ebay query, yes another one..

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asterix

Comrade Member
Location
Limoges or York
Recently made an offer in one of those 'buy-it-now' or 'best offer' auctions. My offer was not declined, the seller made a counter offer but the listing ended before I saw it.

Now the seller is offering to honour his counter offer and I agreed. However doing a bit more thinking it occurs to me the transaction will be outside ebay's system and they presumably will receive no commission. Looking at their T&C this is unsurprisingly against their rules.

Is there any way this transaction can go ahead without ebay losing out and me losing the buyer's protection?

I am a little dubious about the seller as he has upped the postage a bit for this transaction and has a 100% but not on a large number of feedbacks. My inclination is to walk away unless the deal can be ebayed.

Any comments welcomed.
 

Tribanite

Active Member
Walk away or get him to post the item up again with the new agreed "buy it now" price. Then you buy it immediately.
 
No harm pitching that to him. If he agrees -

He re-lists it at a high price (to keep others off). You offer, He accepts.

You do not have a contract until there is an offer and acceptance of offer and in this case such needs to be within the window set by ebay.
 

helston90

Eat, sleep, ride, repeat.
Location
Cornwall
I would always go through e-bay on something like this- smaller items of lesser value I'm not too worried if they're broken/ wrong and I struggle with come back but eBay is there for a reason- to protect you!
Get them to re-post the item at a hugely inflated amount and send you the item number and you offer your agreed price, don't accept any late changes as he's just trying to rinse you as he knows you're interested.
Never be afraid to walk away- eBay is a big place and there will be others.
 
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