Is this a garage sale now?

[salesforsam]

I get that everyone wants a deal, but please...I have an item listed for $9.99 and a buyer send me a Best Offer for $9.50? Is ebay a garage sale now? How petty can you get? Trying to get 50 cents off a listing?

I am so glad I unloaded a lot of my collectibles back when ebay was...different. Sorry that the things I have left are not going to fetch the prices they would have way back when.

[misfitfun · Accepted solution]

Would you rather they off $2.00?9.50 0n 9.99 a good offer

[dhbookds]

some people want to win.............and frankly, I'd let them...........for 50c..........

[tina06457]

You have butter knives listed for 9.99 but when I click on the auction it says 7.99?????

[salesforsam]

I'd rather give it to Goodwill . It's just too petty for me. Offers of $7.50 on $9.99 items, offers of $9.50 on $9.99 items...sorry, that's just obnoxious. I can get more valur giving it away to someone in need or writing it off on my taxes, which is what I will do with these items.

Please don't waste my time reading emails over 49c. Life is more precious than that.

[salesforsam]

They are now $7.99 if you want them.

Recent edit, so may not be showing up correctly yet.

[mikeystoyz]

When someone sends me a best offer 50 cents less than the item I always assume he or she made a mistake punching in numbers and then take the offer.

[slippinjimmy]

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@salesforsam wrote:

I get that everyone wants a deal, but please...I have an item listed for $9.99 and a buyer send me a Best Offer for $9.50? Is ebay a garage sale now? How petty can you get? Trying to get 50 cents off a listing?

I am so glad I unloaded a lot of my collectibles back when ebay was...different. Sorry that the things I have left are not going to fetch the prices they would have way back when.

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Did you add Best Offer to your listings or did eBay?

If you added it why are you upset over an offer of 95% of the listed price?

If eBay added Best Offer to your listings and it upsets you then remove it.

[slippinjimmy]

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@salesforsam wrote:

I get that everyone wants a deal, but please...I have an item listed for $9.99 and a buyer send me a Best Offer for $9.50? Is ebay a garage sale now? How petty can you get? Trying to get 50 cents off a listing?

I am so glad I unloaded a lot of my collectibles back when ebay was...different. Sorry that the things I have left are not going to fetch the prices they would have way back when.

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The "collectibles" market is highly volatile, always has been and always will be. Back in the early days of eBay prices were higher than they had ever been and after a few years returned to normal. Many were able to cash in on the dot com bubble, anyone expecting that gravy train to continue forever was...........

[ed8108]

Sometimes it's best to take what is very close to what you want now, than risk possibly being offered less sometime in the future.

[genv]

the buyer may have only $9.50 in eBay bucks or a gift card balance & wants to spend it...

[ed8108]

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@salesforsam wrote:

I'd rather give it to Goodwill . It's just too petty for me. Offers of $7.50 on $9.99 items, offers of $9.50 on $9.99 items...sorry, that's just obnoxious. I can get more valur giving it away to someone in need or writing it off on my taxes,

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The purpose of listing items on ebay is to convert them into cash.

Does goodwill overvalue donations ?

Are you financially better off with a tax write off?

[fern*wood]

Is this ebay adding best offer to actions or were you able to add best offer when you listed?   I recall this being done on auctions a few months ago, but thought the test had ended.

[futuretomorrow]

If you have "best offer" as an option on a listing how can you question whether a buyer is petty or if this is a garage sale when you're enabling the environment and actions to happen? 

I don't know what your situation is but I would simply turn it off. Problem solved.

[partsalot1]

the short answer is ebay has always been a farage sale.  i think at one time it was called the on line garage sale.

 The longer answer is what is wrong with an offer $.50 less than your initial price ? 

 I don't understand the problem but I'd be willing to listen about it if you want to say something. I might be missing your point.   are used tires now because I had some slightly obsolete parts.   I had a good idea of what they were actually worth and set the price accordingly the only time I get upset is when I have people trying to get the items for a quarter of what I was asking . One guy gave me four different low ball offers  in a row and I didn't except any of them.   I would've happily excepted any offers that were only $.50 less than I wanted .