Someone bought a listing meant for someone else.

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I had an inquire to list two DVD's separately as a BIN for someone specific and included their ID in the title and the description.

Someone else then bought them.

So how do I get this buyer to cancel the transaction so I don't incur a defect and a possible red dot please?

Then had another inquire for a single DVD and set that up as an Auction and sold to them as the highest bidder,(that's how I'll do it

from now on to avoid someone buying it as a BIN).

[*stuff*books*]

I have messaged them and asked if they can cancel from their end please.

I've also notified them that I have an extra copy of one of the DVD's and that I have spares of some others in the hope that they

will cancel this one and then buy others maybe,(that way they may put it down as a mistake and they 'll be satisfied with buying others

they may need).

Lesson learned and from now on I will only list as an auction for specific buyers as that way I can cancel the bids or sell to the right

person when they place that first bid,(I always notify the intended buyer when I've listed it).

The intended buyer asked another question after I listed it and when I wasn't online,which allowed the other one to buy it.

[*stuff*books*]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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they way I have done this in the past is to have a BIN listing with 'best offer' included.  You then set the BIN price at about ten times the actual price agreed to with the buyer.  Then, you let them know the item number and tell them to make an offer at the agreed price which you will then accept.

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That sounds like a good option,(might try that next time).

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@*stuff*books* wrote:

I have messaged them and asked if they can cancel from their end please.

I've also notified them that I have an extra copy of one of the DVD's and that I have spares of some others in the hope that they will cancel this one and then buy others maybe,(that way they may put it down as a mistake and they 'll be satisfied with buying others they may need).

Lesson learned and from now on I will only list as an auction for specific buyers as that way I can cancel the bids or sell to the right person when they place that first bid,(I always notify the intended buyer when I've listed it).

The intended buyer asked another question after I listed it and when I wasn't online,which allowed the other one to buy it.

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the problem with an auction that runs full term would be that you can't possibly cancel snipe bids that are placed in the final seconds of an auction.  Also, your agreed buyer may well find the item elsewhere at a cheaper price before bidding on your auction set up for them.

Best to do the high BIN price with best offer . . . . . works every time for me.

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@*stuff*books* wrote:

I had an inquire to list two DVD's separately as a BIN for someone specific and included their ID in the title and the description.

Someone else then bought them.

So how do I get this buyer to cancel the transaction so I don't incur a defect and a possible red dot please?

Then had another inquire for a single DVD and set that up as an Auction and sold to them as the highest bidder,(that's how I'll do it from now on to avoid someone buying it as a BIN).

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they way I have done this in the past is to have a BIN listing with 'best offer' included.  You then set the BIN price at about ten times the actual price agreed to with the buyer.  Then, you let them know the item number and tell them to make an offer at the agreed price which you will then accept.

No-one is likely to pay 10 X the normal price for an item.  Having the 'best offer' feature lets you reject offers from anybody other than the buyer that the listing is intended for.

No need to put the buyers name in the title, no need for the words "private listing" in the title and description.  No need to run auctions that the enquiring buyer might not win.  Just make the BIN price extravagantly high enough that nobody would pay that price.

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Exactly what I have done on a few occassions!! Works very well, and as you say the chances of someone buying at way over the odds in such a tiny margin of timeframe is very unlikely.