Sellers abusing the "Make Offer" option | Buying

brustertherooster · 2023-01-10T21:47:14.104000Z

I used to be on eBay some years ago both with selling and buying and have once again started buying on eBay. I don't ever remember a time buying that Sellers abused the option of "Make Offer." Since I started buying again, I have run into 4 Sellers who have put "Make Offer" in their auctions BUT REFUSE TO COME OFF THE STATED PRICE THAT IS REASONABLE. I just tried to buy an item listed at 59.95 with the "Make Offer" option at $54.00 with a $14.00 shipping which the item doesn't have that kind of weight and size to cost that much to ship and Seller REFUSED TO COME DOWN A MERE $5 DOLLARS. He would only come down $4 dollars! Why didn't the Seller just list the item $55.95 and just skip the "Make Offer" option. I think it's to sucker people into hoping if the Seller says no to offer, they will just give whatever the posting price is for that auction. Plus, the Sellers make sure if you bid under what they even consider a possibility of a price, they kick it back immediately turned down, of course this part is done by software as an option when set to on in selling on eBay. All times, I've tried to leave a message with my offer which they don't read because of being kicked back immediately and makes it a waste of my time. So, this kind of selling crap shouldn't be allowed on eBay, and eBay should have an option to turn these sellers in if they make the option of "Make Offer" with no intent of coming off a reasonable amount and warn the Sellers NOT TO ABUSE THAT OPTION AND NOT LURE A PROSPECTIVE BUYER INTO GOING FOR THE OPTION JUST TO SUCKER THEM INTO AN AUCTION WITH NO INTENT OF COMING OFF THE PRICE. If Sellers keep doing it after being turned in to eBay several times, they should get their first warning about deceptive auctioning practices.

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