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EBay Forced Best Offer on my Buy It Now listings !

HELP !!!  EBay has Forced "Best Offer" on my Buy it now listings !!!  WHY ??  How do i get rid of it ?  I now have to answer to "would be buyers" a NO.  And is/will curtail interest/sales !!!!

Surely others are going thru this----?  A disaster !!   Been sellin 8 yrs---- now what.   Anyone have any input/help ?  Thanx      gscflash .

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@gscflash @james23_uk

Just as a possibility... have you checked the ACCOUNT SETTINGS for "Business Policies"?

I've had issues with my shipping settings being altered - and discovered that Ebay had opted me into their new "Business Policies" settings.  It changed my listings according to some settings I had used in the past on various listings and eliminated any way to revise the listing back to my chosen settings.  As soon as I selected "opt out" things went back to normal.

I was going to include a screen shot of what to look for but it's completely gone from my account settings now.

 

 

 

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Hi,  First off : To the person that said they are going to charge eBay, Fees for costing them (Seller) $Money....on the B Offer, etc.  I would be willing to bet $.25 of my profit...ya won't get a dime from eBay !  I worked on this off & on for months...the Best Offer fiasco. My feel was/is if you call or write eBay, the people responding are people trained to make you Happy/Satisfied, then EBay continues to do what they want.

I then responded to anything on EMail , to mention it "Is" Breach of Contract", &" I want it stopped !".  It didn't do any good.  BUT I have record of this If it comes to Suit, etc.  A lawyer friend said this WAS Breach of Contract. I would remove BOffers on listings every day(Which loses potential Buyers). I finally found solution, which I Posted in detail in my earlier post about a yr or so ago. Since then, no more Problem ! You should go way back to my early posts & read.  It would be worth it to you, I believe. I don't have it in front of me now~~But I think I went to Account Settings, clicked on Remove Best Offer/More Options. I'm not sure, as I haven't had that problem since. You to find my Early Post..& it will spell it out how to do it in Detail.!! This would be worth your time, I believe. Good Luck all. If it works well for you, Post it & help the next Seller, EH ?  ***New eBay fiaso: "GTC" ~Good Till Cancelled.  Sellers are **bleep** ! Some even said they are Glad it happened, as it boosted them to find other Selling ventures/platforms, IE: Other selling sites. Some mentions which sites, & some cases less fees etc. Some list on other sites AND Ebay...then if sell, cancels AD, on other one, etc.  Good Luck Again "YaAll". Reply/Post reply when ya can.  **Thanx      (It's OK to hassel  Sellers selling normal stuff, but Don't stop someone selling a Rare, Millions- Yr old baby T.Rex  dinosaur skeleton , that should be cherished & saved for our natural history.....for $2(Two) Million $Dollars !  Turn your head for Them Fees, EH ? !)

 

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HI, ~~~~~A lawyer.   Surely there is a competent lawyer, that is a Seller on Ebay, of millions of Sellers.  Wouldn't even have to be a Seller on eBay. Just thought a lawyer that Was a Seller & got screwed, & joined with others would be good.

Could/should be "Class Action Suit".  To band with and represent hundreds or thousands of sellers in the Class Action .

 

*If I remember correctly--- the victoms(US) do not pay lawyer, fees, etc.  But rather if case wins, lawyer gets aprox 33% ...more or  less.   Again, this is guess work.  I used to know more about the Class Action process, don't know if has changed.  But a Lawyer would know, that specializes in this.   I received monies  years ago in a few Class Action suits, but wasn't much  $Money.    Many cases settle before trial, before drug out for years.~~~~Replies ?   Good Luck All.  G.

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I think probably most people have seen this Best Offer on their Buy It Now listings. Just look for it as it seems to show up randomly . Just uncheck the best offer and it will be gone. If you have to go into your seller hub and under your listed items click on that and go into that listing and you will find it there. Just uncheck the box !! Pay attention when you list tho as I said it is random. Good Luck

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You have tom revise the listing to remove best offer. Unbelievable ebay does this without consent to have sellers lose money.

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Ebay gets 10% of nothing if the sale doesn't happen. With BO the item sells faster because the price has been lowered.
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