Potential Buyer Wants To Call In To Demo First.

[austmagz]

I'm not familiar with this situation.A potential buyer contacted me to ask if they could come to my home and use the piano to see what its like. The piano is packed and ready to be delivered to a new buyer. As any auction I'm not familiar with the idea of anyone visiting a seller to try out their item.Even in your everyday auction on an auction's business premisis for anything they dont let buyers test drive a vehicle. 

What are the rules for buyers and sellers in this situation? And,what about the safety factor?

Thank you for your help.

[lyndal1838]

But the OP is not offering pickup.....she is going to deliver/courier the piano at the buyer's expense.

The listing states that the buyer should research the piano on line to be sure it suits their needs and is what they want.

I am not a piano player myself but to my way of thinking it is not the sort of thing you can research.  It needs to be trie out before buying.  The OP admits in the listing that it was not for her, but wants some other sucker buyer to part with over $1300 sight unseen.

[egglesdtp]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

But the OP is not offering pickup.....she is going to deliver/courier the piano at the buyer's expense.

The listing states that the buyer should research the piano on line to be sure it suits their needs and is what they want.

I am not a piano player myself but to my way of thinking it is not the sort of thing you can research.  It needs to be trie out before buying.  The OP admits in the listing that it was not for her, but wants some other sucker buyer to part with over $1300 sight unseen.

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I realise the OP is not offering pick-up, but if they are serious about selling, I think they are going to have to rethink the whole idea. I don't think it has much chance of selling unless the buyer can try it out first.

[ydgonline06]

So pick up items have no buyer or seller protection, I understand from your comment here. Would that be the same if they pay cash on pick up, or PayPal beforehand? I wonder how that will unfold with the new 180 day refund. Would these 'pick up' items still fall under the new system starting November 1st?

[casbit33]

I sold an organ recently. someone made me an offer, i accepted. They came to get it and the lady came inside and spent a while trying it out before agreeing to take it. It was only $50 but they felt the need to - try before you buy. I didn't mind, she was a nice lady.

[casbit33]

My husband had a large item he was selling. someone came to inspect it while the sale was still on. They made an offer, we accepted. Then they changed their mind. That's life.

[lyndal1838 · Accepted solution]

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@ydgonline06 wrote:
So pick up items have no buyer or seller protection, I understand from your comment here. Would that be the same if they pay cash on pick up, or PayPal beforehand? I wonder how that will unfold with the new 180 day refund. Would these 'pick up' items still fall under the new system starting November 1st?

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Yes, pick up items are not covered by paypal at all and still won't be under the new system.  The only change is that Made to Order items will be covered but they are not covered now.

To all intents and purposes the only real change is that paypal will not accept disputes up to 6 months after the sale.

[springyzone]

I would guess that with a lot of larger items, people ask if they can have a look first. It isn't a rarity on ebay.

Plenty of ads invite people to come inspect.

I've seen wedding dresses for sale, size is listed, but the sellers still invite people to come and try it on. Ditto for bikes-some sellers say buyers are welcome to come have a look if they want to.

It could work out well for you as it sounds as if the item is almost new, so if a buyer comes to your home, likes it and bids & buys, they will probably pick it up and pay cash, so you won't have to pay paypal on postage and you won't have to leave home to deliver it to a courier or whatever.

[cherry*135]

If you are keen to sell the piano, let prospective buyers come to your house and inspect it, try it out.

Get their name and phone number first, if you are worried about security, maybe car rego number as well.

[austmagz]

A potential buyer should go into a retail shop to try out the same make and model for a start.That way they can decide if its to their liking in the first place.

There are people out there who like to demo things with no intention of buying.This happens with cars mainly.I want to avoid that situation.

Buyers have to be responsible.They want to try something out in a shop first if they want to buy online cheaper.They will only comparing a demo model in a shop for a new one in my home.The price they pay as is the only difference.

[austmagz]

I bought mine from interstate from a shop.I dont travel due to disability.I dont have that luxury to go into a shop.I have to research everything then buy it hoping it will be suitable.