eBay begging letters

RhondaD

Just had my first one. On an item that was buy it now and had not even been set to make offers on. A private message asking me if I'd consider £8 instead of £10 because 'my sisters budget won't stretch to £10'. No. No I wouldn't consider £8 instead of £10. That's why it says buy it now for £10.... 😃

Have I joined an exclusive club now? I've never had a begging letter on eBay before. I mean, if it actually said make an offer I'd understand, but when I haven't even asked for offers you'd think that it was obvious not to make an offer. Honestly what can you even buy with £2 anyway?

forgotmyname

£2 buys you 50p on ebay. 

Jerry_Cornelius

My fave from a good few years ago, was offering a TV remote control for £6.99 - there were loads of replacements listed, but only a few genuine remotes, and the replacements were mostly exactly the same remote layout as the genuine one I was selling ... and cheaper ... needless to say I just ignored it. A new TV would have cost much more than £6.99!

RhondaD

Jerry_Cornelius said:

My fave from a good few years ago, was offering a TV remote control for £6.99 - there were loads of replacements listed, but only a few genuine remotes, and the replacements were mostly exactly the same remote layout as the genuine one I was selling ... and cheaper ... needless to say I just ignored it. A new TV would have cost much more than £6.99!

Blimey. Doesn't want much eh? 😂

SandyShores

Becoming more like FB marketplace where I had one that was something like 'can you sell it me for less money so that I'll be able to make a profit when I sell it on' Doh!! Really, errr No!

Pollycat

I wouldn't class it as a 'begging letter'.
More a chancer.
You can ignore it or say 'no'.
I've handled these type of things before.

Spoonie_Turtle

Jerry_Cornelius said:

My fave from a good few years ago, was offering a TV remote control for £6.99 - there were loads of replacements listed, but only a few genuine remotes, and the replacements were mostly exactly the same remote layout as the genuine one I was selling ... and cheaper ... needless to say I just ignored it. A new TV would have cost much more than £6.99!

What specifically about being in Newcastle did they think you needed to consider when packaging it??

tightauldgit

Imagine these types of letters do work on some people though. There's a lot of easy marks out there. 

vacheron

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Jerry_Cornelius said:

My fave from a good few years ago, was offering a TV remote control for £6.99 - there were loads of replacements listed, but only a few genuine remotes, and the replacements were mostly exactly the same remote layout as the genuine one I was selling ... and cheaper ... needless to say I just ignored it. A new TV would have cost much more than £6.99!

What specifically about being in Newcastle did they think you needed to consider when packaging it??

Well 100% plastic wrapping to keep all the coal dust out as this will mix with the fog on the tyne and forms a black cement which will gum up the operation of the remote control buttons. 

Tape the box up with alternating red and white tape stripes to prevent it being stolen, and rub the outsde of the package with half a lemon to prevent the whppets from eating it.


PS, I live in Newcastle, so no need for any PC comments! 

retiringtoosoon

vacheron said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

Jerry_Cornelius said:

My fave from a good few years ago, was offering a TV remote control for £6.99 - there were loads of replacements listed, but only a few genuine remotes, and the replacements were mostly exactly the same remote layout as the genuine one I was selling ... and cheaper ... needless to say I just ignored it. A new TV would have cost much more than £6.99!

What specifically about being in Newcastle did they think you needed to consider when packaging it??

Well 100% plastic wrapping to keep all the coal dust out as this will mix with the fog on the tyne and forms a black cement which will gum up the operation of the remote control buttons. 

Tape the box up with alternating red and white tape stripes to prevent it being stolen, and rub the outsde of the package with half a lemon to prevent the whppets from eating it.


PS, I live in Newcastle, so no need for any PC comments! 

You have my sympathies 

subjecttocontract

I used to say Scottish rules apply i.e. the asking price is the minimum but you can offer more if you wish and are likely to be treated as a priority buyer.