Collection only item...

[Jake]

I recently bought an item listed as collection only, and for good reason,
it's a rather heavy printer with a minor fault, and would weigh in just
short of 35 kilos.

I won the auction at first bid, which was the starting price at which he had
set it, and no, it wasn't 99p start either, in the order of a few tens of
pounds

I still reckon I got it pretty cheap though, and of course collection only
is going to put off anyone who isn't local from bidding if they have to
travel a fair distance.

I sent him a message asking his address as I wanted to come and collect, and
pay at the same time, thus saving him the paypal fee (as paypal was listed
as a payment method) but as of yet, have heard nothing back, over 24 hours
later. I have some niggling concerns that maybe because I got it so cheap,
he may be hoping that he can get away with not following through, although
that is perhaps unwarranted, he has a lot of good feedback.

What should my next steps be in this case? I have not paid for the item yet,
as already stated I was going to give him cash when I picked the item up.

[Niel Humphreys]

"Jake" <ja...@jakesplaice.com> wrote in message
news:1JOdndQdH_wqGePM...@giganews.com...

I'd give it another day or two then pull his contact details & phone him up.
Not everyone has internet access every day.
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Cheers
Niel H

[Peter Crosland]

Be patient! There could be all sorts of reasons why the seller has not
replied. You can request his details from eBay and give him a ring.


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Peter Crosland g6...@yahoo.co.uk

[Lobster]

On 29/04/2013 15:33, Jake wrote:

> I recently bought an item listed as collection only, and for good reason,
> it's a rather heavy printer with a minor fault, and would weigh in just
> short of 35 kilos.
>
> I won the auction at first bid, which was the starting price at which he had
> set it, and no, it wasn't 99p start either, in the order of a few tens of
> pounds

So chances are that his start price was his minimum acceptable price,
otherwise he'd have started it at 99p to get a free/cheap listing.


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David

[Apellation Controlee]

On Wed, 01 May 2013 07:54:07 +0100, Lobster
<davidlobs...@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>So chances are that his start price was his minimum acceptable price,
>otherwise he'd have started it at 99p to get a free/cheap listing.

I do this (start = min acceptable price) with free listings.