitting" tenants? How many miles to the gallon does it do? Is it suitable for gypsies? Is it on "mains sewerage? What Council Tax banding is it?........I could go on and on and on!