eBay

campy-sr · ‎03-14-2019

I was bidding on a camera bag last week, asking price was $214 USD, I offered $200 which is beyond fair. The seller then rejected my offer with no counter and raised the price to $250. His excuse was "Sorry there was an error in the price, I set it too low"

I reported him to eBay, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

sharingtheland · ‎03-14-2019

What reason did you use for reporting the seller?

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monster-deals · ‎03-14-2019

@campy-sr wrote:

I reported him to eBay, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

Of course nothing will be done as there was nothing to report.

chinohighcowboys1963 · ‎03-14-2019

Lose the foul language. It is not allowed on these boards.

Seller did nothing wrong. He had every right to change the price of the item.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

fuzzface50 · ‎03-14-2019

Probably another seller drop shipping from a regular store that didn't realized the prices went up recently due to the tariff taxes and people demanding higher wages.

Anyways I agree with the others that there is nothing to report, sorry.

dirk12955 · ‎03-14-2019

Probably, Or maybe the seller made an honest mistake. It does happen.

creekcoyote · ‎03-14-2019

@campy-sr wrote:
I was bidding on a camera bag last week, asking price was $214 USD, I offered $200 which is beyond fair. The seller then rejected my offer with no counter and raised the price to $250. His excuse was "Sorry there was an error in the price, I set it too low"

I reported him to eBay, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

Apparently you made an offer on a camera bag, not a bid. Seller is under no obligation to accept your offer or even respond to your offer.

It is their item and they can raise the price to whatever they want if there are no bids on it or an accepted offer.

As others have posted, absolutely nothing to report to E-bay.

What the seller did is perfectly legal and acceptable.

COYOTES RULE!!!

juststuffisell · ‎03-14-2019

That's right. Had a buyer contact me about something I have listed for 900 bucks. They have been watching the item and wanted to buy it. They said "wasn't this item just 450.00 last month?" I informed her why yes, it was. I had a price increase due to the increased in doing business on eBay, fake buyer not as describe claims and the rising costs of replacing inventory.

They weren't happy, but it is all accurate. My item, my price and if I am not going to make a fair net profit, I am not going to sell it.

to the OP; If 200 bucks was fair for what you were wanting, you should be able to find one for 200 bucks. If you are in here complaining about not getting the item for 200 bucks, it might mean that you can't pick one up for 200 bucks.

Cheers

mikeystoyz · ‎03-14-2019

My response is always, if you can find widget x for x dollars, here is x times 20 so you can get me 19 of them and 1 for yourself for your time. I have never had someone take me up on it.

Wherever you go, there you are. Please remember, when you are asked if you are a god, you say yes.

dirk12955 · ‎03-15-2019

I'm set up at a coin show, few years ago.

Customer: How much for those 1988 PSE
ME: I'm buying at $48.00 and selling for $53.00
Customer: I'd buy them all for $48.00
Me: $48.00 is what I'll pay and I'd take all I can get.
Customer; So and So (A competitor) has his priced at $48.00
Me: Then buy them from so and so, Or better yet I'll give you the cash and you and I'll buy all he has and split them 50/50

Customer: He doesn't have any

7606dennis · ‎03-15-2019

You did not place a bid, you made an offer. The seller has the right to reject, accept, counter offer or ignore any offers made. The seller also has the right to increase their asking price. Thus there is nothing for you to report so yes, I doubt eBay will do anything.

"It is an intelligent man that is aware of his own ignorance."

mikeystoyz · ‎03-16-2019

SO between the two of this it has happened 100 percent of the time. I want to know where this mystical seller of goods at a great discount is as I have never seen him.

Wherever you go, there you are. Please remember, when you are asked if you are a god, you say yes.

smabrouk · ‎03-18-2019

@campy-sr wrote:
I was bidding on a camera bag last week, asking price was $214 USD, I offered $200 which is beyond fair. The seller then rejected my offer with no counter and raised the price to $250. His excuse was "Sorry there was an error in the price, I set it too low"

I reported him to eBay, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

Why did you report this seller to eBay? What did this seller do wrong?

I ask as the seller owns the item that (s)he listed on eBay, and this seller can set any price (s)he chooses for her/his item. In addition, as already stated by others, the seller can choose to accept or reject your offer in addition to send a counteroffer or ignore your offer all together; the seller owes you no explanation for rejecting your offer and (s)he is under no obligation to send you a counteroffer.

As the owner of the item, the seller can raise the price. While you may consider your offer to be “beyond fair”, the seller may not. The seller does not need to settle for your offer which to her/him may not seem “beyond fair”. Ebay is a marketplace on which the seller sets the prices for her/his items: if you want to purchase her/his items then you must pay the price that (s)he sets.

I say this as a buyer, not a seller. Shopping on eBay is no different than shopping anywhere else, and the principles of supply and demand apply. You will enjoy shopping on eBay more if you understand the principles of supply and demand as well as those of the open marketplace. Stop viewing eBay as garage sale for sellers who are desperate for money: eBay is an online marketplace on which sellers list items in order to make a profit, not take a loss.

ms.rodriguez* · ‎03-24-2019

Nothing to report. Maybe he did make an error. Maybe he doesn’t want to sell to you. I have done this when someone makes an offer and I check them out and I see low feedback or bad feedback left for others or even negative comments left by a seller. If I don’t want to deal with that customer, I raise the price. I also add them to the block list.

In the future, if you see a good deal on an item that you want, buy it, don’t make an offer.

jeannicho22 · ‎03-24-2019

@campy-sr wrote:
I was bidding on a camera bag last week, asking price was $214 USD, I offered $200 which is beyond fair. The seller then rejected my offer with no counter and raised the price to $250. His excuse was "Sorry there was an error in the price, I set it too low"

I reported him to eBay, but I doubt anything will be done about it.

What specifically do you think the seller did wrong? The bag belongs to the seller until a price is agreed upon and is paid for. If they want to raise the price on THEIR PROPERTY, what exactly is the problem? They are not obligated to accept a price lower than they had it posted for, and they can change that at any time.