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Have put something on Ebay that is worth about 300ukp. I've never used Ebay before and didnt set any reserve or anything. Some gimp has offered 99p for it. Do I have to accept it? What should I do?

NMH

If he's put a bid on then the only thing you can do is cancel it; but you can't do that if there's less than 12 hours to go i think.

You're supposed to have a good reason to cancel; but you don't need to; they just don't appreciate it if you do it very often.

you can always cancel the auction if you want to i think and start again; may be the better option. you'll end up paying two lots of fees that way though.

you can cancel the bid, its a weird process....gotta go through about 20 million pages. but you can do it. or just cancel the auction

300ukp. Is that pound or pence?

ill give you £1.50

what is it?

seriously though if you want me to bid on it and get the price up post a link,I dont actually want it though...well probably

United kingdom pounds...I have a US keyboard with only a $ on it!

NMH

However much it's worth people are always going to start with a low bid. It might start going when someone else gets interested.

Should I bid myself or create another user name and bid from it?

NMH

Pm me the link ill bid on it.

If I win we'll just pretend that ive bought it.

I'll keep you in suspense for a while longer, but may take you up on the offer.

NMH

What are you selling?

A kitchen

NMH

Not what I was expecting!

Don't think i want to win that.

Seriously; i would cancel the auction; won't cost you much. And then re-list with reserve price etc; it's worth the hassle.

Have just noticed that I have 32 watchers....and there are still 5 days left.

So thats good isnt it?

NMH

It is; listing at low prices is a good idea as you do get more people interested. I sell loads of stuff on e-bay and selling at a low start price does work.

Fingers crossed for you; if it's advertised properly then you should be ok; just don't be too disapointed if you don't get the full price; you can never tell with e-bay.

don't panic, see what its like with a few hours left and get a mate to put in your 'reserve bid' then, at least then it won't go for a silly price.

I've sold hifi before that was 99p 5 mins before it ended and went for 300 quid. people snipe at the last minute, it's the way of the ebay.

If you've got a reserve price in mind ask someone else with an ebay account to push the price up for you, but putting in a bid of say £50.
If it's worth that, then the bidding will beat that anyway but at least you've got a get out clause...
Whereas if it finished for 99p you are legally obliged to sell if for 99p.

That is the easiest way decide on the price that you would accept and ask a couple of freinds with ebay accounts to put a couple of bids in that are reasonably high then at least when it sells you either re-list it with your reserve or list it with a higher starting price.

There's a lot of people out there that look at auctions on ebay and see that not enough information has been listed and try and pick up the items at bargain prices even though they don't want them but they just re-list them with more info and either make their money back or make a profit, ut saying that a lot of people leave it to the last few hours to bid thinking they will get it at a better price.....don't always work though.

the amount of fake clothes sold on ebay is crazy.i made the mistake once,never again.

Seconded.  Took me ages to battle it even though the seller was claiming to have sent an item which I never received.  Gopt my money back and reported him to trading standards.  One click of a button.

Thanks for all the help chaps and chapesses. Its a worrying time losing your Ebay virginity.

NMH

The number of watches means very little, I have had loads of people watching my auctions before and then it doesn't sale.

I wouldn't buy clothes on ebay, far too many fakes.

My kitchen isn't fake...Honest guv!  :wink:

NMH

PS Kelly333sport ain't getting it for 99p though - Not intact nor without a 299.01 removal charge anyway!  :twisted: