eBay mini rant

bainbridge

bainbridge

bainbridge

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I receive a message from a seller, presumably because I'm watching the item, which is up for sale on a buy it now basis for £25. They offer to sell me the item for £22. I reply, saying I'll take them up on their offer if they can sell me x2 at £22 each (bicycle tyres, I need a pair). The seller says yes, but I'll need to make them another offer. The item doesn't have the "make an offer option". I accept the £22 offer for 1 item, in the hope that when I "buy another" it's at the reduced price, but of course it isn't. I message the seller, and they reply saying there's a problem and they don't have the function to enable me to buy multiple items at a reduced price, so the only option is to buy via the "multibuy" button at £23.74 each. By this time I was annoyed, I didn't start negotiating over price, they did, it's a matter of principle, not just a few pounds, so I messaged them saying forget it. I'm now being chased for payment on the original 1 tyre I committed to buy at £22!

1st world problem rant over, I don't know how I manage to cope.
 
bainbridge said:
I receive a message from a seller, presumably because I'm watching the item, which is up for sale on a buy it now basis for £25. They offer to sell me the item for £22. I reply, saying I'll take them up on their offer if they can sell me x2 at £22 each (bicycle tyres, I need a pair). The seller says yes, but I'll need to make them another offer. The item doesn't have the "make an offer option". I accept the £22 offer for 1 item, in the hope that when I "buy another" it's at the reduced price, but of course it isn't. I message the seller, and they reply saying there's a problem and they don't have the function to enable me to buy multiple items at a reduced price, so the only option is to buy via the "multibuy" button at £23.74 each. By this time I was annoyed, I didn't start negotiating over price, they did, it's a matter of principle, not just a few pounds, so I messaged them saying forget it. I'm now being chased for payment on the original 1 tyre I committed to buy at £22!

1st world problem rant over, I don't know how I manage to cope.
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Just buy the one... and ask them to relist one at a lower price??? Is super easy
 
Why couldn't he just refund you the difference? You buy the two items at £23.74 each after he agrees to sell you a pair for £22 then after you pay he refunds you £3.48. It would just take him a few seconds to do this. I have had many sellers do this for me after they agreed to combine the postage charge across several books.
 
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Had something similar today. I asked if a seller would sell me 4 items in a bundle for a deal, he said sure (was also in the item description he does bulk discounts). Didn't see his reply for a day or two, and then he got back to me saying that someone else sent an offer for one of the items, but since I asked first, he gave me an offer for the 4. I replied promptly, asking if he'd do it for a fiver less. Don't hear back from him, so I sent offers on all 4 to the price I negotiated early this morning and just told him to accept if he's OK with the deal.

He accepts two, gives that one item to the other guy, and counter offers me for one.

Told him to sod off and that I was retracting all my offers, the deal was for all 4. I'm definitely sour about it. :D
 
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Diagro said:
Just buy the one... and ask them to relist one at a lower price??? Is super easy
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Of course I could but that begs the question: Why on earth did they not suggest this themselves, rather than trying to make me purchase by multideal at a higher price that they agreed?

Also, if I were to buy one and then request another discount, would they slavishly post out 2 parcels because there's 2 orders, so I then have to look out for 2 deliveries.
 
bainbridge said:
Of course I could but that begs the question: Why on earth did they not suggest this themselves, rather than trying to make me purchase by multideal at a higher price that they agreed?

Also, if I were to buy one and then request another discount, would they slavishly post out 2 parcels because there's 2 orders, so I then have to look out for 2 deliveries.
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I'd just ignore it. You have evidence in the messages that the seller is reneging on the deal. I plan to do the same if the seller doesn't cancel the offers he accepted.
 
Tephnos said:
I'd just ignore it. You have evidence in the messages that the seller is reneging on the deal. I plan to do the same if the seller doesn't cancel the offers he accepted.
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You can't just invent new contracts over the top of the contract you formally agreed to in eBays ToS lol.
 
dLockers said:
You can't just invent new contracts over the top of the contract you formally agreed to in eBays ToS lol.
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Too bad, buyers have all the power on eBay. He will be absolutely fine ignoring a few items, eBay only bothers if you're excessively doing it.
 
Tephnos said:
I'd just ignore it. You have evidence in the messages that the seller is reneging on the deal. I plan to do the same if the seller doesn't cancel the offers he accepted.
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Yes, I'll just ignore it, they still haven't replied to my message asking them to cancel. Sorry to hear you got messed around too.
 
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