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In reply to Post #41
I bought a set of 4 aviators from a guy who advertised them as collection only from a place about 15 miles from me. I got them for £50 under my maximum bid. I felt so guilty as it was just before Christmas I bought him a present of £100 of booze as a Christmas present when I eventually managed to pick them up. ( don't ever try to drive around Maidstone in the rush hour ) he and his wife were lovely people .Basically not all e bay transactions are bad, if both parties are normal , reasonable people, and not money grabbing *******s
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In reply to Post #1
I know where you are coming from, I had some items for sale on the bay of evils, I knew what they were worth, I knew what other sellers were asking..more than they were worth.
So I started £100 lower.
The first message asked for my best price for buy it now- it's there the start price
The second asked for my best c-a-s-h price for the second lot..if he collected.
Went on for a few days and when they sold item one sold for £100 over the opening price ..to the guy that messaged me at the beginning
And the second item also sold for £130 over the opeing bid to Mr 'best cash price'..and the delivery address Sunderland. So much for collection. 
Now I also have some of specialist shooting items for sale privately at genuinely fair for both party prices. It's been like pulling teeth.
One guy asked for my best price on the lot, advertised prices amounted to around £900, some of it new and under half of RRP
Make me an offer...
£300..you're 70 miles away and there is fuel and time. 
Three weeks later I knock £10 post off two items and he finally commits to buying them
A few weeks later he messaged me- he has a mate who may be interested in the rest of the gear.
I thought OMG here we go and ignored it until he messaged me again.
Got in touch with his mate, sent pictures, gave him my prices.'
replied ' can we do a deal... what's your best price, I can use some of the gear but the rest I'll just sell on. where abouts are you to see if it's worth collecting?'
Those are my prices, make a reasonable offer I can accept it or not.
I'm not trying to rip you off 'i'm willing to buy things off you that I dont want at a fair price- if it works both ways but hopefully make the deal work easier for you'
Thanks for the offer of a 'favour' but how does that work for me?
I'm not going to undercut myself so that you can pay less and make a profit.
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In reply to Post #39
Secondhand rubberfist PMSL 
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In reply to Post #37
I hope you took the goose feather jacket
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I'm considering a set of Nevs at the moment and have been looking at a few on eBay. There's one set for sale with the description, "no marks or cracks whatsoever" but you can clearly see at least 3 cracks in the base from the pictures.....
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In reply to Post #35
I can understand that if you are good seller but to be fair there's not so good sellers out of there that claim their item is new when it's not.
By asking 'is it new', you say yes and it turns out not to be, the buyer has more evidence if he claims 'Not As Described'
The one that gets me is clothing listed as 'New Without Tags'
Then in the description it says 'only worn a handful of times' 
Always read the small print and ask if in doubt 
@Dedge  Personally I would've modified my reply.
On Marketplace I've been offered a Playstation Playmat for a guitar and goose feather jacket for a 3D printer!!!
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I was selling some bite alarms on Vinted and eBay and had some ridiculous offers and time-wasters.
I had them listed for £400, and someone went out of their way to tell me they'd seen some on Facebook for £375. I replied, "That's great, go and buy them then." He responded with "OK bitch" and blocked me. 😂
Then I had another lad ask if I wanted to swap them for a gaming PC.
I hope its none of you lot haha
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In reply to Post #1
I get my mate to sell my stuff on eBay using his account. 9/10 times it's fine but every now and then you do get a complete cockwomble as everybody does. You list something as new then a question comes in "is it new?".
Sold 3 packets of hooks to somebody once who claimed when he opened the envelope it was empty. FFS.
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In reply to Post #33
 you seem to know alot about this stuff
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In reply to Post #32
Potentially, but not the second hand rubber fist you were selling 
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In reply to Post #31
you would of bought that
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In reply to Post #30
I don’t do cheap 
What were you selling, leather balaclava, purple leotard?
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In reply to Post #29
You couldnt afford it
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In reply to Post #1
Sorry mate, I just don’t want it 
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In reply to Post #26
Here's just one of the incredible ones we have had Matt. And dealing direct we would get so many.
Had a young lad contact us via WhatsApp. Showing a tub of hook baits, with one on top that had clearly been in the water over night. Swollen, you could even see the indent where the floss had been around it. Claimed they had been sent like that.
When I called him up, there was an older man behind him instructing him what to say. It was so cringy. I asked the young lad to put the puppet master on the the phone. After a heated discussion for two minutes about how what he was claiming was an impossibility, he apologised quickly & put the phone down. When I tried to call back it was blocked.
Scammers everywhere now.
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