Could someone help me please.. I want to buy something but it says lets say 6 available but 13 sold?

[loukca3]

How is it possible to do that?  then it says about the percentage sold is maybe 83 percent?? is the item available or not?

all answers are greatly appreciated Thank You

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@loukca3 wrote:

How is it possible to do that?  then it says about the percentage sold is maybe 83 percent?? is the item available or not?

all answers are greatly appreciated Thank You

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The seller did a mulch-quantity listing. They had 19 available at first, but 13 sold already. Now they only have 6 of this item left. Hope this helps you!

Alex

[loukca3]

Thanks
thats what I thought but I didn't understand how you can sell lets say 18 items when they have only lets say 6 available.
Im still new to EBAY 🙂

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Happy to help you.
Alex

[dmil8030]

Hello 'loukca3', 

If it says "6 available" then there should be 6 available.  (Not to say that mistakes don't happen.)

When the number available, the number sold, and the listed percentages do not all add up, it is likely that some sold much earlier and their presence has disappeared from the listing, or perhaps the seller 'restocked' and added more.  

If you are simply curious about the mechanics of how the listings are set up, there is this:

http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/multiple.html#display

[femmefan1946]

It means the seller had 19 identical items when she made her listing.

Since then 13 have been bought, leaving 6 still available.

So no problem there.

Now look at the seller's feedback.

Is her percentage above 99%?-- anything less is questionable, and below 97% means she is in danger of having her account closed.

Click on the number of negatives, if any, in her FB. Do they show a trend, or does the unhappy buyer seem to be nuts?

And look at her Detailed Seller Ratings, the yellow stars. Are they 4.8 or higher? Good.

Now you can feel more confident.