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03/20/2018 at 3:25 pm #35652
I’m used to lowball offers, it’s just part of eBay life. But when you get a lowball offer from another eBay seller, it’s a bit of a ….wait… what?… moment. Surely the “do unto others” principle would let them know how rude they’re being?
Thanks to this forum, I let it sit overnight, then countered without comment. I did have to go search for my eyebrows, though! 😀
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03/20/2018 at 4:02 pm #35662
I’ve lowballed people with unreasonable prices before. I’m never too sure how low they are willing to go when they offer Buy It Now or Best Offer.
If a best offer seller is asking $100, and the average price is $40 from other sellers, I have no shame is offering $35 to the $100 seller if I can get a deal. If not, I’ll pay $40 elsewhere.
However, I’m not going to offer $1 or something crazy like that if the item consistently is sold for $100 everywhere.
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03/20/2018 at 5:16 pm #35675
I often lowball people when out garage sale-ing, so I try to remember that when I get lowball offers on ebay. Would you consider the low offer rude if it came with a note that said: “Hey, I know my offer is super low compared to your asking price, but it’s what I’m willing to spend on this item right now. Totally understand if you say no, but I had to try just in case. Respectfully, Nice Buyer.”
I try to assume that every offer comes with such a note attached even if there isn’t one. Makes me happier and less aggravated.
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03/20/2018 at 7:10 pm #35693
When buyers send a heartfelt message with a lowball offer I usually cave.
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03/20/2018 at 11:15 pm #35709
I’ve actually received lowballs accompanied by a polite message. Some I accept, others I counter with a more generous discount than I would have without the message. Rarely I explain why such a low offer would not work for me.
There was no message with this offer, and from the size and state of her store, I don’t think she was hurting for money, so I’m not sure how I’d have taken a sob story. Interesting question!
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03/21/2018 at 3:06 am #35717
I sometimes suspect that some people just do shotgun lowball offers with the idea that some might get accepted and that is why it looks and feels so impersonal. No message and no reply on counter offer.
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03/21/2018 at 8:05 am #35722
I think eBay should charge buyers a fee of some sort for Best Offer. If the offer is accepted, the fee is waived. This would discourage ridiculous offers. Got one this morning, $6 on a $38 item.
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03/21/2018 at 8:24 am #35724
There’s an auto-reject setting for best offers that I use with every one of my listings. It will automatically decline any offer below a certain dollar threshold. For example, if my asking price is $100, my auto-reject is set at $49.99 and someone offers $5, the offer will be automatically declined and I won’t even be notified. It’s awesome!
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03/21/2018 at 8:29 am #35725
I think some of y’all get way too worked up over offers. They take all of 5 seconds to review and address.
Me personally, I have absolutely shotgunned offers. For instance, my kids wanted to watch the star wars prequels. I found several ebay listings with at minimum all three prequel movies. I sent low offers to several. Did I expect any offers to be accepted? Nope. I was checking to see who would play ball. In the end I got a listing with all 6 Star Wars movies for $14 shipped.
Bottom line, don’t let offers occupy your brain space. Don’t take them personally. Try to deal with them quickly and concisely. They’ll either turn into a sale or they won’t. Eventually the right buyer will come along.
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03/21/2018 at 9:08 am #35730
I just counter with my best price. Sometimes I write a note saying this is my best and final thank you for your interest. If it’s truly lowball, they rarely come back. sometimes they email me a few dollars under my best and final I may or may not accept..Some people have to feel they got a better deal then what your offering I think….
I also read on another eBay group that some people are looking for items to sell on eBay and will offer lowball prices on hundreds of best offer items and maybe a small percentage will sell. -
03/21/2018 at 10:01 am #35746
Retro Treasures, so what happens if you get several accepted offers? Do you then cancel? Not judging just asking.
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03/21/2018 at 10:35 am #35756
I’ve never had it happen, but if someone wants to sell me a set of 6 movies for $7 shipped I’ll happily take it. Lol!
When I make an offer, I fully intend to follow through immediately. I’m the same way in person on facebook or craigslist. If I don’t plan on following through I don’t make the offer. I don’t understand these ebay buyers who make an offer and then beg to cancel immediately because “they didn’t know that making an offer actually meant they were buying the item”.Actually I take that back – my wife put in multiple offers and bought all accepted offers for my Christmas present this year. I’ve had this specific McDonald’s melmac plate from 1977 since I was a baby. The one that had Ronald McDonald playing in leaves in the Fall. It has ALWAYS been and will ALWAYS be my favorite plate – I’ve eaten easily more than 10,000 meals on that plate. Someone put it in the microwave and ruined it a couple months before Christmas. For Christmas my wife tried to surprise me by getting me a replacement on ebay (using my account…it wasn’t so secret but I really appreciated the effort). She put in offers on several hoping to get one cheap. She ended up getting two of them plus a few others from the series after several folks accepted her low offers.
So now I have two of my Ronald McDonald Fall plates and I’m a happy camper. Don’t care about the other ones…just the Fall one because I’m weird and sentimental like that, but again I appreciate her effort. Lol!
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