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I bought 5 items from a seller, things that are NOT high priced items. I sniped them, but on 3 of them(being OLDER gameboy games) there were NO bidders. On the other 2 there was only another bidder or 2, and they didn't go high either.
On EVERY item, I got a "counter offer" I guess you'd politely call it. Example-I bid .90 on a game, and got a counter offer of 5.00-6.00 Keep in mind this is for an older game, for the older system. MOST aren't selling at all. I bid the amount I'm willing to pay.
How do I politely tell her to bite me and send me the games I won? She's a newbie with 0 feedback(and we wonder why people don't like them although I love to give them a chance) if that makes any difference. Or should I just tell her no thanks because she might not send them or break them before she sends them?
Thank God I bid with my bidding id(this after buying a couple of things with my selling id not thinking properly).
I have NEVER had this happen and NEVER would have imagined it would.
Help please.
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On EVERY item, I got a "counter offer" I guess you'd politely call it. Example-I bid .90 on a game, and got a counter offer of 5.00-6.00 Keep in mind this is for an older game, for the older system. MOST aren't selling at all. I bid the amount I'm willing to pay.
How do I politely tell her to bite me and send me the games I won?
Never having had one, I'm not certain how they work.
I'd either ignore them, or just respond, "No thanks."
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Maybe I didn't say this right
The seller offered for me to pay more than my bid because she thinks the item sold too low
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Originally Posted by mommygonecrazy
Maybe I didn't say this right
The seller offered for me to pay more than my bid because she thinks the item sold too low
No, I got it.
Again, "No thanks. Just send me the XXX/s I won at $X + $X shipping."
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You said it right and I understood. She sounds nuts. What a PIA to deal with.
Guess you could explain the "rules" of an auction on Ebay and that she's obligated to sell for your high bid.
On the other hand,it would be nice to get out of the whole thing and forget about her.
Good luck!
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OK-guess I just misunderstood your post, thought you might have meant I got something like a second chance kinda thing lol.
gm-thanks. I wonder if it's also best to let go, but I want the things I won
Originally Posted by Kathleen
No, I got it.
Again, "No thanks. Just send me the XXX/s I won at $X + $X shipping."
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Yeah, I'd stay away or else you might notice your shipping charges increase by the Difference of her "counter offer". If this person is so out of touch they might end up giving you a neg., or causing you grief some other way.
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MGC - Wow! That's a new one. Just curious: How did you receive the "counter offer"? Was it just a regular written email by the seller, or is there some new wonderful eBay enhancement BS that I have yet to experience?
(edited to add): . . . and this was a regular auction, right? Not one of those 'best offer' things?
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Isn't there some way you as bidder can file with ebay? "Seller refused to deliver item" or something?
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You can report them as a Non Performing Seller. The link is buried somewhere in the site.
I nuked a guy last winter in a similar situation. Worded the neg something like "Refused to sell at the bid price. Seller threatened retaliatory feedback."
He never negged me back.