Does the *groveling for a sale* thing work for you?

[dubiousgain]

And by that I mean, sending a watcher of ones listing, a lesser price offer; And to be sure, call it what you will, but in my opinion, that IS, groveling.... and I don't think it has ever panned out for me. I think that 80% (if not more) of my watchers, are chronic watchers, for various reasons.  And by the same token, as a warcher, I don't think I've ever accepted a seller's offer)  So back to my  original question, how many times has sending a watcher an offer, resulted in a sale for you?

[u_cant_take_it_with_u]

Judging by your numerous past threads, I see you enjoy poking the bear... That's a knife that cuts both ways. 😉

[flatwarepicker]

OK, I have received very few of these EBay with no sales when I did lower to THEIR recommended percentage. I thought I missed a new option which would be excellent for us AK. Thank You for your response.

[dubiousgain]

It looks like someone glazed right over your "just because one CAN do something, doesn't mean they should do it" part. That little quip seems to have gotten lost.😜

[rdjsystemservices]

Interesting.  I have never viewed a sales tool like this one as groveling.  I don't place my ego in the way of sales.

I have X price that I must sell an item for to make sure that I turn a good profit. A lot of times the ebay market price and sales history are higher than that amount so that is what I list an item for. If it is lingering too long I accept and send offers for my X price to get the item moving. People LOVE seeing "For Sale" in any manner. Even if they don't need or can't afford the item once it is discounted they jump on it. This is VERY standard marketing knowledge. Add buzz words like "Blowout & Clearance" and they bite as well.  Right now I know that sales dip a little after the Xmas rush so I tend to run a sale to get items moving again. Another VERY standard marketing trick in the month of January. I have the "make an offer" button on 99% of my listings. If someone makes an offer I think is too low I respond with a counter offer and a message that is appropriate. "Hello and thank you for your interest however 10% off our asking price is the lowest that we can do at this time." 

Don't cripple yourself for sales because you think it is some competition between you and the buyer's egos. Switch to thinking like a business where you and the buyer are partners. You have or will find what they need / are into right now / are usually looking for and you will serve it up to turn a profit.

Good luck!

[turquoisetulips]

 I've received those kind of offers but I can't remember ever accepting one. Either  the offer comes at the wrong time or I wasn't  watching the item  to actually buy it . Other sellers have reported having luck with sending offers ,, but the option  has proved worthless  for me. Tulips 

[turquoisetulips]

Often the offer received makes me actually want the item even less than before the lower offer. Some reverse  psychology at play there.... ersatz 

I think so too  ,,depending on  how  the potential  buyer may think  . The lower offer  could be viewed as the seller saying ' Here nobody else wants this so I'll sell it to you cheaper '' ..  Kind of a turn off ..   Tulips 

[turquoisetulips]

Were the heck do you find out who the watchers are? 

Ebay sends alerts and then prompts sellers to send offers  . Tulips 

[turquoisetulips]

the point has little to do with how they asked it, rather it is indicative of the attitude some some sellers have around here that could be improved. the dog ate my tablecloth 

 . Although it's true some posters can show an '' attitude ''  here in the forum especially after their ideas have been challenged  by others . But IMO a good seller would have better restraint when dealing with an actual buyer .  Tulips

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

To be honest it wasn't the groveling comment that offended me as much as the bowing down comment. My philosophy is not to think the worst about human beings. I seriously doubt most buyers buy to get one over on the seller. They buy because the price is right.

In general there are many sellers on Ebay whose terms are demeaning to buyers and/or threatening. One would hope that sellers don't carry this attitude to their transactions but we've seen many who do.

[chapeau-noir]

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
chapeau noir

It started that way. ebay has since added two more: the offer can go to non-watchers if the potential buyer has the item in his cart, or if the buyer does not have it on his watch list or in the cart, but has looked at it three times or more (along with other undisclosed criteria suggesting to ebay that the looker might be interested enough to buy). And, as you say, if the buyer has indicated they don't want to receive offers, they won't.

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That's right! Those are two additions I'd forgotten about - they explain why watchers may be 0 but you an still send an offer.  The offer to those with items in carts used to be broken out on its own - I think they bundled that in now.

There's also a last but very important and basic fact:  A seller doesn't have to send offers, ever, if they don't want to.

[hawkwind5454]

"Bow down", which is not to be confused with *to COW-down*, which is not to be confused with *cow tipping*.... I guess I should add *cow-a-bunga* to that list also.

[divwido]

Wonderful choice of words.

[divwido]

as a buyer, I don't like it.  I wasn't watching your listing because I wanted to buy it so stop offering it cheaper.

[chapeau-noir]

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@gracieallen01 wrote:

@chapeau-noir 

What's a 'selfie'?

Nah, Corgi's are short, long, stocky and short hair - it is a cutie, though.  Cheezeburger com is a great place!   Wish I lived where I could have a couple of Great Danes - a condo wouldn't be fair to any of us.  Just to pull my wheelchair down the sidewalk, you understand.

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It's an old joke that nothing really happened unless you post a photo of yourself (selfie) or your pet, or whatever on facebook, twitter, instagram, etc. Mostly relates to heavy social media users who can't seem to get through life without posting photos of themselves, their breakfast, the cup of coffee they're drinking, their left foot or gawd knows what else, presumably fearing that if they didn't constantly keep photoing and posting them for their tribe they may cease to exist.  Kind of the opposite of the old superstition that having a photo taken of yourself steals your soul.

[turquoisetulips]

You've never been to Mexico. They're very pleasant shop owners btw, once you get used to the way they chase you down. It takes a bit getting used to, but once you come to expect it you smile back and just say no thanks. They're always very pleasant about it. erastz -------------------------------

We went on a 3 day cruise to Mexico  many years ago . When the boat docked we browsed through  a lot of the shops . I found a heavy decorated wall mirror  that for some reason I just had to have . It wasn't much fun lugging it back to the ship. Yes the shopkeepers were very nice  though and spoke English quite well ,,which made all the practicing  Spanish  I'd done beforehand  pretty much useless. 🙂   Tulips   Quando questa este ?