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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm auctioning something on ebay. someone sent me a 'question' asking if I will end the auction early and sell him the coin for $15. Should I A. Turn them in? B. Ignore them? C. Respond to them and politely tell them 'no thanks'. D. Respond to them, tell them 'no thanks' AND post the response to the question so it will appear at the end of the auction. thoughts? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ignore them until the last day, then turn them in, respond with 'no thanks' and place question at end of auction. ;D
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2757 Posts |
I'm worried that i'd be too much of a jerk if I did that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
538 Posts |
I would either ignore them or send them a polite message directing them to the ebay rules regarding this issue. And I may even block them if they continue to ask or become hostile. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Does it have a BIN option on it? If there are no bids from the item I would tell them that youll set the BIN price to 15 and he can purchase it that way but that you wont be selling it off ebay |
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Valued Member
United States
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What is the problem with this?
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Pillar of the Community
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You haven't specified if he wanted to purchase outside of ebay or on ebay for $15. It is NOT against ebay rules to end an auction early and sell to the highest bidder, in fact, it'll appear as one of the options when you end the listing. There is a time frame when one can end a listing, however. I always respond to everybody on ebay so if you wanted to sell ON ebay for $15, just do it. If he asked to buy off ebay or if $15 doesn't work for you, just politely tell him no in a response. I know some people feel like they need to turn people in for every little offense. There are some real scammers all over ebay (buying and selling) and that should be reserved for them IMO. I find it petty otherwise. Choice D is just unnecessarily vindictive, I'm not sure what one would gain from doing that in any case. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yes, he wanted to buy it outside of ebay. There is also no BIN option, and there won't be. |
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New Member
United States
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I'd personally "Respond to them and politely tell them 'no thanks" they might end up buying your item at the end of the auction.
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Valued Member
United States
379 Posts |
I would tell them no thanks. If it continues, ignore him. If it still doesn't stop, report them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
564 Posts |
I don't see a problem with asking. I don't have time to do auctions so I will look for buy it now auctions or ask the seller. I always buy through eBay/PayPal because I like the protection they offer if the coin doesn't arrive.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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C. Thank them for their interest, but tell them that you do not end auctions early. Scenario: Auction has an opening bid of $299, with no bids placed. I ask the seller what their best selling price would be. If we can reach an agreeable amount, the seller would end their action early and relist it with a "Best Offer" option, place our agreed upon bid and close out the auction. ebay gets their fees, and that is pretty much what ebay wants. There are some sellers who have their own outside shops as well as ebay listed items, more times than not simultaneously. DLRC for instance. A Large Cent was listed on both; their own site (lower amount) plus ebay (higher amount to cover fees I guess). Sometimes you can get a better deal if you deal with the dealer off-site directly. Edited by oih82w8
10/11/2012 09:29 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I took the high road and politely told them no. I figured this way, they just might put in a $15 bid.
3 days out, bidding is already up to $12.72. Perhaps they thought that $15 'sounded like a lot' and I might be desparate for some quick cash when the bidding opened at $1.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What is the problem with this? It is against ebay policy and if they find out you are doing this you will be banned from ebay. It is kind of hard to say you didn't do it when you have to email the seller through ebay message center and they can n=access all of those emails to prove you did. If ebay thinks you are doing this as a seller they will investigate the seller also and if they find they have done it a few times they will ban them also. I always treat every question like this as being from an ebay employee and trying to catch people breaking this rule That being said I always either ignore their email or respond with nothing else but "No". I am not one that wants someone to get into trouble but if I sold allot and it happened allot I may change my outlook on it |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bryan is it against the policy to adjust the listing like the BIN now price or just against the policy to sell it off ebay |
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Posted 10/11/2012 12:10 am
