Rude ebay seller

denzzz28

I ask this ebay seller for a buy it now price for a pair of carbon pedals and he said that i should give him an offer, i then replied that im new to cycling and i dont have any idea on how much to offer and that i dont want to make a silly one.

and then replied : "Ok, that is your problem not mine, you had your chance, and i don't need your life story, thanks."

such a bloody W _ _ K _ R!!!! this guy

danowat

LOL

benno68

There's a few about, Mrs Benno got a shirty reply when asking a question to the official Superdry Store.

Excuse the pun - haha.

Zoomer37

mr_dobbo

PM him back with a silly high offer, then when he tries to bite you hand off don't reply or just wind him up and string him along until you get bored.

jonny_trousers

Yeah, a bit rude, but you were perhaps being a touch cheeky yourself in A. asking for a BIN price and B. not bothering to look up the retail value of the pedals.

You could always make sure you win the pedals and then call him a Mr Rudypants in your feedback?

LeicesterLad

Mr Dobbo wrote:

PM him back with a silly high offer, then when he tries to bite you hand off don't reply or just wind him up and string him along until you get bored.

Class.

chiark

If that reply got you upset, you really need to relax a little more 8) ... That's not rude at all. From the seller's point of view, you're just wasting his time: a quick completed items search will tell you what he's hoping for, no doubt.

I daresay there's a thread elsewhere from the seller saying, 'this cheeky **** decided to ask me how much to buy my pedals now, I told him to make an offer and he came back telling me he was new to cycling and didn't know how much to offer. LMGTFY!'

If you see what I mean...

Rule74Please

It's an auction make him an offer. It works that way around not the other.

estampida

He could have phrased it a bit better

Remember auction logic, ask 5 people in a room how much they think it cost's, you get an average price

the 1 that wins the auction, has offered more (paid too much).......... :roll:

ollyridesfirst

i blame Wiggle.....BE WARNED!!!

denzzz28

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Yeah, a bit rude, but you were perhaps being a touch cheeky yourself in A. asking for a BIN price and B. not bothering to look up the retail value of the pedals.

You could always make sure you win the pedals and then call him a Mr Rudypants in your feedback?

cheeky? nope not at all, he could have just answer a yes or a no, or an exact price but he was fishing for a better price thats why he ask me to make him an offer so he was the one being cheeky. prices of second hand carbon pedals vary from £25 to £65 depending on the condition, age and brand thats why i cant give him a price. but still his reply was inappropriate and there was no need for that. in terms of buyer seller relationship im still a customer and i dont deserve that kind of attitude.

theres no point buying from him after he gave me that shity attitude but i will still cal him Mr Rudypants.

Monkeypump

denzzz28 - I think you're being way too sensitive.

If you're looking on ebay you're looking for bargains, so I would think it common sense to check RRP. If you want the pedals, make an offer, if you don't... er... don't.

Look at the For Sale sections on here - offers being made all the time, with either a yes or no answer. Simple really.

andrewlwood

He was rude, but if you're not prepared to take 10 seconds to look up a price on google, I can see his point. Quite sure pro eBayers have to deal with many, many timewasters; perhaps you just asked a lazy question on the wrong day.

denzzz28

chiark wrote:

If that reply got you upset, you really need to relax a little more 8) ... That's not rude at all. From the seller's point of view, you're just wasting his time: a quick completed items search will tell you what he's hoping for, no doubt.

I daresay there's a thread elsewhere from the seller saying, 'this cheeky **** decided to ask me how much to buy my pedals now, I told him to make an offer and he came back telling me he was new to cycling and didn't know how much to offer. LMGTFY!'

If you see what I mean...

it is rude when you try to ask nicely and you get a shity reply. i honestly did not make an offer to prevent and avoid offending him by giving what i think is a reasonable price and then him thinking its a silly price, it was an honest answer "i really dont know how much to offer" thats why i ask if he had a BIN price. is that difficult to understand?

if he thinks im wasting his time then he should not even bothered answering at all.

im not surprise if you found a thread of the seller, hes probably reading this right now..

Anonymous

The seller was'nt me was it?haha.

I hate nothng more than someone asking for BIN when not listed with one. Then when I reply with something like 'Make me an offer I can not refuse' I get some rubbish back.

If your taking the time to ask for a BIN State a price. Dont waste peopes time. I sell alot of stuff on eBay, I just ignore 90% of questions as completley pointless if they read the listing.

But I am very grumpy.

Peddle Up!

You do seem a bit sensitive. Buying and selling on eBay means you bump against all sorts: people who ask stupid questions over and over again, and worst of all those who bid, don't pay and make lame excuses about it "being too far to come to collect" when the location is crystal clear. :roll:

I used to get annoyed, but decided to be polite and reasonable up to a point.

alfablue

You offer what you want to pay. Is it that hard? :roll:

nferrar

In the time it's taken you to post and reply on this thread you could have researched how much the pedals were worth. A lot of people don't like stating a BIN price as they're obviously hoping you'll make a higher offer, that's part of auctions - use gumtree if you don't like it...

portland_bill

Sorry but I'm with everyone else. If he wanted to offer a BIN price he would have listed the item with one. He's been good enough to give you the opportunity to make him an offer instead of utilising his right to tell you to f-off because it was an auction and not BIN, then for you to come back and say you don't know what they're worth... I'm afraid I would have had a similar response.

What you have to understand is when you're not a professional trader and just trying to flog a few items, you're really not that interested in building a customer base, so what you're saying about you being the customer and deserve to be treated better, I'm afraid it doesn't apply. They're a normal person dealing with normal people. You either want the item or you don't. If you want a fixed price for something, go to a shop instead of looking on an auction site, or at the very least, search through the Buy It Now items instead of wasting people's time with what really was a silly question at the end of the day.

Sorry to sound harsh, but he didn't do anything wrong. He's obviously just an assertive person.

JohnBoyUK

denzzz28 wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Yeah, a bit rude, but you were perhaps being a touch cheeky yourself in A. asking for a BIN price and B. not bothering to look up the retail value of the pedals.

You could always make sure you win the pedals and then call him a Mr Rudypants in your feedback?

cheeky? nope not at all, he could have just answer a yes or a no, or an exact price but he was fishing for a better price thats why he ask me to make him an offer so he was the one being cheeky. prices of second hand carbon pedals vary from £25 to £65 depending on the condition, age and brand thats why i cant give him a price. but still his reply was inappropriate and there was no need for that. in terms of buyer seller relationship im still a customer and i dont deserve that kind of attitude.

theres no point buying from him after he gave me that shity attitude but i will still cal him Mr Rudypants.

Sorry but if I was the ebayer seller, you would have got the same response from me.
I sell on ebay to make a profit, not to give you the cheapest price.

raymondo60

I buy and sell lots of stuff on ebay. If I sell in an auction format then I will not accept offers to 'Buy it Now' - I politely remind the other party that its an auction format and that they could win the item at a better price anyway, or maybe not. If I have a 'Buy it Now' price I sell the item in that format - that's how ebay works, and works well. There is a tendency for people to list items on auction and then say 'I reserve the right to end the auction as item is advertised elsewhere' etc. I have done that in the past but I don't anymore, as I think it contravenes the spirit of the auction format. I've never (knowlingly) been rude to anyone on ebay but I have sent 'polite' reminders to people that my item is being sold in an AUCTION format and therefore has No Buy It Now Price! Comprende?

Peddle Up!

Hey! I've just looked at the eBay feedback forum and they're talking about bikes!

alfablue

Raymondo60 wrote:

There is a tendency for people to list items on auction and then say 'I reserve the right to end the auction as item is advertised elsewhere' etc. I have done that in the past but I don't anymore, as I think it contravenes the spirit of the auction format.

It actually contravenes eBay rules, if you auction something you are obliged to sell if there is a bid (and the reserve price if any, is met). I report all examples of breaches that I come accross. You can spend a week waiting to get an item that then disappears whilst you have let others go.

jrduquemin

lennybalony wrote:

The seller was'nt me was it?haha.

I hate nothng more than someone asking for BIN when not listed with one. Then when I reply with something like 'Make me an offer I can not refuse' I get some rubbish back.

If your taking the time to ask for a BIN State a price. Dont waste peopes time. I sell alot of stuff on eBay, I just ignore 90% of questions as completley pointless if they read the listing.

But I am very grumpy.

I get similar questions from timewasters also. My S-Works FSR frame on eBay at the moment states the frame size but 10 different people asked me what size it is!!!

I'm also getting asked for a BIN price even though I've not got it set up for that...

MountainMonster

OMG, someone wasn't amazing on fleabay. Stop the newspapers!

Jokes aside, welcome to Ebay. He wants more than he deserves for his thing, even if he won't admit it. It may not have been the nicest reply, but at the end of the day, if you walked into a store that had some used parts, and they said make an offer but you had no idea what to offer, it is a bit of a waste in some cases. At least SOME people see it that way.

He could have said a price, but people like to gamble with chances of getting more for an item.

John.T

If there is no BIN price listed then it is against E-bay rules to offer one. The item must be sold to the highest bidder as long as any reserve has been met. Anything else and neither buyer or seller have any protection from E-bay.
As for being rude. We all have off days.

2Phat4Rapha

it is rude when you try to ask nicely and you get a shity reply. i honestly did not make an offer to prevent and avoid offending him by giving what i think is a reasonable price and then him thinking its a silly price, it was an honest answer "i really dont know how much to offer" thats why i ask if he had a BIN price. is that difficult to understand?
if he thinks im wasting his time then he should not even bothered answering at all.
im not surprise if you found a thread of the seller, hes probably reading this right now..

Actually I find it rude that people can't be bothered to capitalise their sentences properly but I don't go jumping on forums to complain about it.

Oh, hang on a minute ...

Peddle Up!

2Phat4Rapha wrote:

it is rude when you try to ask nicely and you get a shity reply. i honestly did not make an offer to prevent and avoid offending him by giving what i think is a reasonable price and then him thinking its a silly price, it was an honest answer "i really dont know how much to offer" thats why i ask if he had a BIN price. is that difficult to understand?
if he thinks im wasting his time then he should not even bothered answering at all.
im not surprise if you found a thread of the seller, hes probably reading this right now..

Actually I find it rude that people can't be bothered to capitalise their sentences properly but I don't go jumping on forums to complain about it.

Oh, hang on a minute ...

Actually, an ellipsis should be followed by a full stop, thus ....