Ebay warning

[Chris S]

I put a maximum bid of £12.50 on a Raleigh Cyclone just for a laugh - and I won it!

I collected the bike and paid up. It just needed an inner gear cable and I'm still riding it six months later.

 

[Banjo]

I once bid on a bike whilst drunk. It was a steel touring type bike would have been nice but I didnt need it, couldnt afford it and had nowhere to put it .

I had the winning bid for several days and was mightilly relieved to be outbid in the nick of time.

Had I won it I would have paid up promptly then tried to sell it on.

People who make joke bids should have their fingers chopped off IMHO people who make drunken bids should be prepared to pay up with a smile (through gritted teeth).

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

I have only had this once, think I was selling a mobile phone ages ago and the buyer told me he could not pay for it because his grandmother had just died and he was feeling really down When I told him that I was sorry and all that, but it's not really my problem he replied saying what an insensitive so and so I was

 

[biglad]

I bought this really nice Gordon Smith guitar on eBay a few weeks back, and managed to grab it for just 193 quid. I was so ecstatic, I paid for it instantly. I didn't hear anything from the seller, then came home from work a couple of days later two a refund from eBay and a message from the seller that was apologising sincerely but they had just had a change of heart, and that as a lover of guitars they hoped I understood.

I thought initially that it was just an excuse because it went for less than they expected. But gave them the benefit of the doubt and left neutral feedback. (they left positive, I guess by way of an apology).

I kept the guitar on my watch list, and lo-behold, two weeks later "Seller has relisted this item". It went for 330 I think from a Buy It Now. I emailed them while the second auction was going on with a message saying "That was a very brief change of heart you had there!" But got no response. I knew I should never have given them the benefit of the doubt like that.

Ho-hum

 

[400bhp]

If I am selling something of reasonably high value, I won't let anyone bid on it with little bidding history.

If I receive a bid from such a person I will contact them and ask some questions including asking for full name, address and home telephone number.

This appeared to work for me when I sold the Boardman. I had some guy qith zero Ebay feedback bidding on it who lived over 200 miles away. I weeded him out with some questions and he went away.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I once bid on a bike whilst drunk. It was a steel touring type bike would have been nice but I didnt need it, couldnt afford it and had nowhere to put it .

I had the winning bid for several days and was mightilly relieved to be outbid in the nick of time.

Oh yes the 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' bid. Been there. done that!

Had I won it I would have paid up promptly

Oh yes, always, unless I GENUINELY couldn't.

drunken bids should be prepared to pay up with a smile (through gritted teeth).

If I won something I would always pay, regardless. I once bid on a beautiful old green Pashley (with all the leather bits and pieces) and was prepared to go down to London to get it (at Waterloo I seem to remember), but due to various reasons, I had to cancel my bid before the end of the aution (my winning bid was the same as someone else's so the seller wouldn't have lost anything - I wouldn't have canceled if this hadn't been the case). I got a snotty reply back and was banned from the sale.
When I think about it now, a Pashley from London?? it was probably stolen anyway!

 

[400bhp]

If I won something I would always pay, regardless.

That's the thing isn't it. The great thing about Ebay is you just sell something on if you don't want it.

I've often thought about living solely off Ebay (bar food) and writing a book about it. A bit like that Visa advert that used to be on the tv.

 

[Manonabike]

I bought this really nice Gordon Smith guitar on eBay a few weeks back, and managed to grab it for just 193 quid. I was so ecstatic, I paid for it instantly. I didn't hear anything from the seller, then came home from work a couple of days later two a refund from eBay and a message from the seller that was apologising sincerely but they had just had a change of heart, and that as a lover of guitars they hoped I understood.

I thought initially that it was just an excuse because it went for less than they expected. But gave them the benefit of the doubt and left neutral feedback. (they left positive, I guess by way of an apology).

I kept the guitar on my watch list, and lo-behold, two weeks later "Seller has relisted this item". It went for 330 I think from a Buy It Now. I emailed them while the second auction was going on with a message saying "That was a very brief change of heart you had there!" But got no response. I knew I should never have given them the benefit of the doubt like that.

Ho-hum

Perhaps that was your chance to teach him a lesson and made sure you won the second auction but this time you could have sent him a message that as a lover of £ notes you hoped they would understand you changing your mind

 

[jay clock]

I had a bloke with zero feedback bid on and win a pair of roofbars. After no payment and no reply to emails, I tracked him down via his domain name and phoned him up. He claimed it was impossible that he had bid as he didn't know how to make a bid!

 

[Boyfrom64]

Apologies for hi-jacking this post however, I am about to sell a set of Alpinstars motorcycle leathers and I am interested to know if anyone on this board has had any experience of using Gumtree or any other site other than ebay to sell items, and what success / issues they may have had?

 

[PpPete]

I'm always struck by people who won't sell internationally.

I've offered a few "vintage" parts from my collection, and opened it for international bidders..... with quite a substantial "safety margin" on the shipping cost. I've sent frames to Germany and Israel, wheels to Italy, even some small bits to Argentina and USA.

I've had to put a bit of effort into packing, but I've never, ever had a problem with any of the foreign winners. All have paid promptly, and left +ve feedback.

 

[Wardy]

Perhaps that was your chance to teach him a lesson and made sure you won the second auction but this time you could have sent him a message that as a lover of £ notes you hoped they would understand you changing your mind

Brilliant!

 

[funnymummy]

Apologies for hi-jacking this post however, I am about to sell a set of Alpinstars motorcycle leathers and I am interested to know if anyone on this board has had any experience of using Gumtree or any other site other than ebay to sell items, and what success / issues they may have had?

I've never sold anything on there, but I have bought a few things, all sales went well, paid cash on collection even had a couple of folk offer to deliver to me when I was arranging to collect (items were quite big so had said would have to get someone to 'babysit' as i'd have to put back seats down in my car)
I would consider selling on there if I knew exactly what something was really worth, but the items i sell tend to be 'sort after' so Ebay gets me the chance of people bidding & making me a few more pennies

 

[doctordee]

Me and the wife have sold over eight hundred items on ebay over the last three years. I refurbish, repaint or rewire guitars and guitar effects and the wife makes personalized cards, for wedding etc. Over the last three years we have had quite a few no shows, non-payments or people buying an item then complaining and looking for money back without returning the item. Thankfully we have always won our case with ebay and because of that we are very specific of our item descriptions and our clause that we add to the bottom of each listing, for example, do not bid with less than 10 positive feedback, paypal only etc. If the bidder does not match to these agreements we are able to remove them from bidding.

 

[cyberknight]

Sold a child car seat yesterday and now hey have cancelled as they do not drive and it is to far away !

RTFM !! it clearly stated that it was pick up only , i refunded them less the cost of relisting and paypal fees.