This is not something I do regularly
or as a rule. In fact, I dont even buy things this
way. It is just something I have done twice in the
past, mostly because I was annoyed. The buyers
certainly would have bought for the BIN price
if it hadnt been killed before they saw it.
If it takes 4 days to hit the reserve, so be
it- I have no problem with that. But watching the same guy hammer away at 8 or 9 tries with 6 days left just to kill the buy-it-now? Maybe you are right that I should set the reserve at the buy price, but
I just dont like that. As I said, if its fair bidding
over the course of a week, and somebody gets it
cheaper that's fine. But hammering for the reserve an hour in pisses ME off, and causes the whole
problem.
Besides, ANYONE can write the seller and make
an offer- its not exclusive or unfair.
And eBay's TOS? Well, just ask me about their
"Buyer Protection 1000 Mile Warranty" for
late model cars. I didnt make it 600 miles and
all I got was lies, nasty attitudes, no call backs,
and a big runaround with my car sitting at a
dealer for 4 months.
They never fixed anything. I gave up and tore the
motor down and fixed it myself.
That's what I think of eBay's policies. And
buyers? eBay's 3rd quarter net was $530,000,000 so it surely does not look like too many people are
being driven away.
