A Reminder of Why I Don't Sell on eBay
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I haven't sold anything on eBay for a very long time. But this evening I decided to put my Apple Watch on there as these game shop type places that take them in won't give me enough for it (I'm sure it doesn't lose 50% of it's value in 3 weeks!). Anyway, it's been on there for 15 minutes now, and I've had 3 'whats your lowest/best price? questions, and a request to give it to someone for free as I will 'be rewarded by the Lord God in the next life' if I do.
Now, as a car salesman, I'm used to this kind of s
t. I don't know why it's bothering me so much tonight. Perhaps the celebratory whiskies aren't helping, or I'm just becoming a Grumpy Old Man. I thought it would be fairly obvious:
1) my 'lowest price' is the starting price on the fking auction.
2) I don't know what God will reward me for giving it away, as I'm not religious.
Does anyone else have any funny/annoying stories of selling on eBay?
Now, as a car salesman, I'm used to this kind of s
t. I don't know why it's bothering me so much tonight. Perhaps the celebratory whiskies aren't helping, or I'm just becoming a Grumpy Old Man. I thought it would be fairly obvious:1) my 'lowest price' is the starting price on the f
king auction.2) I don't know what God will reward me for giving it away, as I'm not religious.
Does anyone else have any funny/annoying stories of selling on eBay?
silentbrown said:
Anything Apple-branded on ebay is pretty much a guaranteed muppet-magnet. Stick on a realistic Buy-it-now price, paypal only, and send it via courier to avoid the worst of them.
For me anything small and high value such as mobile phones etc - cash on collection.Burnt once, never again.
DoubleSix said:
LordHaveMurci said:
I missed the end of the auction, I'd gladly pay you half what you were asking...
What's the angle/scam in that one? I've had quite a high value item on there the last few weeks and keep getting these 'offers' just after the auction ends... They'll ask to complete the purchase outside of eBay but still via Paypal. As expected the item will mysteriously disappear during postage / never arrive and they'll reverse the Paypal payment whilst keeping the item.
Ah ok, thought it was something like that.
Ebay is frustrating. It should be so awesome but is generally a horrible experience. The site itself is an exercise in annoyance, with settings buried in silly places and a lack of explanation to their effect.
On brighter note I accidentally sent an item to the wrong person and instead of just nicking it they sent it back to me and declined my offer to cover postage! Nice chap.
Ebay is frustrating. It should be so awesome but is generally a horrible experience. The site itself is an exercise in annoyance, with settings buried in silly places and a lack of explanation to their effect.
On brighter note I accidentally sent an item to the wrong person and instead of just nicking it they sent it back to me and declined my offer to cover postage! Nice chap.
It does depend on the item, aspirational stuff does attract loonies and fantasists.
I sold a Mitsubishi L200 the other, day, went for the buy it now price in a day, guy turned up with a trailer to pick it up, loaded it on and handed over the cash and off he went, barely looked at it, astounded how easy and smooth things can be but I know what you mean, knobbers wanting something for nothing.
I sold a Mitsubishi L200 the other, day, went for the buy it now price in a day, guy turned up with a trailer to pick it up, loaded it on and handed over the cash and off he went, barely looked at it, astounded how easy and smooth things can be but I know what you mean, knobbers wanting something for nothing.
DanB7290 said:
I haven't sold anything on eBay for a very long time. But this evening I decided to put my Apple Watch on there as these game shop type places that take them in won't give me enough for it (I'm sure it doesn't lose 50% of it's value in 3 weeks!). Anyway, it's been on there for 15 minutes now, and I've had 3 'whats your lowest/best price? questions, and a request to give it to someone for free as I will 'be rewarded by the Lord God in the next life' if I do.
Now, as a car salesman, I'm used to this kind of st. I don't know why it's bothering me so much tonight. Perhaps the celebratory whiskies aren't helping, or I'm just becoming a Grumpy Old Man. I thought it would be fairly obvious:
1) my 'lowest price' is the starting price on the fking auction.
2) I don't know what God will reward me for giving it away, as I'm not religious.
Does anyone else have any funny/annoying stories of selling on eBay?
Its a bit odd moaning about this sort of thing if you're a car salesman. What do you normally do when someone comes in with a part exchange? Do you instantly offer them the best price for them or do you negotiate the best price for yourself? Its just a massive marketplace at the end of the day. Now, as a car salesman, I'm used to this kind of s
t. I don't know why it's bothering me so much tonight. Perhaps the celebratory whiskies aren't helping, or I'm just becoming a Grumpy Old Man. I thought it would be fairly obvious:1) my 'lowest price' is the starting price on the f
king auction.2) I don't know what God will reward me for giving it away, as I'm not religious.
Does anyone else have any funny/annoying stories of selling on eBay?
I once sold a 968 on EBay. Despite having told the Buyer that I was selling up - my house had a 'Sold' sign outside, and the only furniture was a sofa and a coffe table surrounded by cardboard boxes - he still wanted to know EXACTLY why I was selling the car ..
Needless to say I don't work in Sales
Needless to say I don't work in Sales
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