Question about that auction site
muncybob
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Not sure if it's OK to actually name them, but it's the one that begns with an E. I have never sold anything there, just bought a few things.
Over a year ago I placed something there at a price higher than I thought anybody would pay, well yesterday I get an email from E that it has sold. I checked the buyer as they had a zero rating and they had just joined E that same day.
Is it safe to complete the sale? Doesn't E need the actual $$ from the buyer before telling me it's sold?
Over a year ago I placed something there at a price higher than I thought anybody would pay, well yesterday I get an email from E that it has sold. I checked the buyer as they had a zero rating and they had just joined E that same day.
Is it safe to complete the sale? Doesn't E need the actual $$ from the buyer before telling me it's sold?
Yep, my name really is Bob.
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Etsy?
eBay, there I said it, I'm going to H e l l.
I'm not sure you can refuse to sell it now that it is sold. I really am not sure. But I'd hate to be in a situation to sell to a first time buyer.
I know you can set up a few requirements for future buyers.
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/setting-buyer-requirements?id=4152
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I was thinking, a few years back I purchased a S&W knife for a stupid cheap price. The minimum bid was low and I was the only one to bid on it. After winning the auction, I suddenly got a refund and was told the knife was no longer available. So that is an option for you, but you might receive negative feedback from the buyer. I was suspicious and kept watching the seller's listings. A week later he relisted the knife at a much higher starting bid. I called him out on it and he sold it to me for my winning bid.
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Does Ebay allow items to be listed without time limits now? I haven't sold anything there for many years so don't know what their rules are anymore. Too big a cut for them! I wouldn't be surprised if a large proportion of buyers on Ebay are first timers these days and it may also be true that feedback is only counted for transactions within the 12 months so the potential buyer may have a long track record that doesn't show.
Anyway, if I didn't really want to sell something and it didn't sell for a year I would say it's no longer available for sale since I didn't want to sell it in the first place.
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Winning an item, and then actually paying are two different things. Don't ship anything until you have confirmation of funds received. The buyer usually has 24 hours to pay after winning an item.Is it safe to complete the sale? Doesn't E need the actual $$ from the buyer before telling me it's sold?
I once had someone win an auction, but then never pay. They were waiting on their stimulus check in order to pay, which is pretty sad, and asked me to hold the item. They never paid...I never shipped."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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IMO if a seller gets too many negative reviews, they remove the negative ones. That way the sellers can continue to sell & fill their wallets. They will square up with the upset buyer & life moves on..
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I have sold a lot of things on eBay over the years, and very rarely had a problem that wasn't my own fault. However, they do protect the buyer much more than the seller. Unless I was hard up for cash, I would say no longer available, but I wouldn't relist it on eBay because that's messed up/unethical. Sell it on facebook marketplace, that's where I sell most things that aren't big ticket electronics.
If the item isn't worth much to you, you can roll the dice and take a chance. Might (probably will) work out fine. But you also might ship it and even with tracking and signature you can get screwed, seller claims she didn't get it or that its damaged. Taking pics (including serial number) and even a video of the item working and then your packing job helps quite a bit, but that takes more time...Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
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boston1450 wrote: »IMO if a seller gets too many negative reviews, they remove the negative ones. That way the sellers can continue to sell & fill their wallets. They will square up with the upset buyer & life moves on
Negatives now only last one year or until the next year... very frustrating, I personally liked it when the seller or buyer feedback lasted forever and you could see forever. I as a seller used to be able years ago GIVE negatives to buyers who deserved it, now it's almost impossible to give a buyer a negative feedback. Sellers can now ask that any and all negatives be removed for better "visual" appearance.
eBay has turned into a joke!! The other thing is I avoid buying off AMAZON for any reason. Imagine my discontent when I buy on ebay and the seller then buys from amazon and has it shipped to my house.
I state in my feedback that anyone else should just buy from amazon as this seller is and jacking up the price and ordering from them and charging you more....
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Why is it the seller's fault that you didn't check prices at other places.
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Why is it the seller's fault that you didn't check prices at other places.
I'm happy to pay more to avoid buying from Amazon.
If you bought something from Sears and Sears bought it from Amazon, shipped direct from Amazon to your house address using your email address to send you notices about your Amazon purchase, your Okay with that?
I'm not!
Had I wanted to buy from Amazon I can buy on my own directly.
I'm being duped in essence.
If you're on ebay and are an Amazon seller OWN IT!!
STATE THE FACT IT WILL BE SHIPPING FROM AMAZON.
I can then choose to avoid your items.
Plan and simple.
Here is an example of just one problem I ran into.
My item arrived damaged, I go back to the seller who then states that I have the receipt from Amazon so take it up with Amazon, it's no longer their problem as they didn't pack it or ship it and have washed their hands of it. -
I agree, the seller should have took care of it. Products on eBay can come from anywhere, if he didn't ship it directly from Amazon you would never know where the seller got it. My advice would be don't buy anything from eBay.
