bizzycrocheting
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posted on March 10, 2005 03:32:10 PM new
I had an auction close for $232.50 last night. The second highest bidder bid $230.00. I received an e-mail from the second highest bidder today and then later her husband wrote to me. They wanted some information to find another one. Well, this is hard to find, but I managed to find another one. I wrote to the husband and told him that I did find another one, and would sell it to him as a second chance offer for his wife's high bid, and also would be willing to ship it global priority free of charge as a birthday gift to his wife (she was buying it for her birthday). He wrote back and said that he didn't know what his wife bid, but offered me $80 for it. The third highest bidder bid $200.00. How should I word my response to him. I think $80 is too low considering the third highest bidder bid $200.00, but don't know how to word the e-mail.
Thanks.
Diane
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estatesalestuff
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posted on March 10, 2005 03:37:05 PM new
oh jeez, Diane ... tell him just about 'copy/paste' what you wrote HERE! ... that should shake him to his freakin' senses (or not)
doh.
[ edited by estatesalestuff on Mar 10, 2005 03:42 PM ]
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toasted36
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posted on March 10, 2005 03:38:35 PM new
Give him the link to your bid page on the item and tell him this is the offers other bidders made. That theres no way you'd sell it for 80.00
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sthoemke
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posted on March 10, 2005 03:41:14 PM new
"The item sold for $232.50, and your wife was the second place bidder at $230. That is a fair price for such a rare item. If interested, I will pay priority shipping and insurance cost."
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agate18
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posted on March 10, 2005 08:34:01 PM new
Diane tell him you had another buyer who is willing to pay the asking price. you dont need this idiot. you should not have any problem to sell a rare article
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sparkz
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posted on March 10, 2005 08:42:33 PM new
Bizzy...Tell him to have his wife email you. Get that cheapskate out of the picture and deal with the one who is willing to spent the big bucks.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
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ebayvet
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posted on March 10, 2005 10:36:59 PM new
I would say the high bid should be the price, and if not, then just auction it again and let him bid like everyone else. My response to him would be to tell him there were several bidders above $200 so you can not sell this item for $80
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Libra63
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posted on March 10, 2005 11:27:47 PM new
I will make you a bet he wants to buy off eBay also. If so tell him it is agains the rules. Send him a second chance offer and let him refuse. I don't think there is anyplace that you can change the auction price. So if he wants it he has to take the price if not he refuses it.
Good Luck
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ltray
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posted on March 11, 2005 01:32:04 AM new
Diane,
I just checked your buyer, he looks like a newbie. Maybe he doesn't know how Ebay works?
Send him a second chance offer and follow it up with a link to the Ebay explanation of what a 2nd chance offer is. And it won't let hurt to let him know that you will be contacting the 3rd bidder with an offer within 24 hours if you don't hear from him first.
Also, I would seriously consider NOT accepting PP from this bidder. Since he is in the UK and already giving you a hard time, why give him the chance to rip you off?
Dianna
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lovepotions
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posted on March 11, 2005 12:13:16 PM new
If the husband of the underbidder managed to find you then he did so through the auction item or has at least seen it.
HE KNOWS the final price and what his wife bid up to.
You can click to send the 2nd chance notice but don't even bother with the "I don't know the price" excuse and the lame $80 offer.
If you had more than one bidder in the $200 range then list the 2nd one and let everyone else have a fair chance at it. If it was worth more than $200 the first time it will be the 2nd time or at least close to it.
http://www.lovepotions.com
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stopwhining
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posted on March 11, 2005 01:06:13 PM new
is he Dutch??
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bizzycrocheting
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posted on March 11, 2005 03:20:45 PM new
Thanks so much for all of the advice, everyone. Lucy and I formulated a response and I sent it out last night. This a.m. he wrote back and basically said thanks but no thanks. Something tells me though that if his wife was the high bidder he would have paid it. I think he thinks he'll find another one. Fat chance of that! 
Diane
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stonecold613
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posted on March 11, 2005 08:21:03 PM new
When you get someone who is negotiating, give them the price. If they don't like it, move on. No sense in wasting your time. Kind of like, take it or leave it.
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