Anyway, my dad made me put a pool table up for him on Ebay... it's the first time I've sold anything.

Anyway there was a bunch of people that messaged on Ebay that wanted to grab it early (after 4 days there was 0 bids)... so being that he was moving we got a guy to come pick it up.

Anyway, now someone has bid and we don't have the table. Is there anything I can do now to avoid a negative rating? It seems like I can't pull off the auction (??) and the only thing I can think of is to get a friend to put in a ridiculous bid and win it.

There's only a 24 hours left, help would be appreciated.

yeah i'd get the friend to bid on it, you're not meant to do what you did :p

Yeah I realise that now... such a c*** :)

i'd just try and email the person, explaining the situation.

most people are pretty forgiving if your upfront with them.

one trade i did i clearly f***ed up, i somehow managed to give the wrong account number twice (unknowingly) and the people didnt get their item before christmas, even though the auction ended three weeks before it. but i emailed them, explained the situation and now i am back up to 68 positive instead of 67 positive and one negative.

just give it a go, that or get someone to bid like its going out of fashion.

pfft 68

The actual buyer has agreed to put a massive bid on the pool table so he wins it.

If anyone overbids him at a $1000, they're dips***s :)

If all else fails, just call/email the guy telling him that you have discovered a fault/damage with the table that you hadn't realised until you decided to move it (to pack up or somes***) and that you can no longer sell the item to him as it is not how you described it to be.

Good thinking ek! Cheers :)

I'm sure I could weave a nice web of bulls***.

Dont you have to pay fees on the final bid price?

http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/1392/feesfl1.jpg

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/sell/end_early.html

If you cannot complete your listing as planned, you can end your listing before the scheduled date. If there are bids on your item, you can cancel them.

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Your account will still be charged listing fees (such as the Insertion Fee) if you end your listing early

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When there are 12 hours or less remaining and the item has a winning bid, including a reserve met bid, sellers cannot make any changes to the listing, including:

* Ending the item early

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oops?

Ahhh I love you parabol!

Ended because the table was broken... the frame sustained signifcant damage while being moved out of the house *wink* :D