mam98031 • Volunteer Community Member • Buyer/Seller since 1999
I think you may misunderstand what the Community threads are here for. It allows both buyers and sellers to have a place to come and discuss things with their peers. There is nothing wrong with that.
The OP's intent from the moment they sent the buyer the offer and realized they made a mistake, was to honor it. The OP has given any of us any reason to believe they were ever going to do anything less. So to lump them in with sellers you may have had issues with is unfair.
Clearly you have some problem sellers, I get that. But just as there are some bad buyers out there, there are bad sellers. It is a two way street.
@hkfever456 wrote:no i didnt misunderstand. i know exactly what the ebay community is for. i agree there are bad buyers for sure, but to honestly assume the buyer in this situation was not sincere in being appreciative of the sale is a little much.
"Appreciative of the sale"? Is that what you think sellers need to be? Then should buyer's also be appreciative that the seller offered the item for sale? I only ask because I'm not at all sure what you mean by "appreciative".
I know I'm grateful for my customers and I treat each and everyone of them with respect, even if they are not respectful towards me. I see it as just part of the job.
Everything is a two way street on Ebay. There is no need for buyers if there aren't sellers to sell things. So we are all dependent upon each other to varying degrees. One is not any more important than the other. None of that however has anything to do with what transpired for the OP. The OP simply shared their thoughts here. They never said they were going to write to the buyer or respond to what they said. They simply gave us a summary of the email and their opinion of it. Some agree with the OP and some don't. Which is simply the nature of a discussion board.
Thank you for the further explanation. I understand better.
Yes that can be a good marketing plan, as you said used for many years. It is called a loss leader program. You go into it knowing you are going to lose money on some things in the hopes of drawing in more customers to sell other things that you will make money on.
I would disagree with "ebay is a buyer website, first a foremost, if there are not any people buying, nit doesn't matte wat you have,..." The thing is if the Seller's aren't there FIRST, the buyers have nothing to look at. Which is why I said earlier that Buyers and Sellers are equally important to the function and viability of the site. We are dependent upon each other and one will not exist without the other.
Then there is this statement coming from someone that does not appear to have any selling experience "the op comments just solidifies the attitude of a lot of sellers is entitled." How is that? A seller that is willing to honor the price they offered the buyer even though they made a mistake and that mistake is going to cost them real money. How is that seller "entitled"? Because there opinion of what the buyer said doesn't match with your opinion? What kind of sense does that make? Why does their opinion have to match yours?
They brought it up because it bothered them and they wanted to see what other seller's opinions were. And it has been a mixed bag. However that does not in any way make it seem this OP is "entitled".
So it is OK for you to accuse others of certain actions but it is not OK for others to do that. Because you certainly have done the same thing.
You are doing just fine. IMHO you did nothing wrong. I'm unsure why the other poster has issue with it. But you acted like a good and responsible seller.
IDK none of us have access to the entire message, so I can't really address that. But you are doing EXACTLY what you accuse the OP of doing except your snap judgements are of the OP. Why is what you post OK in your book but not the OP's. It makes absolutely no sense to me.
You are also either not reading my posts correctly or are just trying to make them seem something they are not. I have REPEATEDLY sale BOTH buyers and sellers are important to the growth and survival of Ebay. No where did I say that Sellers are more anything on Ebay. It simply is logic. If there were no buyers there would be no sellers here. If there were no sellers here there would be no need for buyers. It is simply how it works.
Not one seller on this thread said they felt they were doing ANY buyer a favor to sell to them. That is you creating something that wasn't said by anyone to include the OP.
To understand what it takes to sell here, you most certainly do need selling experience. You keep making assumptions about sellers, some of which likely come from your buying experiences and others likely from not understanding the Seller's side of a transaction.
Now wait, what makes a "greedy seller" by your definition. The OP sold their item at a significant LOSS. So where does the greed come from on this transaction exactly? The buyer accepted the offer knowing that the seller made a mistake and that the price significantly less than they should have paid. So in this transaction, who is being greedy? Specifically this transaction as this is what this thread is about.
If have read the whole thread there have been other sellers that said that they have had the same experience where they made a pricing error and still honored the sale. I've done it as well a few times over the years. So while you may be shocked, it is far more normal for sellers to step up and honor stuff when they make the mistake.
I get it though, there are certainly sellers out there that wouldn't. They would come up with some reason to cancel the transaction.
You are also making assumptions that any seller on this thread is "burnt out".
