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02-04-2011, 06:00 AM | #1 | ||
eBay Issue - Your help needed
A smart arse on eBay has listed a camera for sale for $0.99c. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....ht_1158wt_1139 But in his description of the item he states "...Price at Harvey Norman is $109. Please be advised that my reserve price is $45. Should the item not achieve at least this price at auction, I reserve the right to remove the listing and terminate any contract of sale (expressed or implied) between myself and any purchaser. Placing a bid on this item indicates your acceptance of this condition..."
Normally I wouldn't have an issue with this, except i'm selling the exact same camera on eBay with a starting price of $49.99 and by this seller falsely advertising his camera at $0.99c it will adversely affect my auction. I'm asking all YarisWorld members who have eBay accounts to report this item as he has broken the rules of listing items on eBay. To top it off I sent the seller a question see below Quote:
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Thanks Yarisworld
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02-04-2011, 06:19 AM | #2 |
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Ebay has always had the "reserve" option, but this listing is not using that option, but rather is imposing his own reserve. If someone were to win it for less than his implied reserve, they could file a complaint with ebay against the seller. Unfortunately though from my experience ebay will do absolutely nothing. I haven't had this exact situation happen, but bought something with "buy it now" and have had a seller cancel the completed auction and refund my money. Ebay does allow a seller to cancel an auction, so as long as you don't get stuck for them money, they don't seem to care about the ethics.
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02-04-2011, 09:45 AM | #3 |
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Dude, just bid his camera to $44.99 and be done with it. He won't sell it to you for less than $45. Problem solved no?
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02-04-2011, 10:33 AM | #4 |
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Mad Dog, I totally see where you are coming from but then I also know that Ebay will nickel and dime the crap out of you in every way they can and it just seems like this guy is trying to lessen the extent of that by using this 99c listing deal they had going on. And given that I strongly dislike ebay, I don't blame him.
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02-04-2011, 11:19 AM | #5 |
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If he had just used an actual eBay reserve, he would be within the rules.
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02-04-2011, 04:28 PM | #6 |
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I know how much people love to bid on crap on eBay. But if you really want to sell something set a "buy it now" price and it will sell fast. You'd probably even sell yours before his auction completes.
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02-04-2011, 09:18 PM | #7 |
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that's what setting a reserve is for. it's so you dont have to sell anything if you dont reach the minimum price. there's nothing you can do other than bid on that item up until like 49.00 and be done with it.
if the listing doesnt have a 'reserve' on it then the sell is a contract and cannot be undone unless he wants to be hit with negative feedback and such |
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