anyone a whiz at ebay?

[beastmonkey]

not sure where to post this so thought i'd try here.

I have recently started trying to sell items on ebay under the buy it now section, i received an offer from someone but said no, as i wanted the full amount. the person replied saying that on buy it now you have to accept all offers.

Is this true? i have listed all my items as buy it now and i am worried if people start offering £1, i would be at a loss. I am really worried incase i get bad feed back as i know this is important on ebay.

If i am in the wrong, is there a way of selling it for the asking price without having to accept offers?

thanks for any help offered.

[daffy654]

You are not in the wrong, report the buyer to Ebay as they are breaking the rules by harrassing you in this way. You have the right to set whatever price you like for items you are selling.

[mike11111]

Me!

Oh, sorry, thought you said, "Anyone at Whitley Bay?"

[Davethedog]

If you put up buy it now you put a price.

So its open to auction but if someone wants it now they meet your price.

So say you a an Iphone, you put on a reserve and you say buy it now at say £300 so bids come in but if someone meets your buy it now price £300 its sold at £300.

This guy obviously doesn't understand the rules or is trying it on.

[mccfluff]

on buy it now you enter the price you want for the item, its not up for auction, so if you mistakenly put put £1.00

i put stuff on in the auction say at a start price of £50 but i want £75 for it so that will be the 'buy it now' price + plus postage

[237SJ]

I agree with LL to an extent. I learnt more at non-uniformed college than I learnt at my uniformed school. I certainly didn`t feel part of the school because I was in uniform. Kids will always try to find ways of asserting their individuality by bending the rules if they can. I know I did. I did well in my non uniform college because it was make clear to us that if we didn`t pull our weight, we`d be out. Our clothes had nothing to do with it.

[237SJ]

Oh god, sorry. This was supposed to be on another thread. I don`t know how it got here.

[beastmonkey]

thanks for the advice, i put the buy it now price at £60, they offered £40, and so i turned it down.

Didn't think it seemed right i had to accept the offer.

[Kanewood]

Buy It Now is precisely that. Unless you've also added Best Offer as well, even then you don't have to accept it. I agree, someone is trying it on.

As pixi said, only people who have bought from you can leave you feedback.

Check Buy It Now rules on Ebay if you are unsure.

[DEN53]

By It Now can be just that,just the set price you have put - but you can tick the 'best offers' box, which allows the prospective bidder to make an offer, under the Buy It Now price. It is up to you whether you accept this offer or not, and the offer normally stays on the item along with any other offers for a certain amount of time, so you don't have to reply straight away.

Buy it Now - £50.00
Best Offer - ............

[TheWinner]

Hi beastmonkey, When you list your item up for sale, you can choose to auction it, and see how much you can get (with or without a best offer), OR you can choose to list as a buy it now. Where it can get confusing is if you offer too many options for the buyer to choose from.. Like if you list an item as an auction, AND tick the best offer box, AND offer a buy it now price all on the same item. It is usually best to stick to just one of the selling options. This is the reason why. If, (lets use a made up example) say you are selling a rare book and you list it as an auction starting at 99p or they can buy it now for £20, if Buyer One puts their first bid on at 99p, the buy it now price is cancelled out and the auction runs until the end of the listing. Therefore, if no-one else bids on the item, and the listing finishes (say after 7 days) then you have to let it go for 99p. If you definitely want a set price for each item, no offers, ie it's £20 take it or leave it, only use the buy it now option. Don't tick the offers box, and don't include the auction box. Does this make sense?

[boxtops]

TheWinner has put it very clearly - that's exactly what I was going to say. Usually I list everything on auction for the minimum price which I am willing to accept - but add a Buy it Now price if someone wants to buy something immediately. The person who contacted you clearly doesn't understand the rules of eBay - as suggested, I would report him/her to eBay for trying to pressure you to break the rules. When someone contacts you through the site, you will see that a note comes up asking you to report if someone is trying to make you buy or sell off-site, which is against the rules - you can apply the same principle here, let eBay know that the would-be buyer was bullying you into trying to sell for a lower price.