What Is Your Understanding Of The E-Bay Buying And Selling Policy?

I agree... she did the fair thing, and has to take the consequences for not putting in a "Buy Now" or "Make an Offer" button. If she'd done that, then it would have been fair to accept any offers, as all have an equal chance.

Yes, it sucks that she suffered a lower price but then in hindsight, it could have gone much higher. That's the risk you take with E-Bay, my dear friend.

Brightest Blessings. xxx

Hi Once someone has placed a bid you cannot go and alter to a buy it now, this can only be done after item up for aution but no with active bids if this makes sense. The first time someone requested this of me this is what I thought could perhaps be done to follow policy rulings and found out then that I couldn't. Ellie:D

Ah, that makes more sense. I think I generally put a buy it now on everything, but made it high enough that most people would bid first anyway.

In that case, it's really up to your conscience, but to be honest, I think I would have done exactly the same thing as you, and felt slightly cheated when I only got a couple of quid for it;)

Hi Wolf! No, I think Ellie's right on this one. I don't sell on E-Bay, but I can imagine my annoyance if somebody gazumped me that way! I would be in touch with E-Bay straight away. As it happened, the woman who made the offer of £10 won it anyway, so she was better off bidding. One can always put in a maximum bid of £10, if they're prepared to pay that much should others bid higher.

It was my granddaughter's Mr. Frosty, so probably not that original, as she's only coming up for eleven years old. It's probably about six or seven years old, but it still has the box and is in very good condition, as she rarely used it. You know how the novelty wears off with kids!

Brightest Blessings.

I agree with you, unless you put in the "Make an Offer" or "Buy It Now" buttons at the beginning of the auction, then you should stick with your original start of bidding, which in this case, was 99p. You have to take your chances on E-Bay... sometimes an item will create tremendous interest amongst buyers and soar to a ridiculously high price and others, well you just have to accept the low bids.

Brightest Blessings, my friend.

Forgot to answer the last two questions, your daughter-in-law did do the correct thing and this will be reflected in the feedback she gets and even though only sold this item for a small amount integrity matters more. I personally don't report people as it good be that they just really want the item. I won a mini razor chopper bike worth £249 which I didn't want so I put on Ebay and had a few private requests to buy it immediately. I responded pleasantly back sayig thanks but no thanks I need to see the aution through to the end and that I hoped they were successful in their bid. Ellie:D

Yes, I agree. You've said more or less everything I told my daughter-in-law. She's always very fair in her judgements and I'm proud of her for telling this person that it wouldn't be fair to other bidders to sell out of auction. Good for her! She's cool about getting a lower price. At least the item drew some interest and she's learned from it. There have been times when she's made way above what she's asked, so it's swings and roundabouts really and a chance you have to take, unless as you say, you cover yourself with a "Buy Now" button.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for the explanation, my dear friend. xxx

Hi Darkwing, I really am off to bed now, just one more response, ooop and an hour has gone, 5 or 6 later. I use another site that is free to list and have sold a fair amount but it is fairly new so put what you really want for it as a starting price downwiththehammer. Might be worth her giving a try. Glen the guy who runs it is lovely and very helpful too. Ellie:D xxx

Oh great! Thank you for the heads up on that one, my friend. Hmmmm, another 3.30 a.m. bedtime? lol.

Take care, and nite nite. xxx

Yes, I think the buyers were in the wrong to make contact. I don't know how they managed to contact them outside of E-Bay because whenever I've asked the seller a question, it has been through E-Bay's messaging service, where they can keep an eye on proceedings.

I have a feeling that E-Bay ask you to report any activity that's against policies, but I'm not even sure on that one. However, I'd be the same as you, and become extremely annoyed if somebody jumped my bid in this way. They don't need to do that... all they need to do is put in a maximum bid of ten pounds, then if the bids don't reach that much, they just pay the lower price.

Brightest Blessings, my dear friend. xxx

Yes, me too. I'm quite proud of her, even though she lost money doing so. She refused because of the other bidders, which is quite an honourable thing to do, I feel. Not only that... I'm sure it's against E-Bay policy to engage in any transaction outside their auction site, once you've listed with them. Ok, when the listing time runs out, I guess you can do what you want to, but not before.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

Oh boy! I never thought of it from a scam point of view, but you're right... it so well could have turned out that way.

I think she was not only considerate, but wise, in turning down the offers, even if she did get less for it. It's swings and roundabouts on E-Bay. Some things you'll get more than you expected for and others, less.

Brightest Blessings, and thank you for your contribution.

Yes, I've had to leave feedback for buyers recently. Not that I ever felt a need to leave negative feedback, but it's not allowed these days. Your feedback has to be positive, but can be graded... in other words it can be really positive or just about positive. ha ha ha.

I'm sure that offers outside E-Bay, on a listed item, is outside policy guidelines, but I guess as they weren't too pushy, my daughter in law decided there was no real need to report them. I might have done, though! lol.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my friend. xx

Yes, I agree. I think, in hindsight, they might add a "Buy It Now" or "Offer" button in future, but we live and learn. I'm proud of her for her decision.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

I see... then you wouldn't know that it is indeed stated in Mylot's TOS, but temptation can be a persuasive thing sometimes. I'm really proud of my daughter in law for sticking to her guns for the sake of other bidders. She also saved her account being closed by breaking policy.

Brightest Blessings, my dear friend, and thank you for your contribution. x