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Easiest way to express interest in a piece is to post it in a WTB thread. I dont think theres anything wrong with that. The person with the item in question can choose to ignore it entirely, actually come up front and say they dont want to sell, or sell it. In that way it’s known you are interested, but the ball is in the court of the person who owns the item to contact you or NOT. And they can choose to do one of those three things.
Making your feedback private will make you stand out especially well using this method. If Windstone could make the auctions privite (I don’t know how to do it, but I’ve seen other sellers do it.), then you might be able to help.
I would have to talk to john about making our listings private. Is that something everyone here would be in favor of?
Making your feedback private will make you stand out especially well using this method. If Windstone could make the auctions privite (I don’t know how to do it, but I’ve seen other sellers do it.), then you might be able to help.
I would have to talk to john about making our listings private. Is that something everyone here would be in favor of?
I have enjoyed seeing who is buying what (by watching the letter/feedback groupings), but if people are using the data improperly then yes, private would be better. You may find that private listings are more expensive, though.
Is there a difference between saying “Can I buy that from you?” and “If you ever sell, let me know?” … I tend to think there is, but that is only one opinion. And where exactly do you draw the line? Very complicated.
Many times I have had someone contact me and say, “IF you ever sell, will you keep me in mind?”. I don’t mind that at all! In fact in the past couple months I’ve been thinning out my collection to make room for all the new pretties that have come out: I DO keep people in mind and read others’ wishlists when I sell. Everything I have sold recently I sold privately to people who have said: “Oh boy, I’d like to have one of those!”. And recently I’ve gotten some messages that said, “Hi Skeeter, I just got this “purple hippo” and I remember reading that you would like one!”.
Wishlists have been an awesome thing, how else will people know you really want something unless you make it known? 🙂WHEN IT COMES TO EBAY WINNINGS: Twice I have had a horrible case of buyers remorse 10 seconds after the auction ended. I don’t see the harm in saying “IF you ever sell”, because buyers remorse happens and sometimes so do unexpected bills, and maybe the piece didn’t look the same in person. It’s not a bad thing to have a buyer standing by.
I agree with everything skeeterdeee said. In the case of my (very extensive, detailed) wishlist/WTB list I have been contacted several times by people who owned the items offering to sell, also by ones saying they dont want to sell. Which is fine.
I also have seen items of mine listed on WTB lists. I usually choose to ignore them(thats just the method I use), and if I am contacted directly I have informed them Im not willing to sell a certain piece.
Many times I have had someone contact me and say, “IF you ever sell, will you keep me in mind?”. I don’t mind that at all! In fact in the past couple months I’ve been thinning out my collection to make room for all the new pretties that have come out: I DO keep people in mind and read others’ wishlists when I sell.
My sentiments exactly. I hate listing items for sale, and I do contact people who have expressed interest in an item I have, either publicly or privately. I also check the Wish List. I tend to buy and hoard until I run out of room; then I sell off pieces to make either display or storage room, then buy more. It is much easier if I already know who is interested in what I have. I also check to see who else was bidding on an item I won; if they were bidding THEN, they might be interested NOW if I want to sell. And …. I would much rather sell to someone who really wanted a piece and did not get it.
However, I do know of someone who has been harassed into selling when they really did not want to. Letting a person know that you are interested is different than continually bombarding them with messages to sell when they say NO.
I think that asking politely once is showing interest after that it’s harassment. Also having a way for forum member to indicate whether or not they want to be contacted about sales might be useful. Say a check box in your profile that causes a message to appear on the PM page saying “This member doesn’t not wish to be contacted with offers for items not posted in the flea market.” That way people can let others know whether or not they mind being contacted with unsolicited offers or not.
I’ve had a few people show interest in some of my ebay pieces. But they asked nicely, and said if I ever sell please keep them in mind. I don’t mind that. I’ve also asked in the past if someone decides to sell please keep me in mind becuase I would love to buy it from them. After the initial inquiry, I try not to harass them with repeated requests.
However, I do make comments like: There are still two Astral griffins out there I’d love to own. 🙂 But I try not to bother their owner.
A few years ago, I had a seller contact me because of my initial request. They had a financial difficulty and needed the money fast. Since I was already lined up as a buyer, I got the piece I wanted and they got the money they needed.
I would hate to see things get all secretive because a few people can’t behave themselves….
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Sun Dragon Koi #3Agreed with Setsuna. I dont see a problem in “If you ever want to sell…” especially not just one request. Of course there are pieces I’d love to have that other forum members have, and vice versa-that’s just life. Most of us can’t get everything we want, so there will always be some pieces we want but can’t get at the time. 🙂 Ive had people make offers on some of my pieces-I dont intend on selling them, but its nice to know that if I get desperate for money (which is a possibility since I have no health insurance-if I got really hurt or sick, Id be SOL)….or if I should, (God forbid) die unexpectedly, then its nice to know I have gauranteed buyers, or people who will most appreciate a certain piece. (I have a sealed envelope that is not to be opened unless something bad happens to me-only 2 people know where its hidden, and that way my loved ones will know what the heck to do with my Windstone collection if Im not around)
The wishlists are a great idea I think. Ive had people contact me saying “HEY I saw you were looking for ______ and I have a ______” awesome. I like looking through other’s wishlists and if I come across a piece I dont care for that someone else is looking for, I can point them in the right direction. 🙂 A little good Karma is always a good thing to have.
What Wampus and Wolfenmachine have said. The feedback scores and, while the name is scrambled, if you know who won something on ebay (through comments on the forum), you can see what their ebay scrambled name shows up as with their feedback and go from there. The few things I’ve won on ebay for windstone, I usually wait a while before announcing, if I do at all, so I don’t get pounced and no one figures out what I bought. While it can be neat to see someone I recognize win a piece the few times I’ve even bothered to look, it makes no difference to me and I wouldn’t ever post about it because it isn’t fair to the buyer if they wish to remain private (which is the point of the scrambling).
Taking what sceneable said, I know when I got my baby grab bag uni, while I did post his picture with my two young grab bags that came in, I knew I was going to be pounced because of the color (flaxen liver chestnut). No one was harassing or bullying though and people were nice about it, so it’s all good! 🙂
Harassment is not permitted on the forum, but the rule does not state anything specific about harassing sellers. Maybe that would be enough? Just change it so that the rule specifies that you may not try to harass, guilt, etc etc an owner into selling you their Windstone piece? That way we can continue the fun part of coveting one another’s Windstones without making them uncomfortable or feeling harassed about it. Yes? No?
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My art: featherdust.comI don’t know if there was any actual harassment going on towards the ebay buyers who have contacted me (I don’t know the details), but the feeling I got was that they were just getting a lot of emails from different people asking if they wanted to sell. I wouldn’t like to get those either. Even if the emails were not meant to harass or guilt it would still be a pain to deal with them.
So, I stand by what I said originally.. Please do not contact ebay buyers privately trying to buy their wins from them. If you see something on ebay that you really want, try to do everything you can to win the item yourself or find a friend to bid for you. If you want someone to “keep you in mind if they ever want to sell” I don’t think it’s a big deal to send a winner that sort of a message, but please don’t overdue it and no asking to buy or trade on the spot.
Harassment is not permitted on the forum, but the rule does not state anything specific about harassing sellers. Maybe that would be enough? Just change it so that the rule specifies that you may not try to harass, guilt, etc etc an owner into selling you their Windstone piece? That way we can continue the fun part of coveting one another’s Windstones without making them uncomfortable or feeling harassed about it. Yes? No?
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Harassment is not permitted on the forum, but the rule does not state anything specific about harassing sellers. Maybe that would be enough? Just change it so that the rule specifies that you may not try to harass, guilt, etc etc an owner into selling you their Windstone piece? That way we can continue the fun part of coveting one another’s Windstones without making them uncomfortable or feeling harassed about it. Yes? No?
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Please visit My Webpage to see my art and PYO's that I've done in the past!Okay back when I was bidding and buying this did happen to me on eBay I admit that it did bug me and I started buying out of my other eBay account and not leaving Windstone feedback at all. This worked for a time. But now I realize that was just silly. The answer here is either don’t respond at all or just thank them and say that you are keeping the item and if you ever decide to sell that they will be the first to know. Simple. This usually works for me.
About persistant eBay members that just keep pestering you. Well this is a funny story. Skylover told me to do this and it worked. I finally told the person that I was never selling the dragon and had arranged to have it burried with me because I loved it that much. HA! The pest told me what a waste of a good dragon. But I never heard from them again.
Remember there are collectors out there that desperatly wanted a certain artist done edition and did not win it. I think that one time of another we all have been there. If you look at it that way you can get a better perspective. In other words how can I blame them for falling in love with the same item as me? Answer I can’t.
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