Ebay - the offer button should be automatically processed - no 24 hour wait nonsense
take a page from reverb which handles offers CORRECTLY, you make it and you are either INSTANTLY approved or declined - welcome to 2025 ebay YOU'RE WELCOME
when the seller posts a listing you ASK THEM what's the lowest you'll take since you enabled the offer button?
this keeps a buyer from WASTING 24 HOURS waiting for a reply that could be handled automatically
this FREES UP the buyer to purchase from someone else instead of being LOCKED IN to a 24 hour cycle waiting to hear back from the seller
this keeps from pestering the seller having to MANUALLY approve or decline offers instead of spending their valuable time processing orders and listing new things
peanut gallery - whatever....
8 comments
tobaccocardyahoo
·11 months agoEbay needs a badge that a seller can put on their listing, indicating they are not selling in a souk, do not wish to bargain or take offers.
Perhaps they can choose from a number of badges (feel free to add your own)
jonathanbrightlight
·11 months agoNo thanks, I want to decide my own offer settings. If an offer is close enough to my listing price, my settings auto accept it. If it’s too low, it’s auto rejected. But there’s a wide range where I want to assess the performance of the listing and the amount of the offer before I do anything, and often I’m going to counter offer instead of either accepting or declining. I definitely don’t want any automated system counter offering for me.
simba6
·11 months agoNot all sellers have a price in mind. They want to think it over. Otherwise they just would have priced it that way and save everyone the trouble.
albertabrightalberta
·11 months agowhen the seller posts a listing you ASK THEM what's the lowest you'll take since you enabled the offer button?
If a seller doesn't have a b.o. option on the listing, asking them can result in your being put on their BBL (blocked bidder list).
If the seller has a b.o. option on the listing, no smart seller will tell you their lowest acceptable price. Why would they do that not knowing that you might be willing to pay a higher price? If there's a b.o. option on the listing, put in your offer. Seller can either ignore (if too lowball), accept or counter.
this FREES UP the buyer to purchase from someone else instead of being LOCKED IN to a 24 hour cycle waiting to hear back from the seller
Neither buyers nor sellers are online 24/7 and shouldn't be expected to immediately accept or decline an offer. But even if the offer is pending, awaiting acceptance, you can buy it from another seller and if the previous seller accepts, the item isn't "sold" until paid for. So if you've purchased elsewhere, the listing remains active and available for another buyer.
this keeps from pestering the seller having to MANUALLY approve or decline offers instead of spending their valuable time processing orders and listing new things
A buyer who "keeps pestering" a seller is likely to be blocked and unable to purchase from that seller! If you can't wait, go to a B&M store where you can see, feel, examine and pay for the item immediately.
mudshark61369
·11 months ago@fizzy-soda ,
"when the seller posts a listing you ASK THEM what's the lowest you'll take since you enabled the offer button. this keeps a buyer from WASTING 24 HOURS waiting for a reply that could be handled automatically".
Asking any seller that question could result in being told the listing price is the lowest price.
Many sellers use ebay's basic listing tool which places best offer on listings whether or not the seller wants to accept them. Looking at their other items for sale can give you an indication that they use that tool. So can the types of items they have listed.
eBay's Advanced listing tool does allow sellers to choose whether or not they want to accept offers, and usually the higher volume ones have set up the Auto accept/decline option to avoid wasting time dealing with low offers.
"this FREES UP the buyer to purchase from someone else instead of being LOCKED IN to a 24 hour cycle waiting to hear back from the seller".
A high percentage of ebay sellers list item on the site besides having families and jobs, so they cannot always respond immediately. As I wrote above if they have Best Offer on all of their listings and have a lower feedback number chances are you will have to wait. If they are a very high volume seller who lists items in many categories, chances are your offer isn't received in China until many hours after you send it.
janet9988
·11 months agoummmmm Just get rid of best offer. The listed price IS the lowest you would take.
kensgiftshop
·11 months ago@fizzy-soda
This isn't Reverb.
Ebay leaves it up to the seller if they want to automatically approve or decline an offer.
Some sellers will automatically approve or decline an offer and some like to check out the buyer before deciding.
tobaccocardyahoo
·11 months agoEbay offers the sellers the option of defining the rejection and acceptance levels.
Many sellers choose not to use them.
Many more sellers choose not to enable Make An Offer.
The offer process is controversial and Ebay is doing the right thing by not forcing the issue. It does the wrong thing by supporting offers on listings which have not enabled Make An Offer.
You cannot please all of the people all of the time. Ebay is lucky when it pleases someone, some of the time.