ebay question

[Tuffy]

Evening all
I've sold my Mk3 Golf Gti on ebay today to a member with zero feedback and who had only joined today.
I clearly put in my decription 'if less than 10 feedback please contact me before bidding' which they didn't do!
The buyer is also nearly 300 miles away, so i'm smelling a rat.
My question being  am i within my rights to contact the next high bidder and offer the car to them? As the buyer ignored my request in the listing or will ebay  frown on this?

Thanks guys

[MAT ED30]

just wait and ask the buyer if he wants it and when it being picked up

[Tuffy]

just wait and ask the buyer if he wants it and when it being picked up

I contacted them straight away but no reply. Just hold tight you reckon?

[VC]

hold tight, they may have just registered for the sole reason of bidding on your golf 

[Tuffy]

hold tight, they may have just registered for the sole reason of bidding on your golf 

Your right. Just not happy they didn't contact me prior to bidding as i asked.

[Golfgirl]

I had someone bid on something of mine at Christmas time and he was from Holland and registered on the day he bidded.  I clearly stated in the auction that international bidders had to contact me before bidding for a postage quote but he didn't, so I cancelled his bid only for him to bid again.  This went on for a couple more bids and cancellations and in the end I sent him a message telling him he should have contacted me first.  He said he didn't realise (despite it being in the listing) and asked what could he do to make me accept his bids.  He gave me all of his details so I let the auction run but had a niggle in the back of my mind that he wasn't going to pay.  He did pay, although it was a bit slow as he didn't set up a Paypal account until the auction had ended so it took a while for the funds to clear and get to me.  I posted it out to him and had no word back whether he received it, no feedback, nothing! I e-mailed again asking if it had arrived and luckily it had and he turned out to be genuine in the end.  Obviously needs a few lessons on Ebay etiquette though!

[MattPoss]

I posted it out to him and had no word back whether he received it, no feedback, nothing! I e-mailed again asking if it had arrived and luckily it had and he turned out to be genuine in the end.  Obviously needs a few lessons on Ebay etiquette though!

People that don't leave feedback get right on my nerves

It's easy to do and it gives you peace of mind knowing that the item got to its destination ok!

Matt

[VC]

I find that 1 in 10 leave feedback which is a shame when eBay marks you on trading performance

[B3n]

Give the guy a chance everyone starts on 0 feedback im sure once upon a time you were too. Yeah the guy should of sent you a message first but perhaps he didnt realise what you meant by feedback i certaintly didnt when i first joined ebay. Give him a day or two to contact you then go from there you could be doing yourself out of a sale. As long as you take the necassary precautions you should be fine.

I know there are so many people out to scam you these days especially on ebay but i think its a shame that everybody treats everyone as if theyre out to scam them. What is the world coming too

And feedback thats a load of tosh anyway. I could quite easily set up a ebay account and buy 250 penny sweets hey presto ive got a positive feedback of 250. All ive got to do then is sit down and bid on a load of expensive stuff whilst eating my sweets and people will trust me as ive got a high feedback record.

[maxp]

I sold an expensive car stereo a few months back, the winning bidder was a recently registered user from croatia or some other eastern european country.

"Oh no, relisting beckons" i thought to myself.

To my suprise, he paid up in full (only slightly late), and i learnt a lesson not to be so judgemental!  

[Richn83]

I would contact the bidder as said above and give them the opportunity to pay as per the winning bid, I might also hedge my bets and contact the second highest bidder, see if they still want the item if the next highest drops out as they might go on and buy something else in the mean-time and your then left with no sale. 

Are you able to get a telephone number from ebay for the highest bidder?

[edd666999]

all my listings are set so you have to have more than 10 feedback to bid, just doesn't let you otherwise.

got annoyed with people bidding last second and wanting me to send the item to Nigeria.

[matsu]

i too have a very low count on my ebay as i use it to source stuff then i get my mate to buy as he has a mini biz on ebay and it makes his account look busier(and hides both our stuff from his and my GF lol) so when i occasionally buy stuff myself it becomes a real trust issue for the seller!
i always give feedback but only once iv actually used what ive bought so sometimes it means its a while b4 i do it!
give yourdelf a deadline and then contact second bidder with that date in mind if it falls thru-so you keep him on the hook?
matsu

[Tuffy]

Have contacted the winning bidder this morning again and still no reply! Have now emailed the next high bidder.
Watch this space

[Tuffy]

Just had to relist item due to no contact from winning bidder 
What a to**er!!!!!