Selling stuff on ebay....whats the rules

[charlie82]

I am new to selling on ebay. I have a few items for sale with about 10 watchers and 1 or 2 bids. I have had an email asking to buy 2 items for £90, but it will cost me £23 to send them abroad. I was hoping to get more, but am not sure I'll get near the proposal if I just let it go till the end. I know this person wants them so if the bids are low they will get it for a lot cheaper. Although I was thinking if there are 10 or so people watching my different items, there would be a bidding war at the end considering my items are popular. (seen other bids on similar items). Oh, what to do....help. x

[woofgang]

Okay. What she has to do is make a bid for the amount you have agreed with her. At that point if she is the high bidder, you can legitimately end the auction and sell to her.
http://pages.ebay.co....ions/endlist-now.html

[charlie82]

Thanks box top. heres a part of what she said....

Cost is £22.80 vat included via parcel force euro priority
I get this quote as follows :
UK collection to France delivery
1 parcel 17 kilos

[charlie82]

Thanks boxtops. Here is a part of what she said....

Cost is £22.80 vat included via parcel force euro priority
I get this quote as follows :
UK collection to France delivery
1 parcel 17 kilos

[boxtops]

We'd need to check parcelforce rates, but Royal Mail for 17kg is suggesting nearly £50 minimum. 17 kilos is very heavy, is that right?http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

[charlie82]

Thanks woof gang, your link was very useful.

[boxtops]

Parcelforce says £67 + VAT http://www.royalmail.com/price-finder

[boxtops]

woofgang, that link says you can only end listings early if there is a problem, eg the item is no longer available - not just because someone's bid on it. Now that the auction's running, charlie won't be able to see the highest bid - even if she's bid £50, the high bid showing will probably only be £1.05, and charlie will have to sell for that if he closes the auction early.

[woofgang]

Box tops scroll down to " what if a member offers you a buy it now price" you have to make clear to the person who wants to buy that if they make their bid and are outbid immediately then the auction will continue. I know this works because I have done it twice after getting advice from the eBay chat help facility

[woofgang]

Ps if they are the high bidder and it's below their offer then they need a mate to make a bid so they can bid again.