Buyers who are bullies?

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CynthiaNYC

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Mar 2, 2007
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#1
Has this ever happened to you?

I am selling an item right now for a very reasonable starting bid. A potential buyer has emailed me several times with the same $$ offer (there is no Best Offer on the auction, but there is a BIN price), and when I took the time to explain why I just couldn't sell it at that price, she has written several other emails that have gotten more and more aggressive in tone. I think she's basically trying to bully me into selling the bag to her for the price she wants to pay!

Um, first of all, I was telling the truth about why I can't sell it for less. Second, it's not unreasonably priced AT ALL. Third, bullying me is absolutely positively not going to make me change my mind even if I could, LOL. Fourth, intimating that I am somehow lying will get you added to my BBL in about a minute.

Any other sellers ever have this happen to them? If so, feel free to vent here.
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ps the funny thing is that this potential buyer also sells on eBay. So I am kind of thinking, well of course she wants it for what she's trying to buy it for; she could make a lot of profit on it!
 
#2
I'd block her from my auctions if I were you. If she's this much trouble before the auction ends, just imagine what she'll be like if she wins and the item isn't exactly to her liking.
 
#10
Oh I didn't even know you can block buyers. I guess I'm still new to selling. I got an email today from a buyer asking if she can buy my bag for only $5 more than what the starting price is. What's the point? If that's all you can afford, just bid up to that amount and if you get, you get it. I haven't responded. Not sure what to say. But I hope she won't be bullying me too!
 
#12
You don't owe anyone an explanation. If you don't want to sell it at that price, just say no. I used to sell collectibles at swap and sells, and there was one guy who was just so obnoxious, that I refused to sell it to him just on principle. What is wrong with people?
 
#14
Agreed! You have no obligation to respond to her and her belligerancy is only making her an even less appealing buyer - you already know what's going to happen if she buys it and then complains....I forsee nothing but trouble. In my years of selling on ebay I have dealt with many really lovely people, both buyers and sellers - but unfortunately as with anything in life, it's the bad/difficult ones that seem to set the tone and make us all so frustrated! But it's nice to know from this forum that we all have the same experiences.
 
#15
I had the same problem with a bidder when I was trying to sell an LV Miroir bag. He kept on pushing and pushing and I actually started wondering if maybe he was going to use a stolen credit card. Watch out for the overly aggressive ones, they may be trying to push you into a sale in order to scam you.
 
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