Offer accepted ~ then rejected....

HiJACKer

Hi, I wonder if someone can help?

I asked a seller for a buy it now price, the B.I.N was given and I accepted it and emailed the seller to say yes I was happy with the price she had said ...

I bid on the item so she could sell it to me legally through ebay as I was the highest bidder...

This morning she has emailed me to tell me that she's now going to wait for the auction to end as other's had now shown interest...

Should she not have accepted my offer as we had already agreed a price?

I have looked through ebay polocies but I can't seem to find the relevant information..

Thanks in advance

frivolous_fay

Unless there was an official BIN, the agreement you had is in no way binding.

HiJACKer

she was going to add a B.I.N but i stopped her because i thought that would cost her more money to change the listing...... trying to MSE it.... Oh well i'll know in future, thanks for responding frivolous_fay

pulliptears

2 problems, its against ebay rules to contact a seller and ask for a BIN, and the seller really shouldn't be ending the auction early with you as highest bidder because it doesn't work like that.

Some sellers will report you for asking for BIN's, so its worth bearing in mind for the future.

pinkgem

it isn't against ebay rules to ask a seller for a buy it now price, or to end it early to them as the high bidder, there is even an option to end early to high bidder.

it is against ebay rules to do an off ebay sale.

pulliptears

pinkgem wrote: »

it isn't against ebay rules to ask a seller for a buy it now price, or to end it early to them as the high bidder, there is even an option to end early to high bidder.

it is against ebay rules to do an off ebay sale.

I stand corrected, but its not something ebay advise:

We strongly discourage sellers to end listings early because it undermines the trust buyers have in the eBay platform. eBay buyers are told that their bids are binding. Equally, buyers expect the auctions they bid on to conclude successfully.

Ending a listing early for the following reasons is prohibited as it is considered fee avoidance:

• Cancelling bids and ending a listing early because the reserve price hasn't been met to avoid reserve fees. See Reserve Price Policy.
• Cancelling bids and ending a listing early in order to sell the item off-eBay. You should be aware that as well as avoiding fees, you risk fraud by selling items off the eBay website. If a member writes to you to ask you to sell away from the eBay website, please report them to us.

Note: It is acceptable for sellers to end a listing early and sell an item to the highest bidder at their current bid price. Bidders are permitted to contact sellers with requests to end a listing early for this reason; however, sellers are under no obligation to do so. To end a listing and sell to the current high bidder (at their current high bid), go to the End My Listing Early form and select "Sell to the high bidder".

pinkgem

Note: It is acceptable for sellers to end a listing early and sell an item to the highest bidder at their current bid price. Bidders are permitted to contact sellers with requests to end a listing early for this reason; however, sellers are under no obligation to do so. To end a listing and sell to the current high bidder (at their current high bid), go to the End My Listing Early form and select "Sell to the high bidder".

mookie

I would withdraw my bid, without your bid knocking the price up she might get less than you offered or less than she hoped for. If you still want it then bid near the end of auction. If she blocks you then just look elsewhere. I hate greedy sellers would rather go without.

luvvlyjubbly

mookie wrote: »

I would withdraw my bid, without your bid knocking the price up she might get less than you offered or less than she hoped for. If you still want it then bid near the end of auction. If she blocks you then just look elsewhere. I hate greedy sellers would rather go without.

Thats exactly what I'd do

pulliptears

pinkgem wrote: »

Note: It is acceptable for sellers to end a listing early and sell an item to the highest bidder at their current bid price. Bidders are permitted to contact sellers with requests to end a listing early for this reason; however, sellers are under no obligation to do so. To end a listing and sell to the current high bidder (at their current high bid), go to the End My Listing Early form and select "Sell to the high bidder".

From my last post.

pulliptears wrote:

I stand corrected

I had always believed it was against ebay policy to ask for BIN, I have learnt something today. I also assumed it was procedure to let an auction run its course.

FloFlo

But (myself included when I have done it as a seller) it is against ebay policy to end the auction selling to the highest bidder then add on the extra you have agreed to the postage or in the additional cost box as you do not pay final value fees on this bit. For example someone contacts you and says I will pay £10 for your item and you say okay it has a bid so you will need to bid and be the highest bidder. They bid and you end the auction at £2.50 thats fine and within t&cs but then when you add on the £7.50 and don't pay fvfs on it thats against ebay policy.