Asked to end item early.

[jimmyjoejoe_jnr]

I just had a buyer msg me asking would I end an item and sell it them for $10 including postage,item is listed for $10 with $8.30 postage.I replied do you mean you only want to pay $10 and want free postage as when its all added up I will be losing money.Reply was just put it in smaller bag wouldn't weigh more than 250gms then halve your cost works out $10.I told her if she didn't like the price and postage don't bid on it,she said I was being greedy and unresonable.Item never sold but auto relisted so no skin off my nose.Have others had this happen and was I being unreasonable.

[chameleon54]

yeoldiecoinco - 100 kudos

[springyzone]

I wonder if she realises she is being greedy?

She is asking you to sell at a loss or no profit, then go to the trouble of posting the thing, just for her.

I have never asked anyone on ebay to end an auction early or lower a price as it seems to me to be very rude.

Where it says best offer, I do offer a little bit lower but close to the asking price. I see that as different as the seller has invited offers.

I know you can't do it but I would be tempted to tell that sort of buyer that this is ebay, not gumtree.

I know that even on gumtree, it is really annoying to get insulting offers.

[springyzone]

.Reply was just put it in smaller bag wouldn't weigh more than 250gms

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I shouldn't smile but this reminded me of an incident years back when my sister & I were selling.

We had a snow suit on sale. A big, padded, full body snow suit.

The exact postage cost wasn't listed as postage costs varied from state to state so we were going to do it once we knew where the buyer was (this was in the old days, wouldn't do it this way now).

Well, there were plenty of photos of the item. I forget what postage we charged. It was exact cost only but I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the message she sent.  The woman was riled as she said she had expected it to fit in the small satchel. I forget if that was 250g or 500g but I do know the item was too big for even a 3kg satchel.

Some buyers just have no idea.

[jimmyjoejoe_jnr]

Well she doesn't give up easily just received this msg "Your maths aren't too good are they? Can we go back to negoitations,I WANT these pants contact me with a realistic price including postage asap. I had blocked her last night I thought she would not be able to contact me again

[imastawka]

She's able to contact you because you've already had messages with her on the item.

If you have her id blocked,  just ignore her, she can't buy, there's nothing she can do

[jimmyjoejoe_jnr]

Thanks I was just going to end the listing then maybe she will stop msg me.What do you think,in all my years of selling I have never encountered anyone like this.

[phorum_junkie*]

I have had buyers ask however I either respond saying sorry but it is against ebay rules to ask a seller of a BIN item to accept an offer if best offer is not an option in the listing and ending an auction early without the buyer making a bid is also a policy violation so no, sorry but I cannot accept your offer.

or

I ignore them altogether and would just delete any further messages without reading them.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@jimmyjoejoe_jnr wrote:

Well she doesn't give up easily just received this msg "Your maths aren't too good are they? Can we go back to negoitations,I WANT these pants contact me with a realistic price including postage asap. I had blocked her last night I thought she would not be able to contact me again

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personally, I would double or triple the price of the listing as well as changing the postage on that listing to include Sig on Delivery.  That will send her a clear message.  If the pants end up just sitting there for a while they will be a reminder to you that some buyers are just plain crazy.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@jimmyjoejoe_jnr wrote:

Well she doesn't give up easily just received this msg "Your maths aren't too good are they? Can we go back to negoitations,I WANT these pants contact me with a realistic price including postage asap. I had blocked her last night I thought she would not be able to contact me again

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personally, I would double or triple the price of the listing as well as changing the postage on that listing to include Sig on Delivery.  That will send her a clear message.  If the pants end up just sitting there for a while they will be a reminder to you that some buyers are just plain crazy.

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I bought something on eBay some years back and picked up while visiting my parents in Sydney.  While I was there my sister-in-law saw the item and asked me "how much?" as she really liked them.  I had paid $150 but I told her that she could have them for $1000.  She said she was prepared to pay what they had cost me and pressed me to let her know how much that was.  I eventually told her I was prepared to revise my asking price and her eyes lit up . . . . until I told her the new asking price was $2000 as I hadn't realised exactly how much she really wanted them.  Needless to say she didn't agree with the new price, BUT, she has never mentioned them since!

[springyzone]

Well she doesn't give up easily just received this msg "Your maths aren't too good are they? Can we go back to negoitations,I WANT these pants contact me with a realistic price including postage asap. I had blocked her last night I thought she would not be able to contact me again

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I just re read your original message.

This woman really wants the pants but she is carrying on like a pork chop (as my mum used to say) about paying $18.50?

She obviously doesn't want them enough.

I don't know that I would even bother replying to her, it's not worth wasting your time.

Your silence will be answer enough.

Oh and keep those pants listed. Relist till they sell. On no account lower the price one cent as you can bet your bottom dollar she'll be watching.

I'm almost tempted to tell you to get a couple of friends to bid them up a bit in a fake bidding war so they 'sell' even dearer, at about $20. That would really show her! But then you would have to pay fees, so that isn't such a great idea.