EBAY I KEEL U DED

[valis2]

I have just received this month's Most Bestest Question:

you have a lot of stuf i would like. i dont want to bid on each lot. Is there any other way to do this?

I'm sorry that pushing all of those buttons is so taxing. Perhaps you could hire a butler to do it for you.

*laughs*

Comments

[valis2.livejournal.com]

that was me ARGH

[julian-black.livejournal.com]

Placing bids is dead easy. Any Wal-Mart shopper can do it. And I mean any Wal-Mart shopper.

S/he probably 1) doesn't want to bother keeping track of multiple auctions, and/or 2) doesn't want to be outbid, and thus have to pay more than whatever your opening bid is.

This reminds me of a guy I dealt with back when I was still auctioning antique books. On the first day of maybe a dozen auctions I had up, he asked me if I would end them for half a dozen books (none of which had yet received any bids), and sell them directly to him, with combined shipping. I told him I'd do it if he was willing to pay $15 apiece for the books (a more-than-reasonable price). He went ballistic--he only wanted to pay the $1.99 I had posted as the opening bid.

His justification was that he was doing me a favor. Sure, I'd be selling the books cheap, but by selling six of them all at once and not bothering with eBay, it would be less paperwork for me, fewer headaches incurred by dealing with multiple buyers, fewer shipping supplies used, etc., etc. Somehow, all this efficiency was supposed to benefit both of us.

He sent multiple whiny emails, but in the meantime all but one of the books he wanted sold. I got $10-$20 for four of them, but the last one went for $135.

Once the auctions had ended, he emailed and politely asked if I would sell him the one book that hadn't sold--for $1.99. I politely responded in the negative. A couple of weeks later, when I re-listed the book, he ended up buying it for $17. I lived in dread of the negative feedback he was sure to leave, but as much of a pain in the ass as he was, I'll give him credit--he left me positive feedback and said he'd gladly do business with me again.

Thank God I never encountered him again.

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[valis2.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally understand where you're coming from there. I had dozens of similar emails when I was selling a big crop of videogames. The silliest offer was for $10 for a terrific game for a very rare system that was still sealed in its original cellophane. (I'd never opened it. I'm weird sometimes.) I had several people try to get me to end it early and sell it to them. One guy in particular had the same tone as you describe...that it would be easier. He even went through step by step instructions as to how to end it early!

Needless to say, the game ended up selling for $80.

WOW...

[mandrill.livejournal.com]

That's all I can say to this. WOW!

I think you win the eBay Competition for craziest Buyer. :=/