SPADGE

Do people put in their listings 'I reserve the right to remove this item as it is advertised elsewhere etc etc....' When you have the right to do that anyway Also when you email somebody and ask how much they want for something they say they want to let the auction run its course and don't have a figure even though they write the above at the end
Puzzles me

bud-weis

dunno but i wish i'd removed those alloys now

you do have an eye for a bargain don't you mate

SPADGE

Lol tough shit baby
I'll tell you if they are a bargain when i have seen them in the flesh

Doug

Totally agree do your fucking head in why advertise something with extras in the small print ask them how much and say bid me FFS they must have a price in mind otherwise they would not offer it for bloody sale

gurnE

To encourage people to make them an offer outside of Ebay?

S2martin

i think it's just greedy bastards who want say £500 if they tell you £500 you might of payed £600 through the auction or even more the greedy fuckers

EIL132

Just another Ebay gimmick to get bids. Shame it's amounted to it, but there you go

SPADGE

Its even worse with all the muppets only advertising stuff as its free listing day Several ads i have read saying 'only listed to test the water as its free listing day item may be removed and i reserve the right to do so....... Reminds me of the people who advertise their house for sale but have no intention of selling it
Anyway moan over lol

bud-weis

i'll take your money and then

you know the old e-bay sayings, " good useable condition" means there on there last legs and i want rid before they kill me

TrevCannon

Stupid Q really... its because to stop lil tw$t's moaning why why why have u stopped the auction...? etc etc

gearboxman

I know exactly what you mean mate!
Recently "won" a T5 gearbox in Cornwall. Sent an email to seller "can I have your full address to send the cheque to? You tell me when cheque has cleared, I get TNT in to collect, etc....
He emails back "Sorry, sold outside of ebay. less than 12 hours to go, can't withdraw item, etc, etc...

Snowy_Astra

Yep, I put the message up to stop idiots E-mailing asking why it was removed etc

Its not always because the item sold for cash elsewhere why the listing was removed. Could be because the items get nicked, damaged, lost, etc etc

Snowy_Astra

You should have complained to Ebay if you WON the item. He's obviously not happy with the price it reached, so gave it a cock and bull story.

Only way people like that learn is with a negative feedback and reporting them to Ebay.

gearboxman

or because the item didn't make the sort of money one was hoping for

Snowy_Astra

Yep, Like i said with the gearbox.

I sell hundreds of car parts on Ebay each week, I never accept offers on the side or sell away from Ebay if its still listed on there.

I only do this out of principal, because i hate it when its done to me. Like waiting a week for something i really need and is rare, then finding out its been taken down etc

SPADGE

So if you don't put that and you then remove an item and somebody emails you asking why then why not just bin it?
I never put that disclaimer and i have never had anyone asking me why i have removed something either

Berni you owe me a nifty
Also do you want another T5 i have one coming shortly

SPADGE

Hundreds???????
Whats your username on ebay then?

Snowy_Astra

Prevention is better than cure my friend

The amount of e-mails i get from members regarding other items i'm selling, it gets very confusing....I'd rather no one E-mailed to ask in the first place

gearboxman

The way run my life.

SPADGE

I didn't quit catch your username mate?
I'd like to see what these hundreds of parts your selling every week are

Snowy_Astra

http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....ort=3&since=-1

Hope this doesn't constitute 'Advertising'

Flat week this week, That's why there's not much on ATM. But when the weather picks up we'll be on 100-150 things a week

SPADGE

Lol so as i thought hundreds a week was bullshit
40 feedbacks for the last month means an average of 10 a week

Snowy_Astra

Feedback means nothing, I'm still waiting on 65 feedback, and there's another 40 which expired after 3 months.

Not every one leaves feedback, and TBH, i couldn't care less.

I have first refusal on ANY parts from a scrapyard that i want, So if i wasn'tsuch a lazy shit, i'd have much more parts than i list


http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/817/ebay8ha.jpg

SPADGE

Whatever mate but 150 odd feedbacks in over a year doesn't bode well if your selling hundreds of parts a week

Snowy_Astra

Look at the date Spadge What year does it say?

My god you're on it tonight, Not that i have anything to proove I'm just bored, and you're humouring me

aduz

SPADGE

I did and edited the above before you pointed it out
Admit it i caught you exagerating ever so slightly

Snowy_Astra

Keep an eye on my account the start of April You'll see

Snowy_Astra

Ok so maybe a slight exageration, but still getting 80 parts on a week average, so only 20 shy of a hundred

Waiting till the spring to go all out on 300+ items a week. A lot of ford stuff aswell

SPADGE

No mate not on it just have a nose for bullshit lol
So you have been a member of Ebay for just over 14 months and have a total of 159 feedbacks (only 1 neg good boy!) so that works out to what a week? Certainly not 3 let alone 'Hundreds' lol

SPADGE

Ahhh so you where talking about your future aspirations and not of the past
Anyway enough already i'm off to bed as am fooked so good luck with your little empire

Snowy_Astra

My god you really like to split hairs

If you must know, the account was created in Jan 05, but wasn't ptoperly until November 05

Anyway, i got nowt to proove On target for £2500 this month, thats after fees aswell. So, as long as i'm earning money, I'm happy.

But seriously, watch the account start of april, big listing day is start of each month

SPADGE

Was teasing you mate and now really of to bed good night

Snowy_Astra

I don't like being teased Its like i got nothing to prove, but i still try to prove it

Anyway, the aim is not to have loads of items, the aim is to get high value items on in small numbers. More money, less fucking about.

Psycho Warren

iTrader: (5)

Because they are too fucking cheapskate to pay the extra few pence to put in a reserve price!!

neilm

I always mail them and ask where its advertised and how much is it advertised for and then say... 'Right I'll buy it from there then....'


Often its a 35p card in their local newsagents....

DUDE_SWEET_FRST

i think they just see it in other peoples listings, and basically just "follow" the trend

so, how many feedbacks have people got? whos got the most?

Roy

You seem to start a few items at £5.00. Try starting them at £4.99. It should save you 15p on insertion fee's each time which when added up with all the items should knock a little bit off the fees each month

Also may be worth timing your auctions so they finish between 7ish and 10ish PM. Since I started doing that a few years back I seem to get a lot more bids on my stuff