Accept offers, eBay is trying to catch us slipping when listing

[paxilill]

What's up with the listing format now? There are now two places for accept offers. It's like eBay is trying to catch sellers slipping with their wild we want you to give this item away for nothing price. 

[mam98031]

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@paxilill wrote:

What's up with the listing format now? There are now two places for accept offers. It's like eBay is trying to catch sellers slipping with their wild we want you to give this item away for nothing price. 

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You do realize that you as the seller holds some responsibility in this process.  Ebay doesn't force you to accept any offer you don't want to.  Unless you have your site preferences set up to auto accept certain offers.

Ebay has ALWAYS given us multiple ways to do many different things.  Leaving feedback for buyers has about a half dozen ways, if not more, to leave feedback.  Viewing an order can be seen in a few places.  Etc. Etc.  

Your complaining because Ebay gave you options?  Why?  

[hartungcards]

The best thing to do if you don't want to accept offers would be to not check that box in either of the places you're seeing it when making a listing.  Problem solved and no more slipping.

Would you take $3 for the BMW Serpentine Belt Wrench?

[mantle1951]

I'm glad to receive offers anytime, some will turn into a sale.

[inhawaii]

Even if there were 10 places to select accept offers, and ebay checked them all off, and you didn't notice, how would that make you give the item away for nothing?

If you receive an offer too low ... don't accept it. 

[paxilill]

Ebay automatically puts a min offer you'd accept and it's always the most silly price, like they think you're hard up. 

[hartungcards]

"...like they think you're hard up."

Please, keep it clean on this forum.

[rugerskick]

The "complaining" is primarily because Ebay has a habit of introducing these new and ways, turning such things on, and not alerting sellers they will be turned on, much less alerting them that such new features exist.

Its a legitimate complaint when you don't know its coming, and/or don't know the default is set to be on.

[inhawaii]

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@paxilill wrote:

Ebay automatically puts a min offer you'd accept and it's always the most silly price, like they think you're hard up. 

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I did not know that.

If they turn on accept offers without your knowledge AND accept offers without you're knowledge,  THAT is pretty bad.

[mam98031]

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@paxilill wrote:

Ebay automatically puts a min offer you'd accept and it's always the most silly price, like they think you're hard up. 

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Change it.

[jg.mason]

I get it. It is annoying when ebay changes something and you miss it, especially when it's something you've used over and over in the past and now all of the sudden they change something.

When I haven't listed anything in a week or two I've learned to pay extra attention to the first listing to make sure I don't miss anything new.