Am I wrong for thinking this seller is kinda dumb?

[inhawaii]

Item asking price $20 or best offer + $15 shipping.

Of course I don't want to pay full price if the seller may take less.

I offer $17.

The seller counters back at $19.85.

Why even accept best offers if your lowest price is 15 cents below your asking  price?

I declined and put "15 cents off?" in the comments.

[sin-n-dex]

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@inhawaii wrote:

Item asking price $20 or best offer + $15 shipping.

Of course I don't want to pay full price if the seller may take less.

I offer $17.

The seller counters back at $19.85.

Why even accept best offers if your lowest price is 15 cents below your asking  price?

I declined and put "15 cents off?" in the comments.

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I would have taken your offer.

C.

[ebooksdiva]

Sounds like the seller either just wants to play games or really doesn't want a sale. 

[inhawaii]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

Item asking price $20 or best offer + $15 shipping.

Of course I don't want to pay full price if the seller may take less.

I offer $17.

The seller counters back at $19.85.

Why even accept best offers if your lowest price is 15 cents below your asking  price?

I declined and put "15 cents off?" in the comments.

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I would have taken your offer.

C.

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Gee thanks!   😃

[ittybitnot]

I declined and put "15 cents off?" in the comments.

@inhawaii 

I agree 15 cents off is really cheezie.  But counter offers sent to you now would be IPR, so he would get paid faster. 

[buyselljack2016]

Hey, some may have countered with $23 🤣

[robbie31415]

Yeah it kinda sucks but sometimes BO was added when the price was higher.

When people send an offer it shows a zip code.

I base offers on that a lot of the times since but that's because I offer free shipping that doesn't really apply here. However, a zone 1 costs me less so I can offer deeper discount, whereas zone 8 costs me more so I can offer less.

Some people add it to manipulate search as a form to make the algorithm favor them more.

If an offer comes in I check market and will typically undercut lowest. If I'm already the lowest I will only give small.

[kensgiftshop]

Maybe the seller doesn't want offers and Ebay added it anyway.

[dogofwar777]

That seller would of lost a sale.

[pjcdn2005]

Are they still doing that? I don't remember reading anything about it lately.

[chevymontecarlo88]

Dumb yes but not worth thinking about it.

[bennotbill]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

Maybe the seller doesn't want offers and Ebay added it anyway.

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Perhaps a newish seller that doesn't know how to turn that off.

[pickapaper]

Lately, when I list a new item, eBay defaults it to "best offer".  I have to watch and turn it off but sometimes I overlook it.  

[selsa84]

I see that a lot. Some people just seem to not want to make a sale.

[12345jamesstamps]

Sellers can be vague sometimes...offering $19.85.

But that could be with shipping of $15.00. I know it sounds crazy but crazy things happen here.

Did you address the shipping plus the cost of item?

And yes, I had a buyer who asked for .15 off and I gave it to him....strange...to even ask....I thought buyer might become perhaps a 'repeat buyer'...nope never happened...and no feedback either. LOL.