Raising the price often seems to work for some strange reason. Maybe not the seller in question reason.
You lower the price no takers. Lower it again still no one interested. Then you raise the price higher than it was originally and it sells within a day.
I've done that a few times. Must be an eBay thing. Many have said that the lowest priced items are sometimes missing from the search.
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You can, but I personally don't think it's a good idea. I was watching an item here about a week ago. The seller jacked up the price $3 and then sent me an offer. I declined and wrote the reason why. In my opinion you should honor the original price. JMO.
Apparently they can. I just had that happen. It was a $4.99 item. I offered $4.0 they declined. right away i said forget all of this I will just buy it to find out they raised it. I almost hit the button thinking i was paying the $4.99! I call it a bait and switch since i almost purchased it at the raised price. I am a buyer and a seller on ebay. no need to raise it because someone made you mad on an offer! Don't take best offers if they are going to be hurt over it!!!!
Honestly why wouldn’t it be. The seller has offers open. Hello that means he is willing to negotiate. Like myself I m on Budget. I placed an offer for a car part I needed ASAP based on my budget. I didn’t have much money why I resorted to a used part for my car. My car is a 2005. It’s old. The part was off a 2005 car like mine. My part went bad. My question to seller was how long wil part last considering it was off a same year car as mine and my part went out. He said buy a new part of concern. Really. I would have but didn’t have the money 🤦ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ so he lets all my offers expires with no response. I think that is Rude and the seller is an inconvenience to the buyers buying his car parts. Car parts are needed. I wanted my car fixed ASAP. I found opportunity to send seller an offer for a cheaper deal so I thought. Then the guy ignores all messages and offers, that’s not cool. So I make another account because he takes offers, I thought maybe I’d get a deal, that would’ve been perfect. Well again, he ignores 3 offers well what an inconvenience. So I wait and waited for a response… Patiently. Meanwhile I need my car and it’s overheating so I’m damaging my car too. So I finally ask him if he is open for the part because I placed 3 and no response. He said “ -I list a lot of parts and the price is what it is on the part.†TF so he couldn’t send a message to tell me that he doesn’t accept offers. Ugh!! I kinda figured that. When I went back to the sale page to make a purchase for the part I desperately needed for my car he changed the price to $100 more. Like really! That’s all I had to play with was $100 why I sent the rude man the offer for the part. They seller should not get away with doing this , just because he owned the part doesn’t give him the right to east and inconvenience people who are trying to fix their car that is Down Right Rude and should not be allowed and if the seller has Offers set up and they don’t acknowledge the offer or make a deal, eBay should make them obligated to take or give an offer since offers was turned and the man ignored all 3 which is a lot of days wasted for 2 accounts and then has to nerve to finally tell you that price is final. I would have bought the part a long time ago cuz I needed it. But again, I tried to save some kinda money. And I thought he was a kool helpful Seller out to extend his arm to his fellow man in hopes of helping a human being fix their car. But no the man was a jerk. And made it harder for me to fix my car. On purpose. Also it was my first time using eBay. I was so confused. The part was $89 I lowballed him the first offer cuz in my head for a used broken park I thought $60 was reasonable not knowing how ing part would last since my went out I thought it has a short life span. That was the quickest deny response I record nothing after that and the othe offer amounts were, $60 $70, $74, then $70, $76, $80 and the jerk raised the price to $100 more so part was $189, mean while the other parts were still $89 but I couldn’t use the part cuz they aren’t compatible with my car. If I was eBay I’d suspend him. So no It’s not okay. If he thought it was okay to waste my time and inconvenience means slap my face too then laugh at me..cuz I can’t fix my car unless I come up with more money. then so do I think it’s okay to say that he is a jerk and should not sell his parts on eBay 🤦ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ 🤷ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ I can’t win. No one should have a right o treat people badly.
Of course, why would that be a rule ? Just like buyers can submit low ball offers Sellers can adjust their prices that are not up for auction but at a set price anytime they please.
Seems like your offer upset the seller so he raised his price so he doesn't have to deal with a low ball offer on his item again
Can Seller Declines Offer and Raises the Price instantly.
Yes.
When you make an offer, seller needs to decide whether to accept the offer or not.
Who knows when the item was listed? Upon review, the seller may decide the current market supports a higher asking price. The seller may also determine that in the current market your offer is acceptable and decide to accept the offer or counteroffer. If you see something you can't do without "Buy Now" is sometimes the better option.
bennotbill
·2 years agoRaising the price often seems to work for some strange reason. Maybe not the seller in question reason.
You lower the price no takers. Lower it again still no one interested. Then you raise the price higher than it was originally and it sells within a day.
I've done that a few times. Must be an eBay thing. Many have said that the lowest priced items are sometimes missing from the search.
monster-deals
·2 years agoGood for them.
kh-vince
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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ckimodog
·2 years ago@partsforcomfort
You can, but I personally don't think it's a good idea. I was watching an item here about a week ago. The seller jacked up the price $3 and then sent me an offer. I declined and wrote the reason why. In my opinion you should honor the original price. JMO.
Happy Selling.
gumballsandmore
·2 years agoApparently they can. I just had that happen. It was a $4.99 item. I offered $4.0 they declined. right away i said forget all of this I will just buy it to find out they raised it. I almost hit the button thinking i was paying the $4.99! I call it a bait and switch since i almost purchased it at the raised price. I am a buyer and a seller on ebay. no need to raise it because someone made you mad on an offer! Don't take best offers if they are going to be hurt over it!!!!
lamber9347
·3 years agoI'm curious why you would think that is inappropriate? An offer is not an actual sale. Why would the seller be bound to that offer?
49e-69
·2 years agoHonestly why wouldn’t it be. The seller has offers open. Hello that means he is willing to negotiate. Like myself I m on Budget. I placed an offer for a car part I needed ASAP based on my budget. I didn’t have much money why I resorted to a used part for my car. My car is a 2005. It’s old. The part was off a 2005 car like mine. My part went bad. My question to seller was how long wil part last considering it was off a same year car as mine and my part went out. He said buy a new part of concern. Really. I would have but didn’t have the money 🤦ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ so he lets all my offers expires with no response. I think that is Rude and the seller is an inconvenience to the buyers buying his car parts. Car parts are needed. I wanted my car fixed ASAP. I found opportunity to send seller an offer for a cheaper deal so I thought. Then the guy ignores all messages and offers, that’s not cool. So I make another account because he takes offers, I thought maybe I’d get a deal, that would’ve been perfect. Well again, he ignores 3 offers well what an inconvenience. So I wait and waited for a response… Patiently. Meanwhile I need my car and it’s overheating so I’m damaging my car too. So I finally ask him if he is open for the part because I placed 3 and no response. He said “ -I list a lot of parts and the price is what it is on the part.†TF so he couldn’t send a message to tell me that he doesn’t accept offers. Ugh!! I kinda figured that. When I went back to the sale page to make a purchase for the part I desperately needed for my car he changed the price to $100 more. Like really! That’s all I had to play with was $100 why I sent the rude man the offer for the part. They seller should not get away with doing this , just because he owned the part doesn’t give him the right to east and inconvenience people who are trying to fix their car that is Down Right Rude and should not be allowed and if the seller has Offers set up and they don’t acknowledge the offer or make a deal, eBay should make them obligated to take or give an offer since offers was turned and the man ignored all 3 which is a lot of days wasted for 2 accounts and then has to nerve to finally tell you that price is final. I would have bought the part a long time ago cuz I needed it. But again, I tried to save some kinda money. And I thought he was a kool helpful Seller out to extend his arm to his fellow man in hopes of helping a human being fix their car. But no the man was a jerk. And made it harder for me to fix my car. On purpose. Also it was my first time using eBay. I was so confused. The part was $89 I lowballed him the first offer cuz in my head for a used broken park I thought $60 was reasonable not knowing how ing part would last since my went out I thought it has a short life span. That was the quickest deny response I record nothing after that and the othe offer amounts were, $60 $70, $74, then $70, $76, $80 and the jerk raised the price to $100 more so part was $189, mean while the other parts were still $89 but I couldn’t use the part cuz they aren’t compatible with my car. If I was eBay I’d suspend him. So no It’s not okay. If he thought it was okay to waste my time and inconvenience means slap my face too then laugh at me..cuz I can’t fix my car unless I come up with more money. then so do I think it’s okay to say that he is a jerk and should not sell his parts on eBay 🤦ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ 🤷ðŸ»â€â™€ï¸ I can’t win. No one should have a right o treat people badly.
jhtobias
·3 years agoOf course, why would that be a rule ? Just like buyers can submit low ball offers Sellers can adjust their prices that are not up for auction but at a set price anytime they please.
Seems like your offer upset the seller so he raised his price so he doesn't have to deal with a low ball offer on his item again
tobaccocardyahoo
·3 years agoNot unethical.
When there is no offer for the asking price, the seller may close the listing, or adjust the price in any way he/she thinks is appropriate.
Some sellers will react to what they think is an insulting offer by raising the price, blocking the buyer or both.
I usually block any buyer who offers me 50% of my asking price, if I have not set up automatic offer declines.
I rarely accept an offer which is less than 85% of my asking price.
Most professional sellers who are not desperate for funds have firm limits on how low they will go.
mybigsale
·3 years agoYes.
When you make an offer, seller needs to decide whether to accept the offer or not.
Who knows when the item was listed? Upon review, the seller may decide the current market supports a higher asking price. The seller may also determine that in the current market your offer is acceptable and decide to accept the offer or counteroffer. If you see something you can't do without "Buy Now" is sometimes the better option.
fern*wood
·3 years agoIt's also possible they realized they had made an error on their pricing, so they declined your offer and fixed it.
inhawaii
·3 years agoYes, a seller can raise the price instantly, quickly or slowly, before or after declining an offer, or even if there is no offer.
fern*wood
·3 years agoSounds like you ticked them off. Sellers are human you know.
buyselljack2016
·3 years agoyes.
What reason would there be that should not allow that?
coolections
·3 years agoA little unethical but YES, sellers can change prices ay time they want after they decline an offer.