minniestuff
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posted on April 30, 2002 06:33:39 AM
I have a problem with a buyer that wants me to close an auction after it has a bid and sell the laptop to him. This laptop was listed with a "buy it now" price, but that went away after the first person bid. I replied to the first email that there was a "buy it now" price before there was a bid. He emailed again that he wants the laptop and I quote, "I cannot get you to close early if I give you what you want?" I replied that it is against Ebay terms for me to close the auction early to sell to him. How do I make this guy go away???? Ususally, after the first email, there is never a second or third. Is there somewhere that I can report him for this?
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mrfoxy76
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posted on April 30, 2002 07:25:53 AM
personally I would be more than happy to sell him the laptop outside of eBay least you would avoid the fees and get the PRICE you wanted. What happens if it ends up for less!
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sweetboo
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posted on April 30, 2002 09:03:54 AM
I personally wouldn't sell off the auction for him. It is against eBay rules and for me, I do this for a living and would never jeopardize loosing my status with eBay for one lousy sale.
I have told many people that and if they aren't happy then that isn't my problem.
Good luck
There's no danger of developing eyestrain from looking at the bright side of things!
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clarksville
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posted on April 30, 2002 09:08:42 AM
This may sound like a dumb question but is the person registered? Have you checked the email address they are using to see if they are registered? If they are, I would suggest reporting the person to [email protected].
Don't forget to block the person from bidding on your auctions.
I NEVER close an auction early when a person requests. I used to sell off eBay, but not anymore because, as you stated, is against eBay's rules.
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ihula
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posted on April 30, 2002 09:42:05 AM
I thought there was a part in ebay where you could end the auction and the reason is "seller ended auction early to sell the item to the current high bidder". Isn't that legal to do? I personally wouldn't want to do it, and have been asked many times (always on items I know nothing about), but if I knew the item well and know what they go for normally I would end it early.
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outoftheblue
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posted on April 30, 2002 10:12:09 AM
clarksville
They are no longer taking complaints through the [email protected] address. You just get a canned response with a link to the new online form.. They might as well just do away with the email address now.
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glassgrl
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posted on April 30, 2002 10:45:42 AM
I love it when someone emails me and asks me if I will close the auction early and sell it to them! That means it's guaranteed to go through the roof!
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clarksville
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posted on April 30, 2002 11:05:49 AM
outoftheblue I emailed [email protected] recently and received satisfactory support. Maybe it was an exception?
ihula yes a seller can end an auction early, but when a potential buyer requests a seller to do this, it raises red flags. Why would a buyer request this? I am both, a buyer and seller and in the years of eBaying, I have NEVER asked a seller to end an auction. Matter of fact, I rightfully can't think of any valid reason to do so other than to rip the seller off.
But I think the issue is what the seller can do with the uncalled for emails.
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lovepotions
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posted on April 30, 2002 11:31:53 AM
Tell him he has to place his big and try to win it.
Whats the hurry anyways???
At this point you still don't know the first bidders high/proxy bid.......it may be just barely below the buy now.
You don't know.
I would wait out the time of the auction. Even if it ends below the buy now price the guy offered you, that first bidder would still have a legitimate claim against you.
Strange things happen on Ebay.....It could even be a trap by a competitors 2nd ID.......
Every now and then I get random emails I know are bait......1 liners asking if I'd sell off Ebay. What benefit would there be for a random person to want to buy something off Ebay and lose the protection of Ebay's services.
In summary, i'd wait out the auction and hope for the best.
http://www.lovepotions.com
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outoftheblue
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posted on April 30, 2002 11:37:27 AM
clarksville
I just emailed them two days ago. It could be the type of complaints that they are still handling are the ones that aren't covered with their online form.
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caffeitalia
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posted on April 30, 2002 08:27:09 PM
If they are the high bidder at the moment, tell then they must pay with PayPal ASAP. When payment comes through, end the auction. Nothing wrong with making a sale as long as the cash is in hand. If they don't pay, keep the auction going and let it end normally.
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intercraft
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posted on May 2, 2002 03:35:37 PM
Ask them if they are on some kind of 'time-constraint'. Remind them that they can bid the amount of the buyitnow price and if the auction ends with them as the winner, chances are they will get it for less than the buy it now price. (someone has to bid the same amount for it to end at that price) They get their laptop, you get your buynow price. If they lose, then you get paid more than for waiting. If you end the auction early and sell to them, ebay doesn't get their percentage, they really get mean about that...
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uaru
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posted on May 2, 2002 03:57:26 PM
I've had several buyers offer me a price and ask me if I'll close the auction early. I politely tell them I need to let it run it course and they might be able to get it for a lower price than they have offered. Not once has the buyer that offered a fixed price ever won the auction, and the closing auction price has always been higher that what I was offered.
Why would a buyer offer a fixed price unless they thought the closing auction price would be higher? The only valid reason for a buyer wanting an auction to end early is if time was a factor, and it rarely is.
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kiddo2
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posted on May 6, 2002 05:05:39 AM
I believe off ebay venue selling is the reason ebay introduced BIN...so as not to lose fees on this type of deal...also why getting email addresses is so locked up now...Unless you have John Lennons guitar up for auction, you were probably offered a fair price given todays auction dilemma, maybe even better than fair..
kiddo2
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sanmar
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posted on May 6, 2002 11:36:44 AM
I never will close an auction early for a buyer. A friend of mine had a rare piece of pottery & had a bid of $2000.00 on it & the buyer wanted her to close right then. she didn't & it went for $5500.00. That tells me that you want to watch out for these kinds of sharpies.
[ edited by sanmar on May 6, 2002 11:37 AM ]
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kasue
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posted on May 7, 2002 09:15:17 AM
Just this morning I had a request to end an auction early. It had only been on a few hours. I told them other people may have bookmarked the auction planning on bidding at the last minute and would be disappointed. I then looked at my auction and she had already bid it up to reserve. I had been thinking that maybe I should have just stopped the auction and let her have it, when I got another email. This buyer is asking if I will consider shipping to Japan. I guess I will just ride it out and see what happens.
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twinsoft
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posted on May 7, 2002 09:24:46 AM
Tell the person to place a "wicked-high" bid on it.
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