eBay bike for sale pulled - Thoughts on this please
eBay bike for sale pulled - Thoughts on this please
Hi I've seen a bike I want on ebay. I contacted the seller for some info and all seems well. An hour after the initial contact I'm told he's pulling it off ebay because of silly offers. However he is still selling the bike and am l interested? I had another look on ebay before the ad was removed and one of the pics had his phone number on. As if saying contact me off ebay. How can I be sure it's not a rip off and a genuine sale? £1200 is a lot of money. I'm thinking walk away. Thanks
Re: Thoughts on this please
Could be a way that he doesn't pay Ebay their commission.
Do the transaction at his house if you can and see if he has any receipts.
If he gives you an excuse why he can't do it at his house then walk away.
Do the transaction at his house if you can and see if he has any receipts.
If he gives you an excuse why he can't do it at his house then walk away.
You'll never know if you don't try it.
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I don't think that an attempt to move a sale out of the ebay orbit necessarily sets a red flag. It may simply be an attempt to avoid their charges. However, like any other sale, you need to have confidence in the seller and if you can't physically go to see the cycle, then you may be able to gain conficence by speaking to them on the phone.
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^ This, avoiding seller fees and see the bike / hand over money in person.
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Another way to move the intitiative back to you is to offer to pay cash on exchange. That way you can more easily pull out of the sale if you spot anything you don't like, when you go to collect the cycle. Make sure though that the seller understands you reserve the right not to proceed until you are satisfied that the cycle is right for you. The seller may refuse to proceed under those terms, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
S
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Ebay charges are extortionate so I can understand his wanting to avoid them. On the other hand I bet stolen goods are sold via Ebay. In fact a friend traced his stolen bike to Ebay. He bought it back, went to the police with all the evidence and they did precisely nothing.
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Flashing lights, sirens, recorded voices going "Red alert! Red alert!".oldmanpop wrote: ↑28 Jun 2022, 1:48pm Hi I've seen a bike I want on ebay. I contacted the seller for some info and all seems well. An hour after the initial contact I'm told he's pulling it off ebay because of silly offers. However he is still selling the bike and am l interested? I had another look on ebay before the ad was removed and one of the pics had his phone number on. As if saying contact me off ebay. How can I be sure it's not a rip off and a genuine sale? £1200 is a lot of money. I'm thinking walk away. Thanks
He's claiming he took it off eBay because of "silly offers" but you note that he'd already published his phone number on the eBay ad. How did he know in advance he'd get the silly offers?
Most "silly offers" on eBay tend to be people saying "I'll give you £xxx now if you take it off auction and sell direct to me." Yet that's exactly what he's doing.
Sorry but this has dodgy written all over it. At best he's an incompetent idiot who doesn't know how to run a eBay sale and is dishonest enough to try to deprive them of their fees.
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Hi,
If it goes pear-shaped..............
Wihout ebay and paypal you have little more than zero protection from losing your money! ?eileithyia wrote: ↑28 Jun 2022, 2:09pm^ This, avoiding seller fees and see the bike / hand over money in person.
If it goes pear-shaped..............
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Re: eBay bike for sale pulled - Thoughts on this please
Thanks peeps. I think I'll make it clear I'm viewing only with a possible purchase when I feel confident.
Thanks again
Thanks again
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Dodgy.... scam... run....
Re: eBay bike for sale pulled - Thoughts on this please
Often items ae pulled once a buy it now price has been accepted or a suitable bid offer has been made by contacting the seller, then in both circumstances usualy it is cash on collection transaction at the owners addresss. This way the seller can still avoid ebay fees by saying the transaction falied to materialise.
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A seller isn't under any obligation to explain why they withdraw a listing. There's a charge for a listing, and if the seller chooses to end the listing, for whatever reason, that's their business. They may have perfectly legitmate reasons to end a listing.saying the transaction falied to materialise.
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Not all lsitings have an up front charge, I have often been offered free listings.
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I buy, and sell, a fair bit on eBay.
The only problems I have ever had have been with people wanting to do some - "let's bypass eBay" type thing. I don't think eBay fees are "extortionate". Online auctions have opened up a whole world of buying and selling which would otherwise be extremely cumbersome, costly, or just plain impossible. I've sold things I couldn't have got money for any other way, and bought things that I would never ever have been able to find, back in the days of classified ads and postcards in shop windows.
Anybody trying to use eBay to sell something, but then bypass their fees, is a charlatan I don't want to have any dealings with.
Play it straight. This seller clearly doesn't want to. If you carry on dealing with him/her there's a good chance you'll have trouble.
The only problems I have ever had have been with people wanting to do some - "let's bypass eBay" type thing. I don't think eBay fees are "extortionate". Online auctions have opened up a whole world of buying and selling which would otherwise be extremely cumbersome, costly, or just plain impossible. I've sold things I couldn't have got money for any other way, and bought things that I would never ever have been able to find, back in the days of classified ads and postcards in shop windows.
Anybody trying to use eBay to sell something, but then bypass their fees, is a charlatan I don't want to have any dealings with.
Play it straight. This seller clearly doesn't want to. If you carry on dealing with him/her there's a good chance you'll have trouble.