on โ17-08-2013 10:17 AM
What is it with these people who put things on Ebay as an auction item with the disclaimer that it can be retracted at any time as it is 'advertised elsewhere'? From what I have seen the items are ususally listed on the 'other' site/s with an asking price, which has nothing to do with an auction type sale.
I have been unfortunate enough for poor vendors to retract the already bid on item on ebay. Personally I think it is poor form. You either want to sell it at a set price or to auction it. I've never been to a clearing sale or acution where 1/2 way through the bidding the auctioneer simply says 'sorry folks, it's no longer for sale as the vendor just made a deal with someone else and sold this item off a newspaper ad.
Anyone else have an issue with this?
on โ17-08-2013 11:51 AM
isnt that against the rules to say its advertised else where, not really fair
different if they have 2 of the same item
on โ17-08-2013 11:57 AM
Please conside the human being on the other side of your transaction. People sell things on eBay to make money. Most aren't large businesses, just small sellers trying to scrape a living. They need to sell and sometimes, auctions rotate on eBay for months without a bid, just costing more and more to keep there. So people who need to make money take any alternative they can to get their sale.
on โ17-08-2013 12:12 PM
on โ17-08-2013 12:31 PM
It's only against the rules if it's an auction and there are bids - I've never tried it, but the eBay system would probably reject the cancellation. And even then, it can still be resolved - even after an item has sold - if both parties agree.
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on โ17-08-2013 12:50 PM
@ozcraftsptyltd wrote:It's only against the rules if it's an auction and there are bids - I've never tried it, but the eBay system would probably reject the cancellation. And even then, it can still be resolved - even after an item has sold - if both parties agree.
It is actually against the rules to advertise an item elsewhere while it's listed on eBay, regardless of format, so while a seller can end an item that's currently listed, or send a mutual cancellation after it sold, technically and officially it shouldn't be becuase it sold from being advertised elsewhere.
Under the selling practices policy > Product Availability:
You must not:
List an item that may be out of stock at the time of purchase
List an item that you're simultaneously selling outside of eBay
Offer an item that may not be what's delivered to the buyer
Offer an inflated number of items in a multi-quantity listing.
http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/policies/selling-practices.html
โ17-08-2013 03:34 PM - edited โ17-08-2013 03:38 PM
You have an option when cancelling a sale to say it is no longer available. In any case, this is not a rule they could reasonably expect to enforce. Note, for example the many large businesses which have shopfront sales as well as eBay stores.
on โ18-08-2013 12:31 AM
Ozcraft it is a rule that certainly can be, and is, enforced. Ebay will remove a listing if somebody reports that the seller states the item is for sale anywhere else.
Of course if a seller is sensible enough not to make any statements in the listing they can get away with ending listings at any time up until the last 12 hours using the reason that the item is no longer available.
on โ19-10-2020 08:38 PM
on โ19-10-2020 09:29 PM
The rules have changed over the last SEVEN years.
eBay no longer prohibit cross-platform listings.
What you can take from this is that you have probably dodged a bullet. The only sellers authorised to sell proprietiary items are authorised resellers. Admittedly you could have been trying to buy a cheap secondhand tablet, with no warranty, but it doesn't negate the fact that the discussions on this thread have nothing to do with 2020.