My 3yo DD has been pleading for a barbie camper van for Christmas. I looked online and they're not cheap (not for my budget anyway) at £70-£100 brand new.
I checked ebay on the off chance and found one going for auction which ends in 6 days or so and can be posted. Bidding starts at £5.99 and I've placed an introductory bid of £15 (well aware the seller will want more than that and I'm going to increase, I just wanted to get ahead of any other interest)
On a whim I decided to message the seller and ask what ballpark figure she was looking for as I really, really want it for my DD and would gladly buy it right away if she'd consider selling it to me directly.
I very rarely use ebay and after sending the message thought shit, they'll think I'm being a CF.
So was this bad etiquette and unreasonable on my part or do you think it doesn't hurt to ask?