f you were the owner, you would surely know."
Non pertinent facts are not to be mentioned I'm told.
The chairs came from a deceased estate, a distant relative I was not in frequent contact with so EXACTLY what she did with them isn't known to me. I can only deduce obvious things from examining them.
The price you saw was not fine, it was absurdly low but its what Ebay was telling me to use as of last week.
The price started out a long time ago below what other Ebayers were charging but not painfully cheap. Each time an item fails to sell Ebay tells you to chop the price so as the months rolled by that happened until it hit the crazy give away price you saw. The only interest at any price was an illegal offer and a non paying mongrel.
I will repurpose them. They are no longer for sale.
My listings are now all cancelled.
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I wasn't trying to upset you & sorry if it came across that way.
It seems I was correct though in that the chairs were not personally yours.
That is fine.
I've sold deceased family estate items too in the past.
When I said not to put off topic stuff in an ad, I was referring more to things such as comments about non paying bidders or descriptions of other brands or models that are not actually being sold.
It's not a blanket statement though. As I said earlier, if you were selling anything that was updated or an improved model or better quality than similar looking things, then that can be worth a mention.
With regard to price, go your own way, don't rely on ebay to guide you.
In my experience (admittedly a while in the past) they are only concerned in making a sale and getting a commission. They don't know or care about your situation or if you are making a profit. For example, in the past, they used to recommend we start auctions at 99c. The listing fees were admittedly cheaper but the trouble with it was if something sold at that price or even slightly above it, it was more work than it was worth.
These days if I had to list, I'd be putting what i thought was a fair price on my items. Maybe not the top price but a price that was reasonable, that I would be happy to sell for.
I know it can be a ridiculous thing but sometimes if something is marked down cheap, people do wonder if a dearer version is 'better' and it may not be, but it is how people think.
Just because something doesn't sell on ebay straight away, it doesn't mean you need to lower your price, my advice would be to give it another couple of tries.
Non paying bidders are a pain but there are still genuine buyers on ebay so don't lose heart.
