Help please!! I have just listed a vehicle for sale on EBay.ca and have i bid - now what!!?

Question

I am a "new kid on the block" when it comes to EBay, I have listed my Van and have received 1 bid ( Not Enough) however, if I do get what I want- how do I complete the transaction? How do I get the money, (I don't have paypal) Do I contact the buyer or visa-versa, is there a site that explain all of this to me? Please help me or direct me to the proper place, This is being transacted in Canada. Thanks to all who answer

Answer 1

Did you list in your auction what forms of payment you would accept? Did you list in your auction how the buyer would be able to get the vehicle - i.e. will you drive it to them, do they have to come get it etc etc etc? Did you put a reserve on your auction? There are lots of questions before you can get the answers your looking for.
If you did not put a reserve on this auction then you are basically SOL. When you put something up for bid on eBay it's like signing a contract. If someone bids on it and you have no reserve then you are obligated to sell it for whatever they bid.
For help you can always go to eBay help pages. i am unfamiliar with the differences in eBay and eBay.ca but i am assuming rules are the same. It's up to the seller to set the rules for their auction. As in how items will be delivered (or picked up), reserves, what forms of payment you will accept and so forth.
When placing an item on eBay you should always be sure you know ahead of time what is expected of you, because if not you may set yourself up for major problems.
i sell on eBay frequently. If you would like some advice then please email me from my profile page.
Either way good luck.

Answer 2

Wow, that's a big transaction to start your ebay career with! Might think about cancelling the auction and buying/selling some smaller stuff 'til you get your ebay chops.

The only way to cancel an auction is to FIRST remove all the bids, THEN end the auction early. If you end the auction early without removing all the bids, high bidder wins.

In my opinion, selling a car on eBay is much more problematical than selling regular stuff. First there's getting paid obviously! then there's the serious complication of getting the car to a buyer who might be across the country or even international! Some will fly out and expect to be met and driven around, some will ask you to meet em halfway, some will want you to arrange for a car transporter service. On top of that, the buyer is likely to back out once he finally gets a chance to look the car over. He might say "It's not what you said it was" etc. and he's gone, you're now out the ebay fees.

Besides, unless it's an exotic car, there are plenty of buyers locally. Craigslist.

Oh... and beware this scam: Faraway buyer offers to send you a cashier's check for MORE than the auction amount. He wants you to take out the cost of the car and send back the rest of the money. You guessed it, the cashier's check is bogus but you won't find that out for a month.

Answer 3

Hi have you put a reserve on the car if not you should have put a starting price that way people cannot bid below that price , when the auction is over you can contact the buyer buy clicking on send invoice or click on contact buyer you can give them your phone number and then you can give them your address to come and pick up the car and pay you cash , tell them you want payment by cash or bank cheque dont except a personal cheque unless you tell them you are keeping the car until the cheque clears, normally they will come and look at the car i hope you have put a starting price otherwise the car will go to cheep if you are not sure contact ebay and retract the sale and start again , good luck

Answer 4

You have one bid, wait until the final few minutes till your listing ends, you'll see many people bidding then, sign up to paypal as this is the best method of transaction eBay will accpet, if you are a verified member, ebay will give you extra monitory protection.

If you are not satisfied with the listing of your van, you can always cancel your listing; which is found on the top left hand corner of your listing from your "My eBay" page.

You can contact your buyer from the drop down tab on your "My eBay" page. Basically everything is there on that page. If you're still confused, ebay has an easy FAQ service on the "community" page, which is located next to the "My eBay" tab, there you can ask for help from either ebay staff, or from experienced ebayers in forums (which is very good). I recommend you to explore ebay for a few hours, it is fun and easy, and you'll pick everything up very soon.

Answer 5

1st did you set a minimum bid? and when the bid you want is given E-bay will notify you. but if you don't have a reserve set on E-bay when your time is up you will be expected to honer the last bid when your auction is up so go back to your listing and make sure that you have a reserve (minimum price
you will accept and you will do all right.

Answer 6

Have you tried reading the sellers guides on the actuall Ebay site?
Im sure you will find something there that can help you surely!

Answer 7

Ebay has an excellent sellers overview in their "Help" section on their web-site. Here is the link to copy and paste to your browser:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/sell-ov.html

This should answer all your questions.

Answer 8

you got about a week to figure it out.
should of had all this before you listed it. skip all these opinions here, best start talkin to e-bay, and see how they expect it to be done, although your best option might be to see if you can get out of it now, if you plan on continuing selling on e-bay.