I am selling a toddler bed on EBAY & have had multiple offers of money to end the auction early...doesn't this seem unfair to all of the other people? Help!!!
2007-02-24 04:22:22 · 9 answers · asked by Summer G 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
It is only LEGAL to end the auction if you stated in the description of the item that you reserved the right to end the item early. If you didn't you can't legally end the item.
2007-02-24 04:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by Dan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can - a seller may cancel bids or end an auction early whenever they want, and for any reason, during the course of the auction. The widget belongs to the seller until the listing ends with a winner. But it may not be in your best interest to.
You can end the auction from your "my ebay" page - and the winner will be whoever is leading at the moment.
Or you can cancel all bids first, and then end the auction (which will then have no winner), and then re-list it with a Buy-It-Now of the agreed upon price, sending the link to the buyer, or making that buyer the only pre-approved bidder.
But if you are getting multiple offers to end early - that's a sure sign that you have a lot of interest - maybe there will be a bidding war - and you could end up with a larger winning bid that you previously thought possible. They reason they are making an offer is because they think their offer will be less than what the bidding will go to.
Personally, I would let the auction proceed.
2007-02-24 12:28:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is unfair. The people who are offering money are basically trying to lock in a price and not risk a bidding war. Why else would they not bid?
I had listed a used Kenwwod Radio a while back (this is simuliar to what you are going through). It was 1 of my first items I had listed and really was startign out. Th radio was put on for bid (beginning $25) and buy it now $35. Somebody emails me, I will give you $30 and declined. Well his must have upset him and he bid $30.00. Which means trhe buy it now is gone and the item is now an auction. Well when all was said and done, I sold it for $56.00.
Let the bidding takesit course. You maybe suprised!
2007-02-24 12:36:41 · answer #3 · answered by AntDU 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can do that, but if you don't have an offer option, eBay won't enforce the ammount the buyer said they'd pay. You may end up with more money if you go until the end of auction if you've had this much interest, though.
2007-02-24 12:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can end the auction early. But if you have many people bidding on it why would you? If you have a certain price in mind then you can utilize the buy it now option that away if someone wants it that much they can buy it with out waiting for the auction to end.
2007-02-24 12:27:10 · answer #5 · answered by kim 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Summer: let me explain about that! well according to
Yahoo you'd can sell stuff for "Auctions if yourself is planning an
Donations for the Orginization groups of each programs such as
Ebay in that whom does not do much at all "
see http://yahoo.group.auctions.com
Good Luck & God Bless
2007-02-24 12:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by toddk57@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its your perrogative. i think it is unfair. but i have done if on a few occasions. Typically i see it as an attempt to pay you less than what you might get for it.
You might list it "buy it now" at what you would like ot get out of it and send them emails and let them know its relisted.
2007-02-24 12:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by Mista-J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-02-24 12:58:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, it won't be good for your seller reputation. i've done that before but would probably not do it again.
2007-02-24 12:26:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋