I fully accept your experience with your car Ebay sale bathtub but it just isn't how the pattern looks for me taken over a larger sample of deals (almost 700). For me the best bidders have always been those that didn't view and bid in the closing minutes. I've only done a modest amount recently but over the previous 2/3yrs I sold items to a total of £22k on Ebay... 5 items amounting to £16k of that (All private stuff related to my interests). Honestly not once was a viewer the winner.
>>>It would be rather naive to think that Ebay motors is all about the auctions - it isnt which is why Ebay brought in the classifieds section to try and mop up the deals done outside of the auctions.
Yes quite Stu so if you don't want to allow an auction use the classified ad like the lilac car.
>>>There is a mechanism put in place by Ebay to cancel the listing if the item is no longer for sale, their words not mine, therefore when my car sold and was therefore no longer for sale, I used it.
You are humouring me surely. That system is for limited and genuine circumstances where the vehicle is not to be sold at all and very specifically not to be used to sell outside of Ebay. They say...
>We strongly discourage sellers to end listings early because it undermines the trust buyers have in the eBay platform. eBay buyers are told that their bids are binding. Equally, buyers expect the auctions they bid on to conclude successfully.
>Ending a listing early for the following reasons is prohibited as it is considered fee avoidance: Cancelling bids and ending a listing early in order to sell the item off-eBay. You should be aware that as well as avoiding fees, you risk fraud by selling items off the eBay website. If a member writes to you to ask you to sell away from the eBay website, please report them to us.
You say...
>>>Its not a religion, its just a business and not to be sentimental about.
Hmmm.. perhaps my standards are too high?
Last edited by: Fenlander on Fri 14 May 10 at 08:24
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