Am I missing something here (ebay rant)

[oldschoolace]

So someone lists something with too high a starting price to get any bids. I watch it end hoping it may get relisted at a more realistic price or just run at a 99p starting bid but neither happens.
The seller chooses to relist with a fair hike in his already unrealistic starting price 

3 times it's happened to me in the last fortnight. I know people can be greedy but I just don't get it .

The latest had an offers button so I submit a more than reasonable offer and it's countered over his original staring price on the previous auction.

I know people try and recoup listing fee but ffs they don't cost that much.
Was so close to writing a wanky message but best to just move on I guess

[Bobby]

Had the same happen to me , set of wheels did not sell at £100 they got relisted £150 they still did not sell now there £160 

[Bigfrawg]

Same here , was watching a frame for weeks going up and down in price and not selling so I offered what I thought was a fair amount, dude came back to me with a higher offer than what it already hadn't sold for . Tit

[monkian]

Had it happen to me as well. Annoying as hell but I guess ultimately it's a sellers market. You snooze you lose :/

[Andyboy77]

Same here , was watching a frame for weeks going up and down in price and not selling so I offered what I thought was a fair amount, dude came back to me with a higher offer than what it already hadn't sold for . Tit

What a cheek! 

[bigfatolly]

Had it happen to me as well. Annoying as hell but I guess ultimately it's a sellers market. You snooze you lose :/

I don't think it is a sellers market at the moment,nothing is selling.
As you say though,annoying as hell,the obviously want the parts to sit around gathering dust....

[monkian]

Yeah, I know it seems slow at the moment. I just meant that eBay is down to sellers discretion.

[CustardLips]

Seen it enough times... can't really see the logic in whacking the price up after not selling for less the first time round.

[Jono]

Seen this before with other things , keep offering at silly money people with same parts see the sale item n try to sell there's at similar prices others follow n it then becomes the standard asking price n eventually the standard sale price

[factory pilot]

Maybe if all of us going to MK bring our spares and unwanted parts and sell them at proper prices then it becomes a win win situation for everybody?

[Andyboy77]

Maybe if all of us going to MK bring our spares and unwanted parts and sell them at proper prices then it becomes a win win situation for all of us?

Ethically and in general, a nice idea. That may help to contrast the crazy-price situation at the moment, at least within the community of those who are passionate about building bikes rather than passionate about making money at the expences of our buddies. But what about those who like me can't visit MK? 

[oldschoolace]

It gets worse.... The latest prat who bumped his price up has now increased it AGAIN by $30 so doubling his initial start price ffs