Selling on E bay

[Bob Haller]

I have a DP up, and another I havent listed yet. Someone local contacted me after seeing my item up and wants to buy both for likely $500.

How do I handle this. I dont mind paying e bay but how do people buy stuff before the sale is supposed to end?

[gcutler]

If you have no offical bids (above your minimum accepted price) you should be able to cancel the auction. But if you have at least 1 valid bid, it can be a problem. You can setup a new auction with both DPs and a "Buy Me Now" price of $500 and then if anyone bids $500 they immediately win.

[Bob Haller]

So I can safely cancel the auction since the reserve price isnt met yet?

[Chris Blount]

Just cancel the auction and place "Item no longer available" as the reason. I've done this in the past without any problem. Doesn't matter if there are bids.

[Jacob S]

If there are bids it may count against you as it will go against the auction rules. Since there have been no bids then I figure you could cancel the auction and setup another one with buy now at $500.

[Bob Haller]

I decided to let the auction run its course. Being brand new selling I dont want any problems besides I have thousands of dollars worth of seal presses and 3 m thermofax transparency tatoo machines to sell. The DPs are nice money but the bigger picture is more important to me. The DP might not sell its reserve is $250 if it doesnt then both can go to the local fellow.

[Jacob S]

You dont have anything to worry about then since you have such a high reserve.