Phil 9 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 tonight I listed an RC car on ebay as an auction. and within 2 hours I have had 5 people ask me what my but it now price would be. I answered and then received two offers of a swap for another RC car ( I can understand the logic of this). the others did not reply to my buy it now price not even to try to haggle me down. Is this some type of tactic asking for a buy it now price and may I be selling myself short by answering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Etherton Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 As a long time ebay seller I would make the following comments? If you have it on auction only never give people a buy it now price. They are just trying to get you to sell it cheap and apart from being against ebay rules it's not fair on those wishing to bid. If you are willing to give a buy it now price then include it in the original listing. Robin👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 9 Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Posted by Robin Etherton on 21/06/2015 22:23:11: As a long time ebay seller I would make the following comments? If you have it on auction only never give people a buy it now price. They are just trying to get you to sell it cheap and apart from being against ebay rules it's not fair on those wishing to bid. If you are willing to give a buy it now price then include it in the original listing. Robin👍 after some research I found it is not against ebay rules if there are no bids on the item. I was a little unsure about what I could get for it so I listed it as an auction only. But thanks for the advice and I will stop answering with a price and encourage them to make a bid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Buy-it-now is handy if you have something unusual that doesnt appear very often and will appeal only to those who are actively looking for one, and so will not receive many bids. If you set a reasonable buy-it-now and they know they wont get one anywhere else, then they will buy it. With an auction, if only one person is interested in your item they get it for your starting price. Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I usually respond by thanking them for their interest, then point out that it's an auction, there is no B-I-N price, and that to be fair to all those who are watching I will leave the auction running up to its natural end. They are just - as Robin said - trying to get the item cheaper than they'd get it by bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Etherton Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Its only within ebay rules if you sell to the person who has offered you a BIN price within ebay. Its when you end the listing and sell the item off ebay that its against the rules (understandably from ebays point of view). Sorry if I didn't make this clear. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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