ebay resale

[Gdavid]

I've got a topic for discussion, hopefully I'm not the only one amused and slightly conflicted by this.

I recently listed an item for sale, I listed it on this site, as well as a classified ads group within facebook and finally I listed it on ebay. I received one quick inquiry from facebook, "is this still available", responded "yes" and nothing since.

Today, I when checking ebay for the number of views on the item, I see one just like it for sale. By just like it, I mean exactly like it, with my stained garage floor, random tools in the background and everything. This guy has listed my item for sale at a higher price prior to speaking to me, much less bidding on or completing a sale through any one of the avenues of advertisement.

On one hand, I shouldn't care, as long as I get a price fair to me, it really isn't my business. I might as well consider myself a wholesaler. On the other hand, I feel this is really underhanded on his part as a seller. He has not seen the item, has no idea of the real condition and even made up a detail about that item's condition that I'm certain he doesn't know (unknown to me). I don't need to sell this item, I would like to free up some space in my garage, but I'm almost ticked off at the guy enough to just keep it.

This probably goes on all the time, but it just struck me as odd. Thoughts anyone?

 

[mvweebles]

Thats cheezy as hell. Maybe tell him you're raising the price to other ones you've seen online (meaning his intended flip)?

I don't blame you for being pissed. Reminds me of RT Firefly's Cheoy Lee 46. Makes my heart happy knowing it's still languishing on Yachtworld.

If you do sell it to the guy, let us know. I'd be happy to send him an ebay offer below what he paid.

Peter

 

[Gdavid]

I don't blame you for being pissed. Reminds me of RT Firefly's Cheoy Lee 46. Makes my heart happy knowing it's still languishing on Yachtworld.

I thought of that resale as well, at least in that case, the buyer turned seller completed the purchase prior to re-listing it. This guy didn't even start the purchase process. That said, we are talking about far, far less money in this case. It reminds me of shorting stocks, where you sell something without ever owning it.

 

[jgwinks]

Sounds more like a rip off scheme to me. He'll sell the item he doesn't have, collect payment, then never deliver. Nothing wrong with reselling stuff, as long as you actually own it first, which this guy won't.

 

[kthoennes]

The world of online sales, boats and otherwise, is just chaos. It's the wild west. We bought our current boat in 2015, and the seller had listed it with Pop Yachts, and ebay and a few other sites. We happened to buy it through the ebay listing, but when we settled up I learned he sent a commission check to Pop Yachts anyway, just because he thought it was the right and proper thing to do, since they had listed his boat and increased its overall internet exposure. Okay fine, awfully generous of him I thought. Turns out though that somebody lifted one of his listings -- who knows which one -- around that same time, lifted almost the entire photo gallery, and ever since 2015 I keep seeing my boat listed for sale on all kinds of oddball boat sales sites. Not an identical, same model boat, I mean my boat -- same name, same photos, same cabin decor items, same slip and marina in Somerset, Mass, same photo gallery our seller used for his listings seven years ago. I don't really understand the point, posting a boat you don't have. Even if you're going to try to scam somebody for some kind of payment, it's really no different than if I tried to sell Donald Trump's golf and hotel complex in Florida. I know people are gullible, but I can't imagine that fake listing ever works, ever squeezes money out of anybody. I don't get it.

 

[Gdavid]

He does have a significant sales history going back years with good reviews including going above and beyond in shipping, I just cannot imagine how he could do it in this case. Maybe someone has hijacked an established account?

 

[Bacchus]

I have no idea but it could be he has one like it and just used your ad & pics as a lazy man's way to list one like an existing listing?
eBay let's you do that... sell one like this... and easier to copy pics than do it the right way.
You might consider reporting him to eBay bseevwhat they say?

 

[bottomscraper]

Scammers, when we were selling our house some scumbag copied all the images from our listing and was listing it for rent on Craigs List. Please report it to ebay and also contact your local police department,

 

[Gdavid]

Scammers, when we were selling our house some scumbag copied all the images from our listing and was listing it for rent on Craigs List. Please report it to ebay and also contact your local police department,

I think you're right, I went ahead and reported it. I was trying to give the benefit of doubt but his store looks suspect. Selling a lot of the same type of used item that doesn't appear he has ever actually sold one. Using my exact description but adding exact hours where I don't even know them.

 

[twistedtree]

I think it's a scammer. I gather bogus listings are pretty common.

 

[SteveK]

If you ever shop online and really search for the best price you will find the same picture again and again with the highest asking as much as double the lowest. I think people are making money by curbing product. You pay the higher price, give your delivery address, send money and they in turn buy the lower price product and give your delivery address. No overhead and making the markup difference.

 

[ben2go]

I've got a topic for discussion, hopefully I'm not the only one amused and slightly conflicted by this.

I recently listed an item for sale, I listed it on this site, as well as a classified ads group within facebook and finally I listed it on ebay. I received one quick inquiry from facebook, "is this still available", responded "yes" and nothing since.

Today, I when checking ebay for the number of views on the item, I see one just like it for sale. By just like it, I mean exactly like it, with my stained garage floor, random tools in the background and everything. This guy has listed my item for sale at a higher price prior to speaking to me, much less bidding on or completing a sale through any one of the avenues of advertisement.

On one hand, I shouldn't care, as long as I get a price fair to me, it really isn't my business. I might as well consider myself a wholesaler. On the other hand, I feel this is really underhanded on his part as a seller. He has not seen the item, has no idea of the real condition and even made up a detail about that item's condition that I'm certain he doesn't know (unknown to me). I don't need to sell this item, I would like to free up some space in my garage, but I'm almost ticked off at the guy enough to just keep it.

This probably goes on all the time, but it just struck me as odd. Thoughts anyone?

People put stuff on ebay for a high price or "make me an offer" using other peoples products and pics. When it sells, they go and try to buy it from the actual owner, and ship it to the ebay buyer. This is not right and under handed on both ends. There is, or was, an infomercial that came on at night that use to advertise a program for buying and selling on ebay with little to no out of pocket money. This was one of their "tactics" to keeping costs down. They used the clause "this item for sale locally" in their action as an escape when they can't turn up the product. Ebay remove the option to cancel an action at anytime. Now sellers listing is locked in when timing gets down to I think it's 48 hours. I can't remember. Ebay got weird about 15 years ago, and I stopped selling there. I only buy there if I have no other choice on something that's hard to find elsewhere.