Non genuine buyer
Summary: sallyc2975 shared their experience of selling a car at auction where two new bidders quickly increased the bids, ultimately leading to a final sale price of £15,000. However, these bidders seemed unreliable, with one having negative feedback and the other not responding to messages. marco@ebay advised that the order could be canceled for non-payment after four days and suggested reporting and blocking the bidders. sallyc2975 confirmed that one of the bidders messaged back with sarcastic comments, revealing the bid as a joke. *vyolla* suggested using an eBay Classified Ad to avoid such issues, explaining the process and costs involved.
I had car listed with a reserve price of £1500. Realistically could get between £1500-2000. Auction going well and reserved price reached. All of a sudden 2 new bidders joined and started jumping up £1000 each bid. Finally sold for £15,000.
Not sure the reason why, but it looks like 2 bidders were mucking around. One only joined today and one has negative feedback of not being a genuine bidder. I’ve message them, but obviously they haven’t responded ! Can I just cancel the order or is there a policy I have to adhere to ?
*vyolla*
·2 weeks agoIf you are planning to relist your car, bear in mind that the cheapest and best format to sell a vehicle on is an eBay Classified Ad. This also cuts out the time wasters and non-payers.
A Classified Ad costs £19.99 and there are no final value fees if you sell your item.
Your listing runs for 30 days, during which you can arrange for potential buyers to view your item, you can then end it once paid. You can accept offers too (you don't accept the offer until the buyer has been to view first).
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/classified.html
If you decide instead to list in auction format or fixed price Buy It Now it will cost £14.99 for your listing, and that fee is payable even if your item doesn't sell or you end up with a non-payer, and if you sell your item, there are final value fees of 1% of the final transaction (min. £25, max. £45)
marco@ebay
Hi @sallyc2975 , thanks for your post.
Sorry to hear about this, but if it comes down to that, you can cancel for non payment after 4 days. Based on what you said, it would look like they are not genuine bidders, so you can report them from here, and then block them from here to prevent it from happening again. Also, please note that listing fees for cars are non refundable, I'm afraid.
Thank you,
Marco
sallyc2975
OP2 weeks agoThank you, for your response. He’s message me back, telling me he’s not buying it as too expensive and loads of sarcastic messages. So definitely a joke. Not sure what they’re getting from doing this