How cheap can I go / feedback manipulation

[ebay*merchant]

How cheap can I go before EB will class it as feedback manipulation? I'm looking to list used books at around the 30p - 50p mark. If they all sell for around this price will it raise any flags? I'll be listing with free shipping.

[wired]

I would say it depends on how well established your account is, if you have like 40 feedback and half negatives, yeah it would cause a flag i'd say

[nivo]

Originally Posted by ebay*merchant

How cheap can I go before EB will class it as feedback manipulation? I'm looking to list used books at around the 30p - 50p mark. If they all sell for around this price will it raise any flags? I'll be listing with free shipping.

At that price, are you shipping or selling digital items? I know you are in GB, but still curious as that can effect it. If you ship physical things, I doubt they will care, but if digital then they may at some point (>100).

[ebay*merchant]

The accounts are over a month old with browsing history & bids placed. I'll be shipping the item, they'll be sold at a loss purely for selling feedback.

[wired]

Originally Posted by ebay*merchant

The accounts are over a month old with browsing history & bids placed. I'll be shipping the item, they'll be sold at a loss purely for selling feedback.

Pretty suss behaviour, what you can do is list a load of other items at a higher price, and then slot those in with them

[nivo]

Then I would assume you're fine. Since many people do not give feedback, with my accounts (mainly new ones, or ones I need feedback), I will type up a paragraph (and ship this with the item) explaining in laymen terms to people such as:

"Thank you for your recent purchase! Enclosed you will find the item(s) that you have ordered. Hopefully everything works and is in the condition you expect. If you feel there are any issues (making this a sub 5-star experience) please let me know and I will try to fix it!

Being a new member, I have little feedback, so everything helps! To help gain feedback, I am willing to offer a promo; for any user that leaves perfect feedback, I am willing to offer a 5% off discount on ANY item of up to $500 in the future! All you have to do is send me a message after your purchase and I will send you an updated invoice or if you already paid, I will simply refund the 5%!
Thanks!"

Whereas before, maybe 1 in 5-10 people leave feedback, if I do that, I will often get 1 in 2 to leave feedback.

But you will have to follow this through, hence why I setup guidelines of 5% off up to $500.