Terminator Ebay Help

[Boba Ben]

I have an auction up for the BD T-600 up on ebay right now. I was prepping to place him back in his box for shipment and the ball joint on his hand snapped off while trying to get the gun off of his arm. The auction ends in 8 hours so ebay won't allow me to cancel the auction.

It says I can either contact the winner and let them know that the item is broken after the auction or I can go through and cancel all of the bids. What's the better option? I'd prefer the auction doesn't finish as I don't want people bidding on my item that isn't as I originally described.

 

[karamazov80]

Based on what info. I see here, could you cancel all bids, then before someone can bid again, jack up the price to $1,000 or something so no one else will bid? That way, you would essentially be canceling the auction. You could simply send a message to the bidders whose bids you canceled, giving them the scoop.

You'll have to eat a little more in eBay fees due to the price increase, but won't have to deal with disgruntled bidders after the auction is over (the kind who could leave negative feedback).

 

[Mesa]

If you cancel all bids, I think it counts against you. Cancel too many, and you may temporarily lose privileges to list for a short period of time.


Is it broken broken, or just popped loose?

 

[Boba Ben]

It's broken, broken. ball joint snapped in half. I'll try to contact the bidders.

 

[Boba Ben]

hey karamazov80, I tried to cancel all bids and adjust the price, but ebay doesn't allow me to change anything about the auction, even the price.

Do you think it'd be okay to have my friend bid a huge price on it so we can both mutually agree to cancel the auction?

 

[Johnny Utah]

I think you can mutually agree to cancel the transaction.

 

[uscmbuzz]

you really shouldnt jack prices up on your auction if you dont need to.. in most cases ebay charges you the listing fee based on your listing price.. so I would assume if you adjust the price to $1000 your listing fee will also adjust.. not sure in your case.. I am just saying you might want to be cautious..

 

[karamazov80]

Certainly, you can make sure nobody else wins if that happens, but you might still be required to pay eBay final value fees. Looks like you can mutually agree to end the transaction here:

https://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fvf.html

But eBay doesn't say that it will refund you final value fees, only that you can request it.

 

[uscmbuzz]

oh and nowdays the seller has no rights anymore on ebay.. ebay is comeletely set up now to protect the buyer and whatever the buyer wants he gets.. a seller cant even post negative feedback anymore against a deadbeat bidder.. If he pays he pays if he dont.. well tough.. he doesnt actuall yhave to pay anymore as nothing happens to him.. Sure the buyer has to bid dont get me wrong.. but ebay makes all there money off of the seller and paypal makes all there money off the seller... but they take care of the buyers which makes them no money at all.. if the seller doesnt put something on to sell.. they cant make any money..
ebay made million of dollars for 10yrs just fine before they messed it up..

 

[Boba Ben]

This has not been my week. Hopefully it doesn't go up too high.

 

[karamazov80]

Really sorry to hear about that. Here's to hoping eBay will allow the mutual cancellation. I was going to suggest offering a discount to go toward a hand replacement, but I have no idea where you would find one for the T-600 or what it might cost.

 

[Boba Ben]

His hand is very specific to the that particular figure and has small pistons attached to it. The T-600, like the other endoskeletons, isn't a figure that gets parted out very often because he's not interchangeable with anything else.

The ebay cancellation page says I can contact the bidder and we can mutually agree to cancel through the resolution center, so it should be okay.

 

[Grosby]

After the auction you can just explain the situation to the winner, take a photo of the break perhaps, and then, with the auction over, there's an option where you can both agree not to follow through with the transaction, which I believe means you pay no fees and neither party can leave feedback. I've done this before, some time ago, I imagine it's still the same.

Maybe though, the buyer will be fine with the broken part, maybe he has spare parts or feels he can fix it, and so possibly at the end he might suggestion following the auction through with a little discount or something...

 

[LipSmack]

super glue baby!

 

[thenammagazine]

Check your PM.

 

[EndIessRAlN]

I always thought that if a buyer bought something and you both mutually cancel the transaction, you get the fees you paid back into your paypal account. Have a friend of yours just bid really high and cancel the transaction. I'm sure that would be ok. Anyone else can confirm this?

 

[Bubbles]

I always thought that if a buyer bought something and you both mutually cancel the transaction, you get the fees you paid back into your paypal account. Have a friend of yours just bid really high and cancel the transaction. I'm sure that would be ok. Anyone else can confirm this?

Yep, get someone/friend to bid really high. Then once the auction is over send a mutual retraction using one of the listed reasons. Make sure the buyer/friend clicks he agrees to it and you'll get all fees [listing etc] back. You can also leave each other feedback saying how cool you both are.

 

[Boba Ben]

I always thought that if a buyer bought something and you both mutually cancel the transaction, you get the fees you paid back into your paypal account. Have a friend of yours just bid really high and cancel the transaction. I'm sure that would be ok. Anyone else can confirm this?

This is what I ended up deciding to do a little while after I made this thread. I had my friend bid $500 on it and we mutually agreed to cancel. It took about 10 seconds.

Now I need to figure out what to do with a busted T-600