Beware of ebay

[moggy1968]

yes, he;s advertising what he has but want to sell it off ebay, although that is a breach of their rules.

 

[cjapeterborough]

yes, he;s advertising what he has but want to sell it off ebay, although that is a breach of their rules.

Fair enough but he doesnt explicitly state that -he has just worded his auction accordingly.

As to avoiding Ebay fees well as they take 14% off the top(if paypal is used) then good luck to him if he has found a loophole.
Nobody is forcing anyone to contact him or to buy from him.
Ebay is full of items (including PV etc) where the seller is just advertising contact details and the actual item for auction is nominal.

Its certainly a low cost way of advertising and getting tremendous coverage...Ebay doesnt seem to mind
BTW the auction is still running and as such must comply with the rules.....

 

[moggy1968]

They only remove a listing if it is reported to them and the reported reason is legit.
I run an ebay shop and it's mind boggling irritating because some of the reasons are really obscure.
I was had a range of hats listed, modelled by my mate Des. In the ad I said, the Des is not for sale, but I'm open to offers. They removed the ad because they said I was offering to sell Des off site!!
It's a problem if someone (a competitor for example) targets your shop, so if I have to follow the rules I tend to feel others should as well, otherwise it's not a level playing field.

 

[infinity]

Nothing wrong with it, if your stupid enough to bid he deserves your money.. I f it is a fee dodgein invertor for sale even better! win win!!

 

[mogga]

GOD Sake the guy is asking for bidding on the BOX but he IS Selling the inverter off Ebay the BOX just gives him chance to advertise and list it without the big fees

 

[powervan]

cant believe u lot getting wound up! he prob given up pv and wants to make some real money))))))))))) lol

 

[HandySparks]

Is this a common way of doing business then? I guess I've not used eBay enough to know.

 

[Aquinas_Quark]

Why do you assume it's the cardboard box? I read it as it could be the CASE for the inverter, quote:"All the info is in the photo". Bid your 99p and insist on the empty case when you go to pick up - it's in the photo!!

 

[bmb]

thought id try my look lol


Bid confirmation
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You're the first bidder. Hope you win.​

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£0.99

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[TD="class: vi-bl-lbl, width: 40%"]Your maximum bid:[/TD]
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£100,000.00

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[sparky3366]

just pray that there isn't any schill bidders...maximum bid how much???

 

[sparky3366]

thought id try my look lol


Bid confirmation
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You're the first bidder. Hope you win.​

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[TD]Current bid:
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£0.99

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[TD]Postage:
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[TD="class: vi-bl-lbl, width: 40%"]Your maximum bid:
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£100,000.00

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[TD]£
(Enter more than £100,000.00)
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you do know a winning ebay bid is enforcable in law? ie its legally binding...

 

[Aquinas_Quark]

We have been selling on eBay for 11 years. Loads of non-payers. eBay's worst snaction is to threaten non-payers with beating with a damp stick of liquorice (but only on rare occasions). I wouldn't worry. PS you can also retract your bid for no reason. We get it often. Same penalty. Joke.

 

[cjapeterborough]

Why do you assume it's the cardboard box? I read it as it could be the CASE for the inverter, quote:"All the info is in the photo". Bid your 99p and insist on the empty case when you go to pick up - it's in the photo!!

The auction description states:

STARTING BID OF 99p IS FOR THE EMPTY BOX AND NOT THE INVERTER

I REPEAT IT IS FOR THE EMPTY BOX (ONLY REPEATING IT AS SOME EBAYERS CARN'T READ)
SORRY NO PHOTO OF THE BOX BUT IT'S SQUARE


Good luck on winning an empty box which will no doubt be very useful for the Xmas presents at least

 

[Aquinas_Quark]

Sorry no photo of the box but it's square (not rectangular)? So there are photos of what you don't get but no photo of what you do get.....
Is it something in the drinking water perhaps? PS anyone wants a Fronius IG-TL 3.6 box (I can send photos) it's yours for just £1,000.......

 

[Phil]

They only remove a listing if it is reported to them and the reported reason is legit.
I run an ebay shop and it's mind boggling irritating because some of the reasons are really obscure.
I was had a range of hats listed, modelled by my mate Des. In the ad I said, the Des is not for sale, but I'm open to offers. They removed the ad because they said I was offering to sell Des off site!!
It's a problem if someone (a competitor for example) targets your shop, so if I have to follow the rules I tend to feel others should as well, otherwise it's not a level playing field.

did you ever sell Des?


empty box at £620 at the moment Im off to costco for some empty boxes