Boycot EBay listings......."I reserve the right to remove"

[Kamsin]

I want to start a "Ban EBay listings" protest. Why? sit down and will explain! :sly

You see the advert, "For sale (Whatever your looking for)" with No Reserve and No buy it now price and its starting at 99p.:naughty

You read this listing, all sounds good, just what your looking for and at 99p opening bid, sounds great. Then you get to the "I reserve the right to remove this as it is advertised else where" clause.

What this really is, is a sellers way of cheap listings because they have not put a reserve price and as there is no buy it now its even cheaper for the advert, as ebay think it will get sold and get commision.

When you put a buy it now or a reserve price ebay charge you more for the listing as i may not sell.:augie

Why should it bother you, lets say you see two items to bid on, but you dont want both, the 2nd item looks better but ends 2 days after the first one. You decide to bid on that one, the first one gets sold (not to you cos you did not bid) so your money is on the second one! you keep an eye on the bidding and your ahead, its at £10 and your max bid was £30 so you got £20 still to play with! YOUR WINNING, Its going to be yours........................ Right up to this.......... THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM LISTING, DO NOT BID.

This is the seller cancelling the auction as its not made enough money and he dont want to sell it for £10, but he has escaped the large fee of the reserve sale price and the buy it now fee. So they stopped you getting either item!

A couple of days later the same item will go back up for sale with this statment.
"Re-listed due to non paying bidder" What it should say is "Re-listed cos i wanted more money for it."


If you see an add with "I reserve the right to remove as advertised else where" send them a message and ask them how much they have it advertised for and why is there no buy it now on the listing, as they know what they want to sell it for.

I bet they dont reply very offten.:nenau

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

I htink it's all just part of the world of auctions, they have allways had an air of mystery and been viewed as a little bit underhand and seedy. That's just the way it is, no guarantees that you will win. An of course outsode of ebay no guarantees on the item you win.

I like auctions but you have to take toe rough with the smooth, weight things up and bid acordingly :thumb2

 

[jace]

were waiting on ebay to refund £165 for a saw won just before christmass the womman pattsmith550 sold it and load other stihl stuff didnt seend it then started a new acount a relisted it all! you cant escape ebay they own all sorts of other sites preloved etc plus theyve become ingrained in peoples minds,ive watched stihl clothing going for double its list price that i can go buy from local dealer and pay no postage!

 

[makeitfit]

Ebay is full of sh1t procedures but you cant really do awt about.
Just learn the system and play it yourself, it's the only way.
As for "I reserve the right" borrox, they dont and cant, simples.
You could report them to ebay if you're that bothered and they'll remove it for you. It's against ebay rules but so what?:nenau
YOU need to be smarter than the average bear on fleabay

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Ebay is full of sh1t procedures but you cant really do awt about.
Just learn the system and play it yourself, it's the only way.
As for "I reserve the right" borrox, they dont and cant, simples.
You could report them to ebay if you're that bothered and they'll remove it for you. It's against ebay rules but so what?:nenau
YOU need to be smarter than the average bear on fleabay

but you do have the right to just remove it within the rules! Auctions allways have an element of risk.

I ordered a sticker for my 6 year old, £1.75 with free postage!

today I received it - no stamp on the envelope - cost me £1.32 and i had to drive to the sorting office to collect it! :doh

 

[jace]

tell the seller it never arrived get another sent and if u get a card saying postage owed leave it there lol!
i dont like the feedback i sold a broken phone spares repair to newengland1 he gets it says its broke wants £20 back i say fook off u cheeky c*nt he leaves negative feedback coz phones broke i have to leave a positive feedback no negative option i had to make do with negative comment with positive mark grrr needless to say i google street viewed his house and next time im in area ill knock on his door oh and blocked the imei wth voda

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

tell the seller it never arrived get another sent and if u get a card saying postage owed leave it there lol!

but i don't know what's in the envelope unitl i've paid and collected it :doh :lol

 

[jace]

well how many times have you had it happen and if the time frames about right ignore it

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

trouble is i get sent so much stuff, i honestly though this was some livestock transfer paper work i was waiting for from shropshire county council and was all set to phone up and moan until i realised what it was. Oh, well, sh loves the sticker any way :thumbs

 

[makeitfit]

but you do have the right to just remove it within the rules! Auctions allways have an element of risk.

Yes but not because of the phrase "I reserve the right " blah blah. That is not allowed, but as I said who cares but ebay
Technically ebay can and do remove auctions with that excuse on them
Play the system, get your mates to bid, pull it before the end if bids too low,make some money on the post etc etc :naughty

 

[jace]

remind me never to bid on one of your items lol!

 

[makeitfit]

remind me never to bid on one of your items lol!

You knows it :naughty

 

[Fez_uk]

I agree play the system. Buyers tend to win just to not loose and pay over the odds, I've done it plenty of times. Sometimes just waiting for the item to arrive is more fun than the item.

But ebay is going downhill fast in my opinion and theres nothing we can do. I have been using it for over 5 years.

They know it's more important to keep buyers happy, Rather than the sellers. In terms of wonga.

 

[extreme-4x4]

he always bids on mine .... never kin pays when he wins either :lol:lol:lol

just enjoy ebay for what it is .... a good way of selling your shite

 

[cncfabs]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10508913

 

[jace]

www.findit.co.uk been around for donkeys yrs but ebay is killing all other sites,on the upside more people who know of it the better!

 

[makeitfit]

Well ebay made it easier to shill bid when they hid the bidders. A few years back you could look through the other people bidding and work out yourself if something was up by checking bid histories.
It's in ebays favour to have shill bidding going on as they earn more dosh:sly
If you do bid on your own stuff you do deserve the idiot award of the day:doh
Spread it round a bit innit:naughty

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Well ebay made it easier to shill bid when they hid the bidders. A few years back you could look through the other people bidding and work out yourself if something was up by checking bid histories.
It's in ebays favour to have shill bidding going on as they earn more dosh:sly
If you do bid on your own stuff you do deserve the idiot award of the day:doh
Spread it round a bit innit:naughty

i hope your not suggesting we start some secret bidding syndicate via PM, that would be naughty :naughty

 

[makeitfit]

i hope your not suggesting we start some secret bidding syndicate via PM, that would be naughty :naughty

Quite right, what a thought :augie :nono :lol

 

[extreme-4x4]

i always preferred yahoo auctions but thats been gone 10 years or so .
bloody hell i musta been using ebay now for 14 years .