bad to end an auction early? YAET

[rudeguy]

I am selling a digital camera on ebay....and there is one person who seems very interested....he has offered me more than my reserve if I throw in a couple extra goodies....I told him I wasnt sure, since I want to keep things fair (I am new to ebay)....would it be bad if I sold it to him, or should I just wait out the auction?

 

[ThaGrandCow]

I see people end auctions early all the time. Go for it.

 

[Ender]

Check to see if someone beats your reserve plus more and if things don't work out, just end the auction prematurely and go with this guy.

 

[rudeguy]

so its not a mortal sin to end an auction early?

 

[optoman]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
so its not a mortal sin to end an auction early?

I have done it a couple of times and it won't mean a thing to end it early. You just lose your listing fee if you decide not to sell it.

Go for it.

 

[fr]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I am selling a digital camera on ebay....and there is one person who seems very interested....he has offered me more than my reserve if I throw in a couple extra goodies....I told him I wasnt sure, since I want to keep things fair (I am new to ebay)....would it be bad if I sold it to him, or should I just wait out the auction?

It sounds like this person wants you to do it off eBay. I personally wouldn't unless he had great feedback that I could confirm and a good reason to not wait until the auction is over.

How does he want to pay? Where does he want you to ship it?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: fr

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I am selling a digital camera on ebay....and there is one person who seems very interested....he has offered me more than my reserve if I throw in a couple extra goodies....I told him I wasnt sure, since I want to keep things fair (I am new to ebay)....would it be bad if I sold it to him, or should I just wait out the auction?

It sounds like this person wants you to do it off eBay. I personally wouldn't unless he had great feedback that I could confirm and a good reason to not wait until the auction is over.

How does he want to pay? Where does he want you to ship it?

havent gotten that far...as I said in the first post, I told him I wasnt sure....I would hate to get negative feedback....but I have a chance to unload 2 things at once

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I rarely if ever end auctions early. There's a certain degree (even though it's kinda small) of safety by keeping everything expressly through ebay, unless he's got a good feedback record.

Personally, I'd tell him to put in the price he's willing to spend as the bid with the express agreement that you will include the extras should he win the auction.

 

[dopcombo]

just be careful.

if u sell the thing to him without going through ebay, and there is a screwup, ebay is not going to help you with anything.

why not just ask him to bid for it then. if he wants it at a price above reserve, he could just bid for it fair and square.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: dopcombo
just be careful.

if u sell the thing to him without going through ebay, and there is a screwup, ebay is not going to help you with anything.

why not just ask him to bid for it then. if he wants it at a price above reserve, he could just bid for it fair and square.

hmm.....very true....thanks for your input!!!

 

[bolido2000]

I think is ok to end your auction early. You can always relist it if he backs out. I would ONLY accept money order or bidpay. Don't accept any Paypal payments for something like a digicam

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: bolido2000
I think is ok to end your auction early. You can always relist it if he backs out. I would ONLY accept money order or bidpay. Don't accept any Paypal payments for something like a digicam

why does everyone hate paypal so much??? I sold a cell phone for nearly as much as the digicam and paypal worked out great....care to share some horror stories?