I've listed several bags on eBay recently in order to get some needed fast cash. I almost always start my bidding at .99 with no reserve. Unfortunately someone else had the same style bag (larger version though) listed with the beginning price of $850 which is due to end in a couple of days. She has no bidders on the bag. I received this msg from her:
Hi,
I listed the same bag 6 days ago and it finished in 2 days. I was wondering if you would end the listing, in return I will put you incontact with the second bidder down.
It is just really disheartening as my listing has now been a complete waist of money and time.
The out come will then be that I will have to re-re-list my bag after your listing and then you don't get as much as you would..we both loose.
I replied with this:
I'm sorry but you are offering the larger sized *********. Mine is the medium sized one.
Her response:
Hi,
>>
>>I would be happy to pay for you to re-list the bag in two days once my
listing has finished.
My response:
I'm sorry but if I take the listing down right now, those who have it on
> their watch list are going to wonder what happened and possibly scare them
> from bidding on my bag. I don't know if you read my listing, however I have
> not opened up bidding to International bidders unless they agree to my term
> listed and therefore, I am sure that your bag would be of more interest to
> International bidders than mine would. Again, your bag is the larger sized
> version of this bag and therefore worth more than mine as well. I am sorry
> if you believe that I have interfered with bidding on your bag, that was not
> at all my intention, as you can see from my other listings (with the
> exception of one or two), I start my bidding at .99 which keeps my
eBay fees
down as well as garners interest from possible buyers.
Her response:
That's fine. I am sure you didn't intend t do what you have done, I just always
check things like that before I list items for fairness to all. However I am
going away and need to get sell it.
Should it not sell unfortunately I will be forced to re-list it as you have,
which is not in either of our interest as no one get the optemum price.
Do you think that I am being unreasonable or bitchy about this? I mean, I am just trying to sell my bags as quickly as I can and have never had anyone ask me to take my listing down so that they can sell their bags first. I know that I would never ask someone to do this.
What would you do???
What would you do?
