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bumblebee


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i got this message today from an ebay member:


is there any way i could go ahead and buy this my daughters bday is in 4 days and i really wanted it for her. please let me know. thanks so much


re: an item that i have listed that has no bids and no BIN.  is this person attempting to get me to sell them the item early for the opening bid (which is very low), or is she asking me to give her a BIN price?  is this even allowed on ebay?  from the way it's written, i am suspicious that this person is trying to scam me. 



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ILoveChoo


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my guess would be that she's looking for you to add a BIN. Which I think is allowed.

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ILoveChoo wrote:
my guess would be that she's looking for you to add a BIN. Which I think is allowed.


I agree. Either way I'd email her back & tell her you'd sell it to her for X with a BIN - be sure to take the additional fees into account - they charge for the BIN option.

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ok, so if i do that, the earliest i can mail it out is tomorrow, which means it still probably wouldn't get to her within four days.  should i tell her i can fedex and charge her whatever that would cost?

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Sounds like more trouble than it is worth.  I had a similar email on a pair of Anthro pants I recently sold.  The girl wanted a BIN (which I have never done) so she could have them for a trip to NY the following week.  I did/do not want to be responsable for something not coming in time, plus it seemed like a pain in the ass for something that is supposed to be just extra money in my free time.  I didn't want the stress of having to worry about it so I just ignored the email.  Normally I don't ignore emails but I didn't even see the point in replying.

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drew, that wa smy gut reaction, too.  something about it just seems like it's going to be a lot more trouble than i care to deal with. 

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