Advice on Ebay etiquette

[Ciapolin]

Hi, after initially having problems, I now have someone through Ebay who wants to book at full price. My problem is that the auction still has 6 days to go, and so I'm not quite sure what to do next.

Can anyone advise?

[Sue Dyer]

As long as there is more than 24 hours to go and you have no bids on it you can pull the auction. I think you have to put a reason in a tick box but just make something up!

Just found this... http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/quest ... t-now.html

[Normandy Cow]

As long as there is more than 24 hours to go and you have no bids on it

Aah, but she does have a bid on it! The person who wants to pay full price has technically put in a bid at her top price (even if they haven't actually entered the "bid" on Ebay but have contacted her as a result of her Ebay ad and then agreed a price via private emails/conversations), and Carole-Anne should be paying the final price commission (a percentage of the final price) to Ebay.

So if she wants to do it all above board, she should get the person to actually place a bid, then she should end the listing early and choose the

Sell item to high bidder(s) and end listing early

option. This will have the added advantage that (hopefully!) the person who bid will enter a postive comment so adding to Carole-Anne's feedback rating.

If she wants to avoid paying the fees, then just end the listing early, keep schtum, and hope ebay don't find out...

[Ciapolin]

Thanks - after my previous telling off, I would rather do things above board, so will ask the person to bid as suggested.