Cash on Collection - Agreed on Lower Price

[CalamityGin]

Hi

I recently sold a couple of pieces of vintage furniture on ebay and started the bidding at £4.99 as I just wanted to get rid of them. I posted 1 photograph of each piece but as I wasn't expecting to get much more than £4.99 I didn't bother highlighting that there were a few scratches (my assumption being that the buyer would be "doing them up" so this would not be an issue). Unbelievably the pieces sold for £120 ??? WTF!!!

When the buyer came round he pointed out the scratches which was fair enough and so we agreed a price of £80 which I was happy with. I marked the items as paid for and left positive feedback. I've suddenly realised that I will have to pay fees on £120 rather than the £80 I received. Is there any way to change the price or rectify this so that I can pay fees on just £80?

thanks

Ooh, not sure - could you check the help section in ebay or talk to an ebay advisor to see what they say?

I asked on the ebay community board and the short answer is No. Apparently what I should have done is cancelled it, then relisted and got the buyer to bid on the item again. What a fucking faff besides which he hasn't left feedback so doubt he could be arsed with all that. You live and you learn don't you?

it cost you £4 extra in ebay fees but at least you saved £4.28 in paypal fees by taking cash instead of paypal

also better to take less than have him walk away saying not as described then opening a case and have the faff of relisting and maybe only getting £25 next time you would really regret not taking the £80

could the buyer have raised a SNAD case in advance of OP raising a NPB?
I keep thinking OP could have refused to sell for £80, asked buyer to cancel and then buyer could have refused to cancel & OP stuck with fees inspite of buyer refusal.

I think there are some grand ways for Buyers to shaft Sellers.

I think the seller did right thing buyer arrived found some faults that it appears were not mentioned in description says actually i'm not willing to pay 120 as it is not quite as described but it is not worthless i'll pay 80,

from OP she accepted that what he said was true and agreed deal, however she could have saved £4 ebay fees by cancelling and relisting with BIN at 80 and getting him to buy it right now, she would then have saved 3.60 as there would have been 40p fee for relisting with BIN

if she had raised a non paying dispute he could have replied that it was not as described hence the no payment or he could pay be paypal and then claim not received and then she would have had to refund and would be done paypal fees as well and a possibly negative feedback

it does not appear buyer was shafting her at all she thought would sell for peanuts so did not mention faults he bid a high price assuming fault free as non mentioned then finds not fault free on collection i it is a shame OP has an extra £4 of fees but as she was expecting peanuts she still has about £70 more than she originally expected

What the seller should have done. Was raise an invoice for the sale.

you can do this for whatever value you want as sometimes some sales have 'contact for additional quote' stuff in them. This is what the fee would be based again.

No need to cancel and re-list.

Didn't mean to imply OP's buyer was horrid, was just trying to think of what horrid opportunities might have lurked in the sale.

I dont' understand how 12th Monkey's tactic would have reduced Ebay FVF of £12 to £8.

if you were happy to have received £4.99 can got £68 (£80 less £12 fees) instead that i can't see why you'd be that bothered about losing the extra £4

ChazDingle neither can I now I think about it - doh! Very new to all this and I suppose I'm trying to learn as I go along. Thanks for all the feedback - next time I will definitely highlight faults even if I think it's only going to go for 99p. I'm just shocked someone would pay such a price for a tatty old bit of furniture!!!