Ebay "Buy it Now" Question
Mercury
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I have several auction running on Ebay and I started the auctions about 25%to 30% back of bid. This one auction has several bids on it but it is still not up to bid price. Then I get a message from someone who has not bid asking if I would add a Buy it Now option for the full ask price. Assuming the ask price is something I am willing to accept, I have two questions...
1. Can you add a Buy it Now option after the items has bids on it?
2. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Kind of like changing the rules in the middle of the auction. I know that if I was bidding on something and this happend I would not like it. What to you guys think about this.
1. Can you add a Buy it Now option after the items has bids on it?
2. I'm not sure how I feel about this. Kind of like changing the rules in the middle of the auction. I know that if I was bidding on something and this happend I would not like it. What to you guys think about this.
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2) I think doing so is very unfair to the bidders. I'd tell the guy to go ahead and enter a bid at his price, and good luck to him!
<< <i>1. Can you add a Buy it Now option after the items has bids on it? >>
No. And no to the next logical question: Can you do it if you cancel the bids?
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>I am not sure if you can put a buy it now option on after an auction starts, but you certainly can put on a "make an offer" option up. >>
Won't work. The make an offer feature is only available for auctions with a BIN, and he can't add a BIN because he has bids.
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>Otherwise it is a 7 day suspension for "fee avoidance". Right, Russ? >>
You'd have to ask Marty about that.
<< <i>you can always sell to the highest bidder at the current bid, so I believe. >>
Correct.
Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>Otherwise it is a 7 day suspension for "fee avoidance". Right, Russ? >>
You'd have to ask Marty about that.
<< <i>you can always sell to the highest bidder at the current bid, so I believe. >>
Correct.
Russ, NCNE >>
<< <i>Guess you have to negotiate on the side. Just remember, keep it off the ebay message system. Otherwise it is a 7 day suspension for "fee avoidance". >>
It is hard to communicate with sellers & buyers now without going through the eBay message system.
<< <i>It is hard to communicate with sellers & buyers now without going through the eBay message system. >>
Indeed, there are so many scams and phishes these days that if the message doesn't show in "My Messages" I pretty much disregard it.
<< <i>Did MM ever get back on the bay or no? >>
Yeah, he did his week in purgatory and is back.
Russ, NCNE
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>I stand corrected. I add the offer feature to my store items, which are BIN. I just learned something, it will not work on auctions, hmm..that sucks. Guess you have to negotiate on the side. Just remember, keep it off the ebay message system. Otherwise it is a 7 day suspension for "fee avoidance". Right, Russ? >>
Be very careful of doing this off eBay as well. It's still a suspendable offense, and many vigilantes seek out message boards like these looking for these very discussions--they then try to hook you into an off-ebay deal and turn you in for fee avoidance.
Thanks
Mercury
Correct.
Russ, NCNE
But I don't believe a buyer is obligated to purchase an item under the above scenario _if_ the item has a reserve that has not been met.
<< <i>Be very careful of doing this off eBay as well. It's still a suspendable offense, and many vigilantes seek out message boards like these looking for these very discussions--they then try to hook you into an off-ebay deal and turn you in for fee avoidance. >>
Is this some sort of hobby?
<< <i>I have the opposite problem. I want all communications on the ebay response system, yet about half of the people send me emails. First I don't know how they get my email address, and second I think they are up to something, the bat rast...
Whenever you communicate with anyone through eBay's "respond now" system, be sure you check the box that says "Hide my email addy from so & so", or eBay will also give them your email address along with your message/answer to them.
- Jim
Just kidding
Is eBay paying a reward to those folks or are they the kind who like to be the self-righteous prix?
<< <i><< Be very careful of doing this off eBay as well. It's still a suspendable offense, and many vigilantes seek out message boards like these looking for these very discussions--they then try to hook you into an off-ebay deal and turn you in for fee avoidance. >>
Is eBay paying a reward to those folks or are they the kind who like to be the self-righteous prix? >>
eBay pays no bounty. These people are deranged vigilantes who go too far. For years, I have assisted victims of fraud on eBay and reported shilling and scammers to the powers that be. A hobby, I guess, or perhaps more as a way to leave something better than I found it, and if I'm using eBay heavily I may as well make a difference. In so doing, I've come across many unsavory types, both the fraudsters and the fraud-fighters, and often it's impossible to distinguish the two. I will leave what motivates these people to your imagination, but there is a surprisingly large group of ruffians who believe profiting on eBay is a crime, and that all rules are made to be enforced with an iron fist. These are the people who would troll parking lots and call the police if someone exceeded the "10 minute limit", or they'd report strangers for putting coins into the parking meters (crazy as it sounds, putting money into another's parking meter is a crime!). On the internet, they don't just see wrong in shilling and fraud--they see crimes in high shipping fees, paypal surcharges, off-eBay transactions, keyword spamming, low-priced auctions they believe are intended to exchange cheap feedback, etc. I have pointed out to them many times that there is a difference between being pro-active about crimes that defy our legal system and victimize unsuspecting buyers and "policies" instituted by a corporation to protect their own interests. They never see the difference. And thus, perhaps their worst nature is brought out--disagree with these people and suddenly you become the criminal. They believe those that do not kiss their feet and agree with their "take" on things are all scammers in hiding. They see nothing wrong with business and auction interference, and they will go to great lengths to "get" the people they see as standing in their way. I've had the displeasure of reading in and briefly participating on some of their various discussion boards, and I've seen it first hand. They hang out in every crevice and crack in cyberspace, especially auction forums and e-commerce message boards, and they scour the sites for violations to report. Obviously, on a community like this, the opportunity is ripe to find people exchanging goods and offering things for sale on the boards at the same time as they might be listed on ebay. One prolific poster here and an old friend "vcavo" (he posts to the currency board) was a victim of one notorious gang of ebay thugs a while back. I'm sure he has horror stories to tell. I could write a book.
<< <i>Is eBay paying a reward to those folks or are they the kind who like to be the self-righteous prix? >>
The only "vigilante" work I ever do is related to helping to bust up an obvious scam. As far as technical violations of eBay rules which do little more help avoid eBay fees, I'll let eBay police that one.