"BEST OFFERS" IGNORED !!
It should be a breach of ebay's policies and 'contract' of a seller who advertises for a best offer and then doesn't even acknowledge one !! That seems fraudulent to me. Certainly it is unethical & I won't shop with a seller who does that
107 comments
connorsvilleschool
·2 years agoI am thinking about Best offers too and deciding if I should offer it or not. I did just ignore very early offers so far under the asking price as to be vaguely insulting. I think offers should either be made high enough over the asking price as to cause the seller to gladly end an auction and thus blocking other bidders. (it happens), or toward the end when the seller may have given up hope of another buyer... though I snipe endings and I know others do as well. If I make an offer it is usually between 10 - 20% off (sometimes cost of shipping). If the price is acceptable, I just bid once and snipe at the end. As a seller, I am a little conflicted! I also hate ignoring offers from sellers because (to be honest) most of the time I am just doing research to see how many items are listed similar to what I want to sell and where it is listed for most success. And then I also watch some of the items I am considering buying but still want to see if similar items are offered at a better price. J
kh-stanley1
·2 years agoHi everyone,
This discussion has gotten a bit heated, off topic and personal.
Please remember that, while it is fine to disagree with others, discussion should always remain friendly and respectful as required by the Community Guidelines.
Thank you for your cooperation.
myangelandmyprincess
·2 years agoAlso on the buyers page about offers.
"If they don’t respond to you in that time, or if the listing ends before they respond, then your offer expires.
If the seller responds, they may:"
https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/buy-now/making-best-offer?id=4019
mudshark61369
·2 years ago@aben7154,
You just posted:
"Actually the responses to my post have been just as disturbing as my feelings against not hearing back on an offer".
Maybe you are expecting too much from those of us who volunteer to help people on these boards. Even the Mentors have no contact with ebay management far enough up the corporate ladder, who would be able to effect a change of policy.
All we can do is explain what ebay allows currently, and has allowed in the past. Many changes ebay has made affect some buyers and many sellers adversely, but usually not enough of them to make further changes. They did try giving buyers time limits for their offers, but it caused more problems than it solved.
My advice is do not send offers when you are not willing to wait 24 hours for a reply to them or for expiration.
transamcc
·2 years agoThe exact text from ebay's "make an offer query" is: Best Offer lets you offer the seller a price you’re willing to pay for the item. The seller can accept, reject, or counter your offer by suggesting another price. "IGNORE" is NOT listed as a seller option here. Ignore is simply a seller made up reason for not replying in a courteous and timely manner.
msha3839
·2 years agoCourtesy can go a long way, in business or daily life…many people can’t comprehend this..🥂
myangelandmyprincess
·2 years agoActually it's an option given by eBay.
"After receiving an offer, you have 24 hours to choose how to respond. You can:
Accept the Best Offer and end the listing
Respond with a counteroffer
Let the offer expire. This will happen automatically after 24 hours or when the listing ends, whichever comes first
Decline the offer"
transamcc
·2 years agoWhy then does ebay NOT inform the buyer of this "ignore" option of you letting the offer expire that you say they tell (ONLY) sellers about ???????? All they tell buyers that you can do is: accept, counter, or decline our offers. Kind of one-sided favoritism at work that I would need someone to cut and copy a response directly from ebay policy for sellers for me to actually believe your statement that they put that in writing anywhere!
itscalledapostingid
·2 years ago@myangelandmyprincess posted it above and here is the source where it specifically says a seller can let it expire:
https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/adding-best-offer-listing-using-reply-offer?id=4144
After receiving an offer, you have 24 hours to choose how to respond. You can:
By the way it took like two seconds to google the text that had been posted upthread and find the source.
Anyone who didn't believe could have fact checked it themselves.
frankenhobbit
·2 years agoIf you actually ever sold anything on eBay, you'd quickly find out that there IS very strong favoritism, but it is in favor of the buyer, not the seller. And I am predominantly a buyer on eBay, not a seller (about 90 percent of my account activity over the near 20 years I've been on eBay has been as a buyer). I've just walked a little in a sellers shoes.
I've made many, many offers on eBay and it's always told me that the seller has 24 hours to respond. That implies that if they do not respond within 24 hours, the offer expires.
transamcc
·2 years agoI tutored undergrad classmen in college English back in the day and graded papers of incoming freshman students. To me, the fact that an offer is allowed to "expire" IMPLIES that the seller ignored it for the duration, most likely as an intentional act.
kathiec
·2 years agoI was a professional editor for 35+ years. As such I knew better than to think anyone can assume the mental state of a human being through his or her personal definition of one word.
house*of*paws
·2 years agoSpeaking as a buyer whose purchases were always personal (rather than business expenses) … it didn’t occur to me that a seller was ignoring my offer if I didn’t receive a quick response.
I expected that sellers might wait to see what offers they’d receive before accepting one of them … which could result in my offer expiring.
[It didn’t take long for me to read eBay policy on Best Offers to verify that I understood all the parameters.]
frankenhobbit
·2 years agoeBay is not Amazon. Many 'sellers', myself included have day jobs that pay very well. Those jobs take precedence. So, some people may not immediately respond. Besides, eBay explicitly states they have 24 hours to respond. They also explicitly state that they can simply let the offer expire. I'm fairly sure that they did some research before settling on 24 hours. And as it happens, if a seller makes an offer to a buyer (if a buyer has added it to their watchlist), the buyer has 48 hours to respond. Twice as long.
I don't sell because I need the money. I sell because I need the space or am doing a general clear out.
However, just because I do not need the money, it does not mean I'm just going to give it away (who knows, I may need it down the road). If I wanted to net 30 percent of it's true value after fees and shipping, I'd just donate it and file a deduction on my taxes.
Lastly, despite what I said above, I for one actually do respond pretty quickly. usually within an hour, because I am able to unless I am on a flight or driving somewhere. But if the offer is under 50 percent, I do not even counter. I decline and block..
gosimus
·2 years ago@aben7154
< doesn't even acknowledge [an offer] ... Certainly it is unethical >
I wouldn't consider it unethical. I'd say discourteous, at worst. But here's the thing: You're entitled to ignore the seller's offer, too, so that makes it even.
tinsoldierunderground
·2 years ago.....................ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
aben7154
OP2 years agoIF I WAS SOLICITING AN OFFER AND IGNORED IT, I WOULD BE JUST AS GUILTY. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. GET THE FACTS CORRECT
itscalledapostingid
·2 years agoAfter reading some of your replies here I have to ask...
Are you including messages with those offers you send to sellers?
redlinear
·2 years agoI just love these threads 🤣
monster-deals
·2 years agoIt is neither fraudulent nor unethical in any way, shape or form.
oszika
·2 years agoLowball offers are a kind of insulting, they deserved to be ignored, but I still like lowballers. I never reject any offer. Many times I've sold various items for the full price, because potential buyers notice, there are offers that I may accept before they can buy it.
simba6
·2 years agoEither buy it or place it on your watch list ans see if you get an offer. Most sellers don't want to come down in price anyway so I seldom make offers. Some sellers get darn snotty too.
evry1nositswindy
·2 years agoThat's okay @pjcdn2005 . Sometimes I will get an offer through messages--a really ridiculously low offer. I always explain that the 'free' shipping is $x.xx so obviously their offer of $1 more than the shipping is out of the question. That always works. I don't ignore offers or questions because that is bad customer service, not because eBay tells me to.
tobaccocardyahoo
·2 years agoSometimes the way to maintain proper business responses is to refrain from responding.
When a buyer insults a seller, as many buyers who make offers do, silence is the appropriate response. It often takes longer than the offer is valid for to cool down.
IMO Sellers should have badges showing whether their behavior will be that of a retailer or a flea marketeer. At a flea market, I would ask many of these buyers making offers to leave my stall. Ignore and block is a close as one gets.
evry1nositswindy
·2 years agoeBay has a setting for sellers to set a price range of offers they will entertain. Anything lower than this is not even sent to the seller. So yes, ignoring an offer is acceptable. As a seller, I have sent offers to buyers but have been ignored. Is this okay with you?
I was making a listing yesterday, changed it from an auction to a buy it now. The make offer box was checked for me--automatically. I had to uncheck it. I'm sure that happens to many sellers and they wonder why they are receiving offers.
pjcdn2005
·2 years agoEven if the offer box was checked off unknown to the seller, they should realize it once they receive an offer. It isn't the customer's fault that the offer option is available so I don't think the prospective buyer should just be ignored. I realize that at time the seller finds an offer 'insulting' but refuse it and move on. It's just business. If you want the offer function to be there and do get insulted by low offers, then set it up so that a minimum amount is refused automatically.
I don't think that eBay should make it a 'rule' that a seller has to reply but I do think I think that it is proper customer service to reply to an offer whether or it to accept, refuse or send a counteroffer. If you definitely are not going to accept the offer, then why keep them waiting to find that out.
Not aiming the comments at you @evry1nositswindy I just happened to click on your post when I replied.
albertabrightalberta
·2 years agoand @aben7154
One of the benefits and the main reason I love having an offer option in my listings is that when a potential buyer makes an offer, it gives me the opportunity to get a feel for the buyer and whether it's one I want to do business with. I always check their feedback left for others and I can't count the number of bullets I've dodged.
And when I block one of those wannabe offerers, I don't decline or counter; I just ignore after adding them to my BBL.
These are just 3 of the bullets I've dodged and if those buyers badmouth me and think I'm rude, I'm okay with that!
msha3839
·2 years agoWell said..let’s have a scenario where Mr.X makes an offer on item and got ignored…he still interested in the item and day later found similar one from other seller and buys it…suddenly few hours later first seller accepts offer …now buyer must pay for two items…I understand that it works both ways, but new implementation by eBay, making buyers to be charged automatically upon seller accepting offer, makes headaches for everyone and in this case, for buyers…would be nice if there is a timeframe of about 12 hours to accept/ decline offers..business only..
broto_64
·2 years agoFailing to honor Best Offers can be a form of "search and browse manipulation" for some sellers much like most multi-variation listings, proving it is another whole story thou I never buy from a seller who displays dishonest behavior either.
femmefan1946
·2 years agoIt's poor customer service, on a par with not saying hello to the customer when they enter the shop.
But the seller has the choice of accepting, refusing, counter-offering, or ignoring any Best Offer.
If this is a single seller, move on.
They don't want your money.
If this is consistent, you are not making reasonable offers.
BTW, sellers who consistently get lowball offers can set parameters on the option to automatically send the customer a polite "no thank you, try again" message. The seller doesn't see these lowball offers until one is high enough for them to consider.
I have, as a seller, had automatically accepted Offers that were the third or fourth try to find my sweet spot. Never saw the earlier lower offers until I accepted or counter-offered.
albertabrightalberta
·2 years agoThis is my own opinion, but I find it offensive when buyers who have never listed a single item and have no clue of what's involved in being a good seller to think it's their right to tell sellers how to run their businesses, how to price their items, how and when to respond to offers, how "unprofessional" or "rude" they are if they don't respond in such-and-such a way, etc.
@aben7154
Get a few listings and sales under your belt, accumulate a few feedbacks as a seller, deal with buyers who make offers whether or not you have an offer option in your listing, find a few ghost listings sell on items that haven't been listed in ages, deal with default options that ebay adds to your listings that you never intended to opt in to, work with buyers on a few NAD claims, deal with NPBs because you didn't have IPR for payments, etc.
Then come back and tell us how sellers should behave.
brightlightbookseller
·2 years agoAmen to all of that.
OP, not only are you being fairly rude, but you have no idea what's involved in running a business here on eBay. Some sellers may just not even get to your offer before it expires (you are giving them 48 hours to respond, right?).
ckimodog
·2 years ago@aben7154
Most of this is the new feature that eBay is implementing where the seller doesn't even send the offer, eBay does. So don't be mad at the seller, be mad at eBay. Many of us here do not like this feature at all as a seller. Several of us have reached out to the community managers expressing our dissatisfaction of this feature as well. Still waiting for a response...
tinsoldierunderground
·2 years agoNice cricket!😄
chariot_badges
·2 years agoIsn't there a switch on each listing ... while listing ... that turns that off?
Or is on the 'make an offer' page ...
There's a toggle switch somewhere ... no?
buyselljack2016
·2 years agoDon't have "make offer" on my listings.
Last "by message" offer that I had was $5 on a $7.25 listing with shipping charge less than it would cost me to ship.
31% off requested. Barely wort the effort to start. Countered with $6. Crickets. Should have just "ignored".
adamcartwright
·2 years agoThe seller always has the right to refuse to respond to buyer's offer for his own reasons, which could include being just too busy, taking a day off, or even buyer's feedback rating, etc.
Sounds like you've been ignored by sellers on many offers. Are you making reasonable offers considering the comps and condition of the particular item?
rockinhorserevivalist
·2 years agoThat's a really interesting perspective! Is it because you think someone else will buy the item while your offer is locked in for 48 hours?
richards*collection
·2 years agoI consider best offers lower than 20% of my asking price unreasonable and some of them are not worthy of any reply and are ignored. That being said some buyers offers are so unreasonable they want me to give them the item for almost free, if you consider the free shipping charges one has to pay, I tend to ignore these low ballers and may even be tempted to block them from my items and email, also people that I accept the best offer from them if they dont pay in a day I block them and relist my item. This may sound like ebay snobbery but I dont want to waste my time, sure hopes this helps you.
selsa84
·2 years agoIf it's a low-ball I ignore it, if you leave only negs I decline and then block.
slati_2013
·2 years agoI ignore offers that I don't accept. My reason my sound strange but I do take it almost personally when I make an offer or a counter offer and it is declined. I know I should not take it personally, but I do. For that reason to spare buyers from the rejection I feel, I just ignore their offer.
That said, chance are good when I reject an offer it is because it does not even come close to anything I would accept. Someone recently posted here asking by sellers have offers on their listings but won't accept an offer that is just a couple dollars off the asking price listed. I reject such offers as well. I consider it passive aggressive behavior. It is a buyer saying I will not pay full price. "I want a dollar or two off to win. Only suckers pay full price". I would more likely consider a offer $40 below asking price than an offer $1 off the asking price.
Another example of offers that draws my ire is taking out the shipping price. These are buyers who refuse to pay shipping. I had one buyer who made me an offer for $163.53. I was puzzled. First, I ignored it, but I was puzzled by how they came up with the amount. It took a while but after taking out the shipping and taxes, I got exactly $163.51.
Finally about offers, when I am busy and have lots of orders, you go to the back of the line. If you buy it, I have to ship. If however you make an offer, I have to take care of orders before I get to your offer. Depending on if I have time, and how I feel, I may consider your offer.
That is how I deal with offers.
msha3839
·2 years agoWell, it’s only business..nothing personal…if you want to be successful in retail or any other business, keeping feelings at home could be the best..ðŸ§p.s from my personal experience and becoming multi millionaire from years in retail/mail order/ internet sales …🤷
stainlessenginecovers
·2 years agoDoesn't ebay still ADD 'Best Offer' to some listings, unknowingly to sellers??
I do know that one of the 'reasons' given when a buyer clicks 'contact seller' is 'best offer' which is NOT the same as a 'Best Offer' on the listing.
golfingaddict
·2 years agoI don't have best offer enabled on my listings but I get "offers" a few times a week.
Most of the time I ignore them.
If sellers are not responding to your offers you need to think about the offers you are sending.
Are you being reasonable in your offer? Does the seller have best offer enabled? Is it a weekend or Friday night? Not all sellers are available at all times to respond to offers.
If they don't respond and the above does not apply, lucky you, you may have avoided a seller that might be one to avoid anyway.
msha3839
·2 years agoMany times sellers not responding to offers that 5-10% lower than asking price on items that worth $$$…and this is in case of collectibles that have extremely limited buyer segment…p.s.in some cases the sellers whom ignored my offers, respond a few days/weeks later willing to accept my it,only to realize that they are late …being a good seller takes more than selling and shipping merchandise..ðŸ¸
albertabrightalberta
·2 years agoI guess you showed them! You're cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Isn't that what you're here for? To find sellers with what you want to buy? Do you realize that offers are only good for 24-48 hours and not every seller is available to respond within the timeframe?
As I posted to @aben7154 in post # 51 (and I'll C&P) since the same applies to you:
"This is my own opinion, but I find it offensive when buyers who have never listed a single item and have no clue of what's involved in being a good seller to think it's their right to tell sellers how to run their businesses, how to price their items, how and when to respond to offers, how "unprofessional" or "rude" they are if they don't respond in such-and-such a way, etc.
@aben7154
Get a few listings and sales under your belt, accumulate a few feedbacks as a seller, deal with buyers who make offers whether or not you have an offer option in your listing, find a few ghost listings sell on items that haven't been listed in ages, deal with default options that ebay adds to your listings that you never intended to opt in to, work with buyers on a few NAD claims, deal with NPBs because you didn't have IPR for payments, etc.
Then come back and tell us how sellers should behave."
msha3839
·2 years agoThat’s the difference between you and me..24/ 48 hours is a long long time, especially in the business…something that you have a lot to learn about…🥂
bonjourami
·2 years ago"That’s the difference between you and me..24/ 48 hours is a long long time, especially in the business…something that you have a lot to learn about…:
You really have no idea about Albertas 'business' because she is using a posting id, and has been selling here for a long,long time,longer than you actually, and is a well respected member on the boards.
msha3839
·2 years agoAnd? Prior to my retirement, I employed a few dozen people in my business dealing with sales and the revenue in millions..run business for 30 years and never expected to be respected except by my customers and employees…eBay forum does not an indication of someone being successful…🥂
bonjourami
·2 years ago"Ebay forum does not an indication of someone being successful…"
No, but managing a long range,very successful Ebay business does..your previous remark was uncalled for.
bonjourami
·2 years ago"It should be a breach of ebay's policies and 'contract' of a seller who advertises for a best offer and then doesn't even acknowledge one !! That seems fraudulent to me. Certainly it is unethical & I won't shop with a seller who does that"
Sounds like you make a lot of lowball offers, most sellers ignore those.
aben7154
OP2 years agoNEVER !!!....review my 100% history
dryophelia
·2 years ago@aben7154
That 100% is only because eBay doesn’t allow negative feedback for buyers.
It’s kind of weird to see it as an actual achievement.
frankenhobbit
·2 years agoIt's impossible for an account that is a 'buyer only' to have any other rating than 100%. Sellers can only leave positive feedback, and many sellers do that automatically.
Any seller that actually checks buyer feedback does not look at your rating, but at the feedback you leave for others.
bonjourami
·2 years ago"NEVER !!!....review my 100% history "
I dont need to 'review' it because all buyers have a 100% feedback history, because thats all sellers can leave. I think if you were making decent offers, you wouldnt be ignored so much, ive sure never had that problem with b.o. sellers.
12345jamesstamps
·2 years agoI get buyers who make an offer...I don't even do any "best offers" or "make an offer".
Should or do I need to respond to them? I usually say sorry but no.
So I can turn this around and say stop bugging me...
soh.maryl
·2 years agoAs you know, or should by this time, when a seller receives an offer, these are his options:
Accept.
Refuse.
Counter.
Ignore.
Any one of these is within eBay's rules and requirements.
12345jamesstamps
·2 years agoUs who are still selling on eBay (no disrespects) can get tired by silly offers.
And sometimes get quite a few emails from same buyer over and over....to the point of bugging me.
I hate to block someone but sometimes I have to.
I was just making a statement as I am currently selling.
aben7154
OP2 years agothe fourth should be "ACKNOWLEDGE".... you've just had a potential buyer DO WHAT YOU HAVE INDICATED IS ACCEPTAB;E TO YOU.......to ignore it is MINIMUM of bad business practices
ekmadonna
·2 years agoyou forgot or BLOCK!
aben7154
OP2 years agolol....that's true. ...a Thanks but no thanks. And truly, unless they are giving you a legitimate reason to consider their offer, your showing courtesy by replying. I think that would be a rating booster as to your character as a seller
myangelandmyprincess
·2 years agoI was recently going through my offers and saw review offer on one of my listings. There was apparently an offer on it at some point only $4 lower that I would have accepted. I have no clue when it came in but it was already expired when I saw it. Not even sure how I didn't see it.
sakic92710
·2 years agoSellers only have 2 obligations. #1 - package properly & ship the items when they are paid for. #2 - make sure that item is exactly what the buyers bought. Most of my listings have sold through the offer process. Any low offers are declined or ignored. If I received an offer soon after listing it, sometimes I'll wait to see if my item has drawn enough interest that someone will use the 'buy it now' option quickly.
aben7154
OP2 years agoTWO OBLIGATIONS : 1) act ethically or 2) not
jimw1776
·2 years agoIf a buyer offers less than 50%, I'll respond..."Thanks for your interest, but offering 50% off my listed price is hardly a fair offer". Sometimes I'll counter, most times I won't. Usually, I'll block the "buyer".
aben7154
OP2 years agoI absolutely agree that an absurd offer is poor business on the buyer's part....and maybe should come with a message as to why they think you should consider it. But you are saying that you still respond !! That's commendable !!! 5 star seller
jimw1776
·2 years agoI should add...if someone doesn't reply to my offer...no big deal. Some people are just checking prices. We all do that.
btjfitter
·2 years agoyou can set the price of the minimum you will accept for offers. I'm not sure what the possible buyer sees when they send one below that minimum.
auctiondibs
·2 years agoI had one item that I listed late at night. I probably priced it too low because I received four offers by the time I woke up seven hours later the next morning. I figured I'd let the multiple offers sit because some of the offers were almost near my "Buy It Now" price, and I figured that someone will buy it with the "Buy it Now" price sooner or later. Sure enough someone bought it at the "Buy It Now" price several more hours later when I was getting ready to have my lunch.
Another item that has been listed for over a month received an offer that was $5.00 below my "Buy It Now" price. I said ok time to sell and make $5.00 less for it. I tried to accept the offer but eBay rejected it because it was no longer in stock. Lo and behold, another buyer purchased it at the "Buy It Now" price at the same exact second that I was willing to sell it for $5.00 less.
So to me as a seller that always offers "Make An Offer", the "BEST OFFER" is always my "Buy It Now" price! Please note that I do respond to offers before they expire, but not when someone else buys it before I can respond.
And my feedback for those "Buy It Now" buyers will be ... "Prompt Payment! Smooth Transaction! A+++++ Buyer!"
aben7154
OP2 years agoThat makes sense....and a buyer would be able to see why their offer wasn't accepted (or at least acknowledged ) becuz it would show as "sold". You sound like you value your potential buyers and respectfully follow through when an offer is made. That's all it takes. Just say yes or no or counter offer. But to offer a best offer practice and then just ignore it till it ebay takes it off the table....well that constitutes the poorest of business practices & represents fraud (making a claim that just isn't true) Thank you for your good business sense... I love good sellers
farmalljr
·2 years agoGETY OFF MY L:AWN! Screamed all the sellers who think buyers should worship the ground they walk on. Please folks, keep making excuses why sellers mess around playing games and are not serious about selling anything. At some point eBay is going to "remedy" sellers like this and shut off ALL of their traffic. There are WAY more ticked off buyers who leave and don't come back, then there are those who want to play stupid clown games. If you don't want to take offer, great. Don't list that way. The seller is 100% responsible to check the listing over for accuracy before they hit submit. It's the sellers JOB to make sure it is accurate. I give NO seller any leniency because they didn't "know" offers were on.
robbie31415
·2 years agoYou are making a lot of assumptions.
There is no evidence there is anything wrong with the listing.
There is nothing wrong with ignoring an offer, responding isn't REQUIRED.
There is nothing wrong with denying an offer, accepting isn't REQUIRED.
Ignoring and denying offers is perfectly acceptable, if you'd like clarification about that I'd recommend you contact eBay. 🙂
aben7154
OP2 years agoI have contacted them, but thank you for the good recommendation. And in business, to ignore someone who contacts you about making a purchase IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT IS STATED ???!!!!....sure ignore it all you want. That's ABSOLUTE POOR BUSINESS PRACTICES & no professionalism whatsoever ( fraud)...it's no assumption....it's fact
itscalledapostingid
·2 years agoThat's not fraud by any stretch of the imagination. If you don't believe me look the word up in a dictionary.
robbie31415
·2 years agoI never said it wasn't poor business practices, poor customer service skills, and lacks professionalism.
None of those things are a breach of policy, unethical, or fraud.
However, since you don't like their professionalism, just skip on to the next seller that does all the things you like.
That's what eBay is. A big massive amount of people who do things differently, mostly armature small business, and hobbyist (pure speculation, I've done no research on the breakdown of eBay's sellers statistically)
chariot_badges
·2 years agoFirst, I really think you should google the definition of 'fraud'. What you describe above is not fraud. It MAY be poor business practice, but not fraud.
Also, MANY of my sales begin with a BIN offer.
But, I don't spend a lot of time on an offer. I don't think I've ever had one go to the limit. Usually they offer, I counter and that's it.
But, I don't want, or need EVERY SINGLE CUSTOMER. I want real people who will allow me to make a fair profit. The ones that will grind and grind the last penny ... you can have those.
I look for speed and profit.
You want it for $20? Naw, I need $25. You offer $23 -- usually I decline and move on.
Not enough time left in my life to quibble over three bucks.
Keep bugging me and I'll block you.
Bad business? Maybe. But its MY business.
Run your own.
Now. GET OFFA MY LAWN
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoJust because you check your listing after you submit it, doesn't mean Ebay won't add best offer in a couple days.
Ebay needs to stop adding best offer and let the sellers decided if they want it added or not.
Some of us don't want offers on our listings.
farmalljr
·2 years agoWhile I agree that eBay has no right to change your listing, I am pretty confident that is not the case. I think sellers are failing to completely look over listings BEFORE they submit them. Not saying that it's doesn't or can't happen, but in the vast majority of cases, I'm confident sellers just aren't paying attention.
I look over every listing BEFORE I submit it, because I have seen options pre picked for me that I did not want. I learned a LONG time ago to look at each and every LINE to be sure it was set the way I wanted it listed. Slowing down to make sure it was 100% correct has saved me headaches.
albertabrightalberta
·2 years agoNote slight sarcasm: While it's wonderful that you are diligent and have few enough listings to be able to "look over every listing BEFORE I submit it," I'll venture to guess that looking over 16 listings is a lot easier than if you were a seller with dozens or hundreds or thousands of listings.
tobaccocardyahoo
·2 years agoWhile I agree that eBay has no right to change your listing, I am pretty confident that is not the case. I think sellers are failing to completely look over listings BEFORE they submit them. Not saying that it's doesn't or can't happen, but in the vast majority of cases, I'm confident sellers just aren't paying attention.
I was one of those people when I saw some of my listings showed unintended Make An Offers.
I rapidly disabused myself of the idea that Ebay made an unauthorized change,
I listed by using the Sell Now link from someone else's existing listing.
I discovered that listing had a Make An Offer and it carried over to my listing.
I created another listing after that, and it too had a Make An Offer.
When I turned off Make An Offer in one of these listings before I completed them I had no further issues.
It is really easy to not check the setting because you do not realize that Ebay does not reinitialize this setting between listings.
It might be nice if Ebay has a global disable for Make An Offer, but it would not be a high priority request from me.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoI've noticed, sometimes Ebay will have Best Offer pre-selected when starting a new listing and if the seller doesn't know where to look, they won't know it's already selected.
They need to stop hiding some of those options and make them visible on the one page.
Before I submitted any listing, I always checked it a few times to make sure everything was right, then checked it again after submitting it.
aben7154
OP2 years agowhoa.....that's a whole 'nuthin' issue !!! You're right !! If EBAY is adding it's own offers on YOUR items ....they need to be the ones paying the difference from your stated price !! Holy cow that's so unethical on THEIR PART !!! This is getting so sad. No wonder Te mu is skyrocketing
atlasesattic
·2 years agoThen go shop on temu...most of there stuff is under 1.00...but must warn you, you can't make an offer.
kensgiftshop
·2 years agoAnd you get what you pay for, cheap Chinese junk.
adamcartwright
·2 years agoBut I guess the question is -- are sellers entitled to a day or a weekend off? Or are they expected to respond to offers no matter when they come in? I'm asking this as a buyer who makes offers from time to time.
chariot_badges
·2 years agoThat is an individual decision. Where is YOUR line in the sand? Probably different than mine.
Know your worth, charge accordingly, be willing to 'walk away' from a very large percentage of BIN's, if a deal starts out bad, or hard - it won't get better. Fold early and fold often. And floss before bedtime.
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itscalledapostingid
·2 years agoI can't help but notice this post was made on a Sunday afternoon. Some sellers don't work all weekend.
house*of*paws
·2 years agoHi @aben7154
‘Ignoring offers’ is neither unethical, fraudulent, nor against eBay policies. It is one of the options eBay specifically has given sellers.
‘Not shopping with sellers who ignore your offers’ is certainly one of your options.
aben7154
OP2 years agoSorry but don't MAKE THE OFFER FOR BEST OFFERS and then ignore the offer. When you OFFER something and don't follow through...,.THAT'S ACTING FRAUDULENTLY !!!. It is a MINIMUM of a lack of common courtesy and should be required by good standards of business practices. !!!~ Shame on you
house*of*paws
·2 years ago@aben7154
I'm not a seller ... so do not have to respond to buyers' offers. I am a buyer only, who makes offers myself. I merely tried to explain eBay policy on offers to you ... which clearly states that ignoring offers is one of the allowable options.
You've spent most of your time here bullying sellers, eBay, and volunteer responders into changing their practices, policies, and opinions ... in the name of 'common courtesy'.
By what authority do you think you have the right to instruct sellers on how to conduct their business ... and by what moral authority do you 'shame' others?
frankenhobbit
·2 years agoSo is shouting.
You won't need to worry about me ignoring your offers by the way. I don't deal with the entitled or the discourteous.
toysaver
·2 years agoMake an offer can become the default without being noticed.
tobaccocardyahoo
·2 years agoThere are no "Best Offers". There is 'Make An Offer".
Some offers deserve no response, and Ebay does not require a response of the seller.
Many sellers do not enable Make An Offer and many buyers who are addicted to the practices of the souk ignore that fact.
Some sellers who appear to be ignoring an offer do take action - they block the buyer from purchasing from them. Notification of that is not required either.
ten_o_nine
·2 years agoMost sellers are open to negotiating and will respond to reasonable offers. However, they may ignore offers that are unreasonably low or unrealistic.