Make An Offers
So I have a make an offer on most of my listings. Lately I’m running into a lot of people making me a somewhat low offer which is fine. I come back with a counter offer. Then they counter offer me at 50 cents lower than my counter offer. I feel like I shouldn’t even respond. I really don’t care about the 50 cents. It’s just the principle of it all. What is everyone’s opinion? Should I ignore the counter offer or just go back at my original price. It’s just a waste of time for me.
21 comments
2010byandsel100
·11 months agoI have best offer on all my listings with a minimum set
I accept all offers (since I don't see lowballs)
I have also found that countering an offer doesn't work
meme6253
·11 months agoI understand your point, Customers have gotten ridiculous with their offers, However for 50 Cents just except the offer & take the win.
evry1nositswindy
·11 months agoAccept, decline, or ignore--all are acceptable seller behavior in the eyes of eBay.
subidapter
·11 months agoyou forgot "block". Block these DBs. The reason they do it in our society is because people let them.
subidapter
·11 months agoFor most of my items I am the only person in the world who makes/sells them. So I do not suffer lowball offer/counteroffer **bleep** well. If someone lowballs ridiculously and/or is rude I reject the offer, raise the price, and inform them they are the reason for the price increase. I would rather they google it and find my website anyway.
babyers88
·11 months agoit is a waist of time, I send offers only, no counter offers allowed, life is grand
they can take it or leave it
and the sellers that have best offer and literally set it for $1 less than asking price, may as well not even offer it then because it is almost always a sure bet someone has a lower price anyway
luckythewinner
·11 months agoIf the "principal of it all" is that you are willing to lose a sale over that 50 cents, then clearly that 50 cents matter a whole lot to you.
ten_o_nine
·11 months ago@luckythewinner
I disagree, I am not the OP, you must be missing something about "principal".
luckythewinner
·11 months agoI did not miss the "principal".
I was mocking it.
The OP explicitly invited negotiation, for heaven's sake.
chubbycatcollectibles
·11 months agoHello
I have found the counter offers usually don't work. You should either accept or decline.
fullers_uk
·11 months agoI have also found this from most countries except Japan, Japanese buyers are very different, they send an offer which I counter and explain why and the usually accept my counter offer, also if I ignore and dont respond to an offer from Japan when there offer times out they often come back and buy as full price.
WARNING:
Just because you have best offer set on eBay.com that does NOT mean best offer will be a function on other eBay sites because its not!
bonanza125
·11 months agoIt's how bad you want to sell the item. Is 50 cents worth keeping the item around waiting for another offer/buyer or take that offer now. If you are tired of lower offers just select max you would accept when you click "Best Offers." That way if it's below that offer it will get declined. I have "Best Offer" on most if not all my items. I am flexible on some items and not so on others.
stainlessenginecovers
·11 months agoSo you want to play in the pond but don't want to smell like fish??
Either just 'stop' doing the 'offer' thing or play the game.
After all, YOU invited buyers to play
12345jamesstamps
·11 months agoI have someone who requested 2 items using 'send offer'...and took many emails to tell them how to do it.
They wanted the 2 together and I had to 'hold their hand' to teach them how to send two separate orders.
That was 2 days ago...still haven't paid...Now she is requesting another dollar off today.
I am just going to ignore the last request...buyer gets 4 days to pay I believe.
I thought about blocking them but I don't want to be that cruel...yet.
And I don't have 'best offer' in my items for sale...LOL
ten_o_nine
·11 months agoI've had similar experiences with lowball offers and excessive haggling. For instance, I once listed an item for $39.95, and a buyer offered $20. I countered with $25 to be flexible, but then they kept pushing with $21, $22, $23, and finally $25 – the same price I'd already suggested. Even then, I rejected it. They email claiming they'd offered the same price as my counter. At that point, I blocked them. It's about setting boundaries and valuing your time. If a buyer can't respect that, it's best to move on.
reallynicestamps
·11 months agoWhen you set up Best Offer, you can also set up parameters on those Offers to be automatically accepted.
For example you price at $50, allowing Best Offer.
Then you set an automatic Refusal at ,say, $37.50.
Any offer below that will get a polite letter from eBay- which you never see- thanking the customer and telling them to try again.
Setting an automatic Acceptance means you first hear of the Offer when you see the sale.
The difference between Accept and Reject can be whatever you want.
The Rejection above might have been accepted at $37.51 or only if it were$45.00.
If the Offer is between those two, you can get involved and either accept, reject , or counter offer.
I use a mixture of Best Offer with parameters and Eligible for Best Offer.
Interestingly, those who accept the "eligibles" are paying more than they would if they used Best Offer since my Reject parameter is lower yet.
redmodelt
·11 months agoThe difference between Accept and Reject can be whatever you want.
Not sure about that, though there had to be a % difference between the shown price and the lowest you would consider when setting up the listing.
estate_echoes
·11 months agoI find that those kind of lowball ballers tend to find 'faults' and want a partial or full refund....
mamacassidy
·11 months agoJust start making your counter offers 50 cents higher, then accept their offer 🙂
dhbookds
·11 months agoYou've got buyers who want to "win"............let them and smile on the way to the bank.........
hartungcards
·11 months agoIf you really don’t care about the 50 cents, then just accept their offer. Are you really going to let your "principles" get in the way of making a sale for 50 cents less than your counteroffer?