P3D Re: more ebay.....

["Alexa R.W. Smith" <arws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "McCann, Mart" <MMcCann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> George tells us  ...
> 
> > Also, when an auction is over, sometimes I email the second bidder (the
> one who narrowly lost the item) to offer the same thing
> > at their highest bid.  Please also comment about this practice in
> > relationship to "eBay rules". 
> > 
> Although I have not committed the eBay rules to memory, it seems reasonable
> that this practice would be entirely acceptable since it doesn't interfere
> with the auction transaction.  Just a few days ago, I was contacted by the
> seller of an item I had "lost" to a higher bidder (I refuse to get up early,
> even for eBay).  Turns out that she had two of those items and was so
> impressed with the price at which the first one sold that she decided to
> offer the other to me at my high bid.  Made my day.

Hi Martha,
I was reading in George's statement that he was offering the item to someone in 
someone ELSE's auction (if I didn't read it right, then ignore my previous 
message :-).  If it's his own auction, that's no problem and it happens often.  
> 
> Similarly, even though I thought I had bid sufficiently high to break the
> reserve on a Realist neon sign offered a few months ago, I failed to meet
> the seller's minimum.  And since I was bidding at the last minute (which I
> only do when I really, really want something), there was no time to submit a
> follow-up bid.  So I contacted him and simply asked how much he wanted for
> it.  I imagine that cuts eBay out of the loop, as far as assessing a fee on
> the sale.  I have no perspective as an eBay seller, only as a buyer. Is this
> a no-no?  

This too is fine - the buyer did already pay a higher listing fee for the 
reserve price even though they lose the commission fee.  I've done this with 
some items I've sold as I figured if no one bid it, it might have been too high.
Splitting the price with the bidder worked well for both of us.
> 
> Martha McCann
> > mailto:mart.mccann@xxxxxxxxx

Alexa
Happy holidays!


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