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.
 
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.
 
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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