I happened upon a nice 1875-S 20 cent piece yesterday and used buy-it-now for $250 plus $5 shipping. A few minutes later the seller, who has 1 feedback from 6 months ago sends me a message that reads, "Can you please cancel the transaction? I'm going to relist it for $5 and charge $250 shipping. eBay and PayPal took too much of my money." I responded: "That hasn't worked since 1995." He responds: "Why not?? They took way too much of the money!" At this point I just wished him well and told him I was looking forward to the coin. Hopefully I'll actually get it and it will be as described/pictured. Lol
Won't work as Ebay also takes a percentage of the shipping charges. Although will save on Paypal charge.
Considering this person is (likely) new, obviously doesn't understand how ebay works, and is clearly displeased with the fee structure, would any harm come from trying to enlighten them? Ideally, everyone would read and understand the rules and policies (not to mention be good little citizens and actually follow them), but the reality, both with ebay and life in general, is usually much, much different. Being as this individual has already asked for a cancelation, is clearly hesitant to follow through, and has only one feedback (meaning they're not tied down and have little to lose by walking away), educating them may not only be the personable/considerate thing to do, but the smart thing as well if you ever want to see that coin.
Ebay takes the same fees out of the shipping. You should let them know that. People used to do that to get out of paying fees but that no longer works. Days are gone where you can charge one cent for something and a $100 shipping.
Yeah, fair point. I actually did send one more message to him explaining that they also take the same percentage from shipping charges, but I suppose it could go a long way for me to break it down a little more and encourage the guy.
I would copy and paste his messages to e bay. Just in case he tried to back out on the sale,or tried to bait and switch .
