Items sold at very high prices compared to the market
Good afternoon
I recently bought a Samsung SmartTag2 device, code EI-T5600BWEGEU, for about € 30.00 and, browsing various marketplaces, I found an unusual listing here on Ebay, with the same device (code EI-T5600BBEGEU on sale on Samsung's site for 39.90 €) at € 2,990.00!
Thinking it might be a decimal “comma” mistake, and since the seller is a professional seller from my city, I politely pointed it out to them, but I did not receive a response.
A few days later, I received an offer from the same seller for the item in question for € 2,541.50.
On a post from 9 years ago I read a user's reply stating that it is a method for the seller to maintain visibility if they temporarily do not have the item in stock ...
In this case it seems to me that the item is available.
I reported it to Ebay but they replied that the listing does not violate the rules, when one of the reasons for reporting it is precisely the exorbitant price increase.
What do you think?
heavenwelkin
·1 year agoIt doesn't matter that the item is available because at that price it's rather unlikely that they'll sell it.
You already answered your own question, since for various reasons it's more convenient and advantageous for a seller to keep the listing active by just changing the sale price instead of closing it and then reopening it.
There's nothing wrong with it apart from the annoyance it caused you.
But that's not a problem of Ebay, the seller, or the forum users.
Best regards.
anleona20
OP1 year agoOk, all clear.
My perplexity was due to the fact that one of the selectable options for filing a complaint is precisely "excessive price increase" but from what you write it seems to concern only essential goods in emergency situations.
Still, making me the offer at 2400 euros really sounds ridiculous..
marioelegio
·1 year agoMost likely the seller has an automated process active that sends proposals, with a fixed discount percentage, to users who watch his listings.
hi
mario
anleona20
OP1 year agoI didn’t know this either, thanks.
The risk of scams now makes you doubt so many things...
heavenwelkin
·1 year agoBefore speaking, one should know and inform oneself.
The forum is certainly one of the many ways to do that (ask and get informed)
Read here:
https://community.ebay.it/t5/Annunci-di-eBay/Risparmia-tempo-automatizzando-le-proposte-agli-acquirenti/ba-p/999616
The seller can automatically set a discount valid for their entire shop, so the same thing happens for the 2400-euro item as well, in a completely automated way.
Automated offers usually start when eBay's algorithm detects a particular interest in the item from the buyer, maybe because someone lingers for a certain amount of time or because the auction is visited multiple times.
The algorithm can determine whether there is potential interest in that item or whether it is just a simple view where, according to the algorithm, the buyer is not interested.
Otherwise we would be flooded with automatic offers simply because we viewed an item on eBay.
Kind regards.
technopartsbay
·1 year agoThe CIP has not existed for decades and, even if it still did exist, a StartTag would certainly not be included in its lists.
As a result, prices are free and everyone is free (indeed...) to charge whatever they want.
It is up to the buyer to accept or not the offer: there is not even fraud, because the price is clearly displayed and correctly stated at the time the commercial sales contract is concluded.
So eBay’s response and its not closing the listing in question are correct.
Roman Law would say: "Vigilantibus, non dormientibus, iura succurrunt"...