Overprcing. Any way to alert potential buyers?

[hadiyl]

Hi thanks to you people, I now know eBay have no interest in overpriced items. My question is, is there any way to alert potential buyer about this? Just come across an item being sold by Boots for £2.99 with a number of eBay sellers pricing the same item for £8+, plus charging £4 if item cannot be delivered and another £4 deduction for something else, which I can't remember because it's way past my bedtime. I'm ok with people makiing a profit but think there has to be a limit.

[sharmis66]

Report it. I once saw a 18 pound item at 70 pounds. So yeah

[geosacha007]

It is amazing how much you need to charge on ebay to make any money on a cheap item.

If they charge £8 for an item that cost £3 to buy they pay £3 postage and ebay and paypal fees of 80p plus 30p + a smal percentage then they make just under £1.    If they charge P&P that would be more of course.  But they may need to pay people to pack or have other expenses.

Those £4 charges are totally out of order though.

[john1297576]

"plus charging £4 if item cannot be delivered and another £4 deduction"

Please explain as this is not possible,  buyers pay the asking price plus postage, seller can make any terms they like but can't enforce them and just risk being reported.

Likewise they can list at any price they like, I doubt that ebay would take any notice of reports or attempts to warn buyers. It is freedom of choice, if daft enough to pay an inflated price, that is the buyers choice.

[rusticrye]

Ebay don't like price-gouging. So use the 'Report' button (there's one on every listing), and choose 'Price gouging' as the reason for the report.

You can't alert potential buyers unless you've bought one and can therefore  leave feedback. But that feedback would be totally removeable, as you saw the price before purchasing, so enabling you to make a sensible buying decision. Presumably you haven't bought one, as no sensible person would buy at that price when they can either buy at their local store, or order from Boots online if they can't get out.  But if they do buy at that price, that's their choice.

@hadiyl 

[tsmgmd]

It's called supply and demand..

Buying on eBay is not compulsory.

If a potential buyer is too lazy to press a few buttons and check online shopping it is not anybody's fault they pay over the odds.

[*knight-rider*]

`sellers pricing the same item for £8+, plus charging £4 if item cannot be delivered and another £4 deduction for something else`

They can`t do that, but unless enough buyers report anything, nothing can be done.

As pointed out, sellers can charge what they want for anything, but it`s like anything, supply and demand, because people are obviously buying the stuff, or they would`nt be listing them. A fool and their money will always be parted, you can`t blame sellers for that 🙂

[tobiasd4]

Sellers can charge what they want, buyers don't have to pay it.

This time of year some items sell out in stores, so buyers are willing to pay over the odds on ebay,

check out PS5 prices for stupid price some are paying.

Not sure what you mean about £4 deduction.