Cheeky request from potential buyer - WWYD?

[BigFatSpider]

Ok, so it's a first world problem... but I've got 100% positive feedback and don't want to set myself up for a fall.

I have an item recently unsold, a brand new item, RRP £30. Listed it for 20% of RRP so think it's a good bargain. Yesterday someone emailed asking if I still had it, to which I replied I did, and would be happy to relist if they were interested. They replied saying they were interested, and would appreciate it if I'd put it back on with the starting price considerably lower. Seems bloody cheeky to me!

What would you do - just ignore and realist at original price, or throw them a bone? The person is c. 80% positive feedback with a lot of chopsy feedback for people who have left negative reviews so I'm a bit wary of getting into a tit for tat.

Advice and experience most welcome!

Run for the hills!

Re-list and block the cheeky fecker.

Seriously, buyers like that can be way more hassle than they're worth. It could turn out fine but personally I wouldn't risk it. A shitty buyer can cause you no end of hassle.

What MyDog said ^
They are taking the piss. If they had wanted it that badly they could have bid on the previous auction. Your item, you choose the lowest price you're happy to sell it for, not what some cheeky git tells you to charge.

Avoid them, relist again when free listings come round again. 80% is rubbish.

Block, block, block, then re-list at the price you want. May be worth tightening your sellers preferences to exclude any buyer with less than 100% feedback too

Many thanks all, much appreciated. I wasn't aware you could block individuals, much less specific settings for different levels of feedback! I'm still quite new to this (

all buyers have 100% feedback as you can not leave negative,
only sellers can have less than 100%

you can block bidders that have 2 non payment strikes ( you can't block bidders with just 1)

normally if something does not sell offering 10-15% less would not be cheeky but offering less than half price would be

You can block any bidder you like, if you know their username, AND block all Ebayers with 2 strikes or more. You can also add named individuals to an exemption list that overrides blocks, eg to countries you don't ordinarily post to, with people from that country blocked from bidding.

Always trust your instincts. Nightmare buyers are rarely unexpected. Just look at their "left feedback" - for comments as well as negatives. You can also remove a bid from any buyer you aren't keen on and then block them, as long as you do it before the end of an auction.

You don't have to sell to anyone you don't want to sell to, unless they've won an auction (and even then, you don't have to complete, though they can leave appropriate feedback. But if you are selling an expensive item and your gut tells you it's a scam, then you can refuse to comply - it's not okay to do it just because you haven't made enough £ though, obviously).

And of course a buyer can have less than 100% feedback, if they've also sold in the past. The OP says there has been chippy responding to negatives from buyers in this person's feedback.

I also think a brand new item with a start price of £30, when it's usually £150, is very good indeed. No way would I reduce beyond that.

Oh, and in future www.toolhaus.org has a feedback tool that collates all negatives/neutrals, both left and received. Can be really useful with a high volume seller, IME, as any patterns (fakes, abuse of the system) is highlighted. One Power Seller used to try to issue non-payment strikes against people when they won Paypal disputes, for example, as the refund would mean the transaction would revert to unpaid. I would imagine not all of them got that reversed - useful for the seller's overall feedback. Toolhaus highlighted that pattern.

Give ebay and its fees a swerve and flog the item on facebook selling page local to you.. theres tons of them