paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 02:43:00 PM new
A week ago I posted a question about me getting a "question from buyer" asking if I would end the auction early and sell it to him. I almost did end it early and sell to him but decided not to and just let the chips fall where they may. I had several people email and give me information about the item and some made offers. The guy who made the big offer said he was being honest and offering a fair price.
The auction ended at just above what the big offer was. Today I get this really rude and hot email saying I must have told other bidders what he was offering since it ended just above his offer. He had been screwed many times this way and thought it was really rotten and dishonest of me to do that. He didn't bid because he felt he had already made me a fair and worthy offer. Why does he think it is beneath him to bid? Him wanting me to end the auction early so others wouldn't get a chance is dishonest to me. Who is being dishonest here? I really didn't think that it would go that high though and thought the "big" guy would at least bid if he wanted it so bad.
Thanks goodness the guy who won never ask me to end the auction early. He was very nice and gave me a lot of history and information about the item.
A lesson learned: Don't end the auction early because you might just be selling to a psycho jerk.
[ edited by paws4God on Sep 22, 2003 03:09 PM ]
[ edited by paws4God on Sep 22, 2003 03:12 PM ]
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:02:55 PM new
NEVER tell other bidders what they are each bidding.
That is called AUCTION INTERFERENCE and it could be reported.
The result, suspension!
Just a FYI!
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paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:10:32 PM new
livein======
Seems like they are interferring to begin with but I guess it makes sense not to tell others.
Thanks for the information......I'll remember that.
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:13:47 PM new
If that happens again, just tell them if they are interested to BID.
Tell them you don't disclose bidding prices.
They should know that anyway.
You never know if one person is using different IDs to trick you.
They can ask you what your reserve price is, but that is all.
Hope this helps you!
Would not want you to be suspended!
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paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:17:43 PM new
The thing is they weren't telling me what they were going to bid at all. They were all asking me to end the auction early and they would buy it off ebay. No one told me what they would bid at all.
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bigpeepa
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:22:47 PM new
I have this message ready to copy and paste for buyers offers. "Thanks for your email and very fine offer. To be fair to all of my customers I always let my auctions run their course. Good Luck Bidding". Last week I had 2 items that I received offers on from 4 to 5 hundred each. The items closed out at $1980.00, 99% of the time you get more than the buyers offer.
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rarriffle
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:26:02 PM new
paws4god,
you have to excuse some of the posters...they read every other word of a post and then give an answer that makes no sense..HE DID NOT TELL ANYONE HOW MUCH HE HAD BEEN OFFERED!
you did the right thing in not stopping the auction...
I have had this happen too, they all want you to stop the sale for them..
just block the rude emailer and block him as a bidder on your future auctions also.
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paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:29:42 PM new
[ edited by paws4God on Sep 22, 2003 03:34 PM ]
Rarr-----
I edited the first post. That is why some earlier posts may not make sense.
[ edited by paws4God on Sep 22, 2003 03:41 PM ]
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drcomm
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:33:30 PM new
I had an offer of $500 on my "infamous Barbie auction" (the household name for it these days). I had no idea what the doll might be worth, and $500 sounded awesome considering I'd paid a quarter for it. Decided to take the high road and follow my instincts, doll went for $1,113.00.
Good for you for sticking to your guns  Be sure to come up with a very *nice* <cough> email for your PITA.
Deana
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paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:36:19 PM new
drcomm--------
Be sure to come up with a very *nice* <cough> email for your PITA
What is PITA?
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:48:58 PM new
pain in the _ _ _
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drcomm
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:49:21 PM new
Pain In The A..er..keister.
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AuctionAce
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posted on September 22, 2003 04:14:18 PM new
There was a recent thread on OTWA where a seller was offered $100 for a 1958 Monterey Jazz Program at the start of the auction because the bidder was supposedly going on a business trip. The seller declined the offer. The item closed at $152.49 .
-------------- sig file ----------- Most costume jewelry is unsigned. After all, the vast majority of it was made to be worn a few times, then discarded. It wasn't made to be durable. --- The Fluffster
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ahc3
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posted on September 22, 2003 04:34:20 PM new
I had someone asking me to end an auction recently, and said the last time he saw this item for auction, it went for $7.50 - I replied and thanked him for his offer (I am usually polite) and I told him the last time I sold this item, it went for $31 - I told him he should consider placing a bid in the auction, but I would not close it early. It didn't go for $31 this time, but it did go for twice what this person's offer was...I won't end auctions early.
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paws4God
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posted on September 22, 2003 04:42:30 PM new
So far I've never ended an auction early. After all the threads and remarks about it on this board I doubtvery seriously if I ever will.
Also learned my lesson on answering the emails like I did this time. From now on I will give them the pat answer that Bigpeepa uses.
Livinjeans=====
No one told me what they would bid...they told me what they would pay if I ended it early.
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neglus
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posted on September 23, 2003 05:49:46 AM new
I guess each seller has to decide based on the circumstances whether to end an auction early.
I listed a postcard for $7.50....as we have discussed before - it takes the right couple of buyers being online during an auction period to get a competitive auction on many collectible items...if they aren't, the item could easily sell for the opening bid or not sell at all.
I received an offer of $25 for this card (there were no bids) and the buyer said he was going to be out of town etc...after careful consideration I decided I was happy with $25 and ended the auction with a BIN.
Perhaps I could have gotten more if I let the auction run its course - perhaps I would have just gotten the opening bid. I'll never know. I was happy with the transaction and so was the buyer.
Remember, items on eBay are only "worth" as much as someone is willing to pay for them in one week or 10 day period.
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AuctionAce
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posted on September 23, 2003 08:48:59 AM new
In that case you made the right move because your item's general bidding history was known to you. There are less and less bidding wars as most auction items come around on a fairly frequent basis and most buyers have learned to wait for a seller that has high hopes and a low starting bid.
A 1958 first-year-of-operation Monterey Jazz Festival program is a whole new ballgame though.
-------------- sig file ----------- Most costume jewelry is unsigned. After all, the vast majority of it was made to be worn a few times, then discarded. It wasn't made to be durable. --- The Fluffster
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