posted on June 2, 2006 12:31:36 PM
Shipping Italy is a joke -- their postal service is horrible. I think it must be run by the mafia -because packages just disappear and are never seen or heard of again.
posted on June 2, 2006 12:52:41 PM
First I would answer no. Give them the reason that it is on consignment and your contract forbids you to close it early.
Then I would NOT post it to my auction. As far as I am concerned, all questions should be private between the seller and potential buyer. JMHO
posted on June 2, 2006 12:54:54 PM
Another thought just came to mind that maybe this is actually a competitor that just wants me to end my auctions and has no intention of paying me, if I were to end my auctions early. Not that I would ever do that.
Other ones that really gripe me are the ones that include their email address and ask me to send them the asked for info directly to them. I don't do that but instead I post it for ALL to see on the auction page and I don't give a darn if their personal info gets posted.
Some people just don't wanna play by the rules.
ed; or I just ignore them.
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posted on June 2, 2006 01:01:59 PM
'First I would answer no. Give them the reason that it is on consignment and your contract forbids you to close it early.'
Stone, I don't lie to anyone, even the azzholes. As far as questions being private between seller and potential buyer I have to disagree because some questions are just so good and the answer is so relevent to what you are selling that everyone contemplating a bid deserves to get the added info.
posted on June 2, 2006 01:32:38 PMOther ones that really gripe me are the ones that include their email address and ask me to send them the asked for info directly to them. I don't do that but instead I post it for ALL to see on the auction page and I don't give a darn if their personal info gets posted.
I don't know about how others view it, but for me, this would be a big turn off on a seller. If I was looking at one of your items and saw that you had done that I would have to question the professiobalism of the seller. It just comes across as either petty high school stuff or someone that lacks the good sense not to post the pesonal info of others in a public forum and either case, that is not someone I would wish to deal with.
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posted on June 2, 2006 01:41:00 PM
I never end an auction early unless I know with 100% certainty what I have. The last time a person from Italy offered an end of auction and offered me $300 for the item I refused, even though when I listed it I was only hoping for $100. It wound up selling for $1200. The same rule applies on these end auction early offers no matter where they come from.
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.And I never ever put the question and answer in my auction. For crying out loud, Ebay knows enough. I try to start a direct line of communication with potential bidders. Those that ask a question and don't supply their e-mail address don't get an answer.
posted on June 2, 2006 01:56:39 PM
Fenix, like I said in my post responding to Stone that if a question is good enough and the answer is relevent to what I am selling then the added info should be available to be viewed by any and all potential bidders. In other words, if a person has a relevent question then they should word it in such a way that both their question and my answer can be viewed by all. I believe this was why Ebay added this feature in the first place and to post both the question and the answer is the professional way to handle all questions.
posted on June 2, 2006 02:03:13 PM
I'm with Fenix on this one. Ebay don't have the right to restrict the communications between the buyer and seller. Questions showing in auctions is unprofessional and in many cases shows to potential bidders that there is something wrong in the listing and will prevent them from bidding. They should be private.
posted on June 2, 2006 02:11:58 PM
Pi - it is your right to do whatever you wish with your auctions. I'm just giving you an idea of how your actions may be coming across to potential bidders.
Personally, if a bidder asks a legit question but includes personal info in the post, I think it would be more prudent to revise the auction and add the info yourself rather than put someones personal info out for harvesting.
Posting someones personal info just comes across as a general lack of respect for the privacy of your customers which in this day and age is not something that most people would volutarily wish to subject themselves to.
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posted on June 2, 2006 04:38:23 PM
Fenix, I understand what you are saying and I take what you are saying as advice and I appreciate that. I don't do anything in haste on Ebay and as I stated that I sometimes just ignore them. I ignore some people if they ask a question in such a way that they want me to email them directly because, well, who knows maybe they are just mining emails also and I already get enough Ebay related spam and I don't want any more. I might rethink this once I open an Ebay store but for now it's just how I handle it.
Stone, I understand what you are saying as well but let me give you an example of how a question and answer can contain relevant info for all to see and it not mean that something is wrong.
A potential bidder wanted to know what the pattern was on the end of a crown for a vintage wristwatch that I am selling and so I answered him and posted both his question and my answer. I felt it was a good question and that the answering info would be something that all potentials would like to read. What his question and my answer shows is not that there is something wrong with my item but that I didn't describe it thourouly enough and the added info gives further authenticity to my item. I believe that his question and my answer will cause other potentials to take a closer look at my item and consider a bid.
ed; Note; The person asking about the watch was not one that posted their email with their question.
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posted on June 2, 2006 06:26:53 PM
First off if someone asks me to end my auction early all I say is No, I don't end auctions early, and I don't give them any reason.
I also never list email questions in the auction if someone is contacting me because I forgot to add the size or something that is important to my auction then I just revise my auction and add the information.
I don't have a reason why I don't list the questions in my auction it is just something that I never cared to do.
Just a thought,..... some people like reading other peoples mail..........lol
posted on June 3, 2006 02:43:46 AM
I have stopped auctions on 3 items to send to Italy with no problems. All 3 were fishing reels with offers of $500.00 to $700.00 These reels sell in the $200.00 to $300.00 area on eBay.
posted on June 3, 2006 10:44:06 AM
Isn't it considered fee avoidance to stop your auction early and sell to someone offsite? Can't you get kicked off Ebay for participating in that?
You're supposed to start a private BIN to accept the offer.
I have a spreadsheet where I've kept track of "good faith" offers that I've turned down. I don't include silly offers in the spreadsheet, but only ones that seemed reasonable at the time.
Over 35 offers, the total offered amount was $13,074. I let the auctions run, and they went for $21,836. Two of the auctions showed slight losses by not accepting the offers (a total of $55 "mistake".
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