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01/09/2018 at 12:33 pm #30136
Hi Scavengers!
I’ve been a forum lurker for a while and just started listing on ebay. There’s so much knowledge here, thank you all!!! I haven’t sold on ebay in years and in the past only used bin. (I’ve been over on etsy since 2010) So please forgive me if this sounds like a stupid question.
I listed an item a few days ago for $60, plus shipping. I just received an offer for $40. I’m on my tablet and can’t provide a link because I’m not computer savvy. 🙁 I listed a set of 3, amber viking glass mushrooms.Should I counter offer? If so, how do I do it without being offensive?
Side note: As a true scavenger, I purchased these at the end of a church tagsale…fill a paper grocery bag for $1. So, I’m cool with $40 but would like as vice on what to do.
Thank you in advance! I’m so happy I found this forum.
Punk
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01/09/2018 at 12:46 pm #30137
If you’re good with $40, accept, and wait for payment.
I always assume that if I counter, the likelihood is that the negotiation will end there, and result in no sale. If an offer is reasonable (sounds like this one is), take it! Trying to eek an extra $5 out of them may make them go away entirely.
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01/09/2018 at 12:54 pm #30139
Thank you for you quick reply! Another stupid ? Aft I accept it, is there anything else I need to do?
In my mind:
Accept offer
Receive PayPal pmt.
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01/09/2018 at 12:55 pm #30140
What Winchester38 said.
–If you like $40, accept.
–if you dont like it, counter at different price. There’s no being rude counter offering. We always counter with a dollar figure and never send a message. Its business. -
01/09/2018 at 12:57 pm #30141
Thanks Winchester and Jay! Off to accept.
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01/09/2018 at 1:00 pm #30144
Punk, you’ve got the process down. You accept, and then you have to wait for them to pay. Once they do, pack/print/ship just like any other sale.
One of the downsides to accepting an offer is that sometime the buyer doesn’t end up paying at all. It’s a pain, but part of the game unfortunately.
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01/09/2018 at 1:10 pm #30145
Thanks, Winchester38! 🙂 They just paid. Off to pack and ship.
1 down, 9,999 more death pile things to list.
Death pile cellar, 40×60 barn, 10×10 potting shed, 12×15 veggie stand and an office chock full.
This gives me hope.
Thanks again for the quick replies!
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01/09/2018 at 1:20 pm #30146
Just curious: have you been buying for the last 20 years!?
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01/09/2018 at 1:42 pm #30147
lol, Jay, I’m old! To begin with, my 89yo f-i-l would help elderly ladies clean out a house when their husbands died and put the crap in the barn. We also bought and fixed a 1950s fixer upper loaded by a hoarder. I’ve donated, filled a few large dumpsters, had tag sales (so not worth the effort) and collected a few things on my own (to sell in my etsy shop). The basement is loaded with kids stuff…bags of cloths, poll pockets, Thomas the train, legos…stuff like that. Potting shed, antique – vintage tools. A quarter of the barn is old electrical supplies (most nib) My husband and fil are/were electrical contractors and lighting/lamps, parts and pieces. My office is etsy hard goods that need to be listed. The old farm stand is tools, more hard goods and otherwise idk haven’t been in there in a while.
I haven’t bought anything in a few years. I don’t need more stuff, just need to list it, donated it or dump it. My goal this year is to get rid of the crap.
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01/09/2018 at 1:48 pm #30149
You’re in the right place. We love to be minimal and make money on the abundance/waste around us. Always be listing.
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01/09/2018 at 1:49 pm #30150
Example…my fil just dropped of 25+ games from the 60s / 70s that their kids played with…so into the cellar they went.
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01/09/2018 at 2:00 pm #30155
🙂 That’s why I fell in love with this forum. I detest waste. Our entire home is furnished with good ole’ useful stuff destined for the landfill. Antique and vintage, imo, is way better made than the new crap sold in a big box store. I buy new mattresses, underwear and sometimes shoes (usually sneakers and workboots) but my kids like tech gadgets. Anything else has probably lived another life.
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01/13/2018 at 7:36 pm #30423
Even if an item is bin, why do they not make a best offer pay immediately?
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01/13/2018 at 7:45 pm #30424
Good question. You’d have to ask eBay this question.
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01/13/2018 at 8:18 pm #30425
toniwill – I think best offer buyers are not allowed to pay immediately because it gives the seller no time to consider different offers on a particular item. Instead it would just be who paid the fastest. In addition, if a buyer was able to pay just because they made an offer (like they pay on the buy it now price), they would be able to pay whatever amount they are offering instead of having to wait for the seller’s approval/acceptance of the offer.
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01/13/2018 at 10:11 pm #30427
A possible solution.
–Buyer makes an offer
–eBay places a hold on those funds in escrow from the buyer’s eBay account.
–Seller has 24 hours to make a decision.
–If the Seller accepts the offer, the buyer’s funds are immediately released to the Seller.
–If the Seller makes a counter offer, the buyer can accept or further counter with more funds being held in escrow.
–If the Seller does nothing, the buyer’s funds are released back after 24 hours.eBay doesnt do this because it’s a lot of work to get it right, and eBay most likely doesnt see it as a big problem.
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01/13/2018 at 10:40 pm #30428
Yes, that would be alot of work. Ebay has already worked to specialize in inconsistent consistency, so we know the process would not go smoothly. In addition, the holding of any funds may discourage a buyer from shopping and/or making another purchase while waiting to hear if their offer has been accepted which would lead to a loss in sales and FVFs. I was reading up on best offer and saw that it has a 48hr shelf life. Moreover, anything that complicates the buying process would detract from the reputation ebay has been working to build of being highly buyer friendly.
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