eBay question

[GetCarter]

OK - forget this thread, eBay customer services now at work, and they just cancelled his bid.




I've got a watch for sale on eBay. (£800 starting price). I've listed it as 'no international postage', and as free P&P for the UK.

Just got a question asking how much to send to Peru - so out of interest I looked it up and (insured and tracked) it's £114.75 (!).

I've just seen that the bloke in Peru had already bid £800 and is the highest bidder.

If he wins the auction, theoretically he can only pay £800 and I get stuck with the postage. I'm sure eBay would eventually side with me in any dispute, but I don't want that faff.

Any idea how I can square this circle? (eBay customer support phone not working)

Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 17th February 09:06

[snuffy]

You can cancel his bid. It's also possible to block a bidder by username so I would do that because they will just bid again. You will most likely also find the bidder created their account yesterday as well.

Here you go:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/pages/help/sell/manage_bidd...

And my advise (I'm not joking) is to end your listing because you will just keep on getting this type of ste over and over again.

And my final piece of advise is to close your ebay account. I would now rather chuck stuff in the bin than use ebay - in fact, that is now what I do.

[bloomen]

Presumably he'll do it through the global shipping programme which means you only have to post to a British address.

All the same it sounds like more trouble than it's worth.

snuffy said:

And my final piece of advise is to close your ebay account. I would now rather chuck stuff in the bin than use ebay - in fact, that is now what I do.

I've sold hundreds of items without a single glitch. However there are categories I wouldn't bother with and this sounds like one of them.

[snuffy]

bloomen said:

snuffy said:

And my final piece of advise is to close your ebay account. I would now rather chuck stuff in the bin than use ebay - in fact, that is now what I do.

I've sold hundreds of items without a single glitch. However there are categories I wouldn't bother with and this sounds like one of them.

Well, you may well be correct. I used to use ebay years ago and it was great. When I tried selling PC bits, my old phones etc I just got utter wkers bidding. Even when they looked okay and I posted the stuff I'd get people claiming it had never arrived or it was broken when it came. I tried selling a few of my old monitors and almost every bid was from a bidder who'd just created an account that day.

As I say, I used to love Ebay 20 years ago but not now. I closed my account 12 months ago (that took 3 months FFS) and now it's wheelie bin time for stuff; that's how much I hate Ebay.

[GetCarter]

snuffy said:

bloomen said:

snuffy said:

And my final piece of advise is to close your ebay account. I would now rather chuck stuff in the bin than use ebay - in fact, that is now what I do.

I've sold hundreds of items without a single glitch. However there are categories I wouldn't bother with and this sounds like one of them.

Well, you may well be correct. I used to use ebay years ago and it was great. When I tried selling PC bits, my old phones etc I just got utter wkers bidding. Even when they looked okay and I posted the stuff I'd get people claiming it had never arrived or it was broken when it came. I tried selling a few of my old monitors and almost every bid was from a bidder who'd just created an account that day.

As I say, I used to love Ebay 20 years ago but not now. I closed my account 12 months ago (that took 3 months FFS) and now it's wheelie bin time for stuff; that's how much I hate Ebay.

I've sold dozens of items over 20 years on eBay without a problem, (until today, which was sorted once I spoke to customer services). I guess you were unlucky. I'm certainly not putting my £800 watch in a wheelie bin!

[anonymous-user]

i would sell it elsewhere.

[GetCarter]

Thesprucegoose said:

i would sell it elsewhere.

Where?

(and why?)

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

Where?

(and why?)

watch broker, jeweler.

i've sold two recent items both reported as lost. there are two many scammers out there. high value items with small footprint attract them faster than flies to rotten meat.

Edited by Thesprucegoose on Sunday 17th February 18:44

[PF62]

GetCarter said:

I've got a watch for sale on eBay. (£800 starting price). I've listed it as 'no international postage', and as free P&P for the UK.

Just got a question asking how much to send to Peru - so out of interest I looked it up and (insured and tracked) it's £114.75 (!).

I've just seen that the bloke in Peru had already bid £800 and is the highest bidder.

If he wins the auction, theoretically he can only pay £800 and I get stuck with the postage. I'm sure eBay would eventually side with me in any dispute, but I don't want that faff.

At least they asked.

Yesterday I had some tt buy something I had to sell, which was UK posting only. The buyer is in China and wants it posted to a dodgy onward shipping place in east London. Umm, no.

At least ebay seems to have a set option for "the buyer is being a tt with their delivery address, so cancel the sale". However the buyer got so huffy I had to resort to Google Translate for the local version of - "Go fk yourself you ".

[GetCarter]

Thesprucegoose said:

GetCarter said:

Where?

(and why?)

watch broker, jellewer.

i've sold two recent items both reported as lost. there are two many scammers.

Fair comment. What commission do they take?

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

Fair comment. What commission do they take?

don't know but ask on watch forum, i think there is a trader on here.

[GetCarter]

Thesprucegoose said:

GetCarter said:

Fair comment. What commission do they take?

don't know but ask on watch forum, i think there is a trader on here.

I ask that as eBay take £1

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

I ask that as eBay take £1

plus paypal fee. up to you.

[GetCarter]

Thesprucegoose said:

GetCarter said:

I ask that as eBay take £1

plus paypal fee. up to you.

You can always make an offer Happy to do a deal.

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

Thesprucegoose said:

GetCarter said:

Fair comment. What commission do they take?

don't know but ask on watch forum, i think there is a trader on here.

I ask that as eBay take £1

Only because its listed as a £1 max selling fee
Selling abroad with global shipping is ok
BUT
If it goes wrong and buyer is a tt then and tries to claim its faulty YOU have to pay ALL the return postage costs

[Saleen836]

techiedave said:

Only because its listed as a £1 max selling fee
Selling abroad with global shipping is ok
BUT
If it goes wrong and buyer is a tt then and tries to claim its faulty YOU have to pay ALL the return postage costs

Along with getting back a 99p watch! you will of course have signed to receive the item back and this is all the proof ebay require to refund the buyer

[anonymous-user]

Saleen836 said:

techiedave said:

Only because its listed as a £1 max selling fee
Selling abroad with global shipping is ok
BUT
If it goes wrong and buyer is a tt then and tries to claim its faulty YOU have to pay ALL the return postage costs

Along with getting back a 99p watch! you will of course have signed to receive the item back and this is all the proof ebay require to refund the buyer

I have just cancelled one this morning as the buyers Global Shipping reference is incomplete. I just wont take the risks involved

[Alucidnation]

£800 worth of watch on eBay?

What could possibly go wrong?

[coffinvalley]

Alucidnation said:

£800 worth of watch on eBay?

What could possibly go wrong?

What could go wrong if you sell fairly and accurately?, I genuinely would like to know as i sell a few highish value items from time to time (not watches !)..

[Alucidnation]

Doesn't take much for a buyer to open a case and get a refund.

They nearly always side with the buyer.