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mam98031

·1 year ago

Owner / Operator19676 View listings

It is the nature of the site. Buyers looking for a good deal. That is what Ebay has been for 30 years now.

You can control this to a certain extent if you are allowing offers. Set the lowest amount you are willing to take on the offer and if a buyer goes below that setting, the offer will not go through.

Automatic responses to a Best Offer

If you set up automatic responses in your listing, we can accept or decline a Best Offer for you, based on the price limits you select. Buyers won't know your limits, but the upper limit must be below your Buy It Now price.

Here's how automatic responses work:

When you get an offer at, or above, your upper limit, we automatically send an email to you and the buyer saying that you've accepted and the buyer should pay
When you get an offer below your lower limit, we automatically send an email to the buyer declining the offer. The buyer can submit a higher bid or you can send a counteroffer. Buyers can make up to three offers per item in most categories
When you get an offer somewhere between your price limits, we'll send you a message and you'll have to decide how to respond

You can't use automatic responses when:

You've put an item on sale using the Sale event feature of Discounts Manager
The buyer included additional terms in the offer that you'll need to review first
The option doesn't appear when you are creating your listing (not all categories allow for automatic responses)

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/adding-best-offer-listing-using-reply-offer?id=4144

az93

·1 year ago

12940 View listings

That's why I don't take offers. Easier.

tobaccocardyahoo

·1 year ago

5488 View listings

@az93 wrote:
That's why I don't take offers. Easier.

Unfortunately, many buyers send offers on items which do not have Make An Offer enabled. I block all who are not my previous customers and do not respond to their offer.

You cannot set up to auto-reject if you have not enabled Make An Offer.

keziak

·1 year ago

25469 View listings

Ebay is stuffed full of items with a low asking price and free shipping. Lots of speculation about it, mostly mega sellers with sweet deals with the Post Office, sellers trying loss leaders and sellers not exactly knowing what they are doing or maybe care. Anyway, see enough of that and I'm not surprised buyers offer the same kind of deal.

iamalwaysright

·1 year ago

5 View listings

@rosiesattic51 wrote:
I wonder why ebay buyers want everything cheap, do they think we don't pay for the items we sell.
A $20.00 dollar item they offer you $8.00 AND FREE SHIPPING. Just a food for though

Because a lot of other ebay sellers give in to that stuff. We as a whole reap what we sow. Race to the bottom y'all.

soh.maryl

·1 year ago

110 View listings

There was discussion about a similar topic on another thread.

Yes, pretty sure we'd all like to get a bargain/deal/steal. And there are some cultures where haggling is an expected part of the transaction. Yes, some offers will be ridiculously low, but any seller can respond however he wishes.

tobaccocardyahoo

·1 year ago

5488 View listings

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335806607000?itmmeta=01JQ9VG800B7JG1B1TV0C1ZM2P&hash=item4e2fa22e98:g:TnAAAOSwsatnqgN0

This even a greater amount more than Walmart

Maybe these buyers are deliberately trying to annoy you.

fbusoni

·1 year ago

0 View listings

You are selling this item:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335881199764

For twice the price as Chewy.

Maybe that's why.

inhawaii

·1 year ago

Ebay's most handsome seller.4852 View listings

It's not just ebay buyers who want everything cheap.

All buyers want everything cheap.

slippinjimmy

·1 year ago

4 View listings

@inhawaii wrote:
It's not just ebay buyers who want everything cheap.
All buyers want everything cheap.

And when a seller buys their inventory, most (all?) sellers want to pay as little as possible so they can make as much profit as possible.

There are times when I think that eBay should never have introduced Best Offer for Fixed Price listings.

iamalwaysright

·1 year ago

5 View listings

@slippinjimmy wrote:
There are times when I think that eBay should never have introduced Best Offer for Fixed Price listings.

Agree. Best Offer is basically Auctions 2.0

evry1nositswindy

·1 year ago

3426 View listings

I hate that too. I had a buyer offer me $6 on a $12 item with free shipping. My answer was, well shipping will be $5, so no. Blocked!

bandrhome

·1 year ago

31 View listings

Its not an eBay thing, its a some people thing. They will do it on the marketplace, vendor shows, garage sales, flea markets, etc.

chapeau-noir

·1 year ago

No bad meows!6569 View listings

I don't care how people try to dress it up, this is basically a big garage sale, and that's garage sale behaviour. Just ignore it.

iamalwaysright

·1 year ago

5 View listings

@chapeau-noir wrote:
I don't care how people try to dress it up, this is basically a big garage sale, and that's garage sale behaviour. Just ignore it.

Speak for yourself. Maybe for your store. But mine isn't. Here's my store.

buyselljack2016

·1 year ago

107 View listings

Everyone wants a bargain.

Perhaps they don't want to pay $17 for something that they can get a Wally for $5ðŸ¤£

chevymontecarlo88

·1 year ago

1991 View listings

Buyers do it because they can.

Ignore and move on if you're not interested in the offer. You can modify your best offer to have a minimum price you would consider. Use it if you feel like the offers are overwhelming.

1 year ago

6923 View listings

Just ignore and delete the messages then block the low baller and move on.