Ever sold an ebay item too cheap?

[Bunneh]

When you list an item on ebay you commit to the terms of the sale, You have to sell the item for what the final value is.
Just as a buyer has to commit to the terms of payment when bidding on an item.

If you do not do this you risk being reported to ebay & a negative rating.

Frankly it is not worth the risk of either of them!

[Bunneh]

Surely selling an item at this value, meant you got what you paid for it, you just did not make a profit?
Or even just lost a slight amount of the original price you paid? Since you are losing £100 from £170?

Think about it for a second, is it really worth it?
If losing a £100 means you cannot eat as you say, you really need to think about your sales tactics.

[GreenBean]

Originally Posted by mynameis

Emphasise on the groveling and sucking, also did ebay contact you regarding this?

Luckily no.

My bribe precluded that

[Mutant]

Originally Posted by GreenBean™

Oh yes. Oh yes.

I lied thro' my pearlies.

Got slapped with a neutral.

Had to grovel & suck things I prefer not to suck to get rid of that

Why? Because I was careless with the listing and putting the incorrect price on it.

These are the things that happen as we start out.

Eating a couple of pieces of humble pie should only happen once ( or twice).

Erm.... Did I read that right?

[horse9118]

Originally Posted by mynameis

Apologies as this may not be the right place to ask this , but I'm sure a lot of us here have sold an item too cheap and had to make an excuse. Reason I'm asking is that two of my recently sold items went for a price which just took the mick. We all love a good bargain, but we also need to eat. I want to refund the buyer, any advice?

That happens to everyone. You can't expect to make a profit on every auction and you are gonna make mistakes. Since you stand to lose a relatively large amount of money, I would just tell the buyers that you dropped the items when packing and broke it and you will refund their purchase and send them $10 extra for the inconvenience.

I once put in a wrong number for # available accidently in a BIN listing and oversold my inventory. Instead of waiting 2 weeks for my next batch of items to come in and get negatives for slow shipping, I just told the buyers that someone broke into my apartment and stole all my stuff and I can get more but is gonna take more than 2 weeks.

[Futuremogul888]

If you can't take a loss on the chin to preserve your reputation, you are not cut out to be in any kind of business for yourself.

You are like those dimwit buyers that bid too high and contact the seller saying that the auction ended at too high a price and they will not be paying.

Happened to me yesterday, 10 items sold for way lower than cost

like people say, suck it up and grin

[GTB]

the bottom line is

if your selling something of worth and cant afford any loss, make sure you list with a reserve

if your listing as an auction you should expect losses now and then

[eternity4u]

I had items that got sold way less than expected, but that's business. Some day i make alot of profit the next i don't.

You just have to move on, if you can't take the loss, next time make sure you auction on the right price.

Face it, nowadays on eBay, BIN prices are from major retailers. People buy auction for good bargain.

It is better than having a neg feedback and account suspended