How do you handle buyers that send messages and low ball an offer for a Buy it Now?

[dads-collectables]

I have seen an influx of offers either giving themselves 60% off or better or what really annoys me asking for $2 off on something that is already priced at 9.98 and all the other sets on eBay are $13.-$26? It a cheap wooden Domino set, .. happens to be very good condition and comes with original box and instructions.  I wrote a polite No. and spoke to the condition compared to what is already offered on eBay.. but want to say.. "Really? $3 bucks. Good Grief,  It's cheaper for me to toss it." LOL  If I had the item for a year, I would consider taking it or making an counter offer.  Yeah, I know I sound like an old man at the end of an antique show at packing time. Just wondering how anyone else deals with it. 

[go-bad-chicken]

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@dads-collectables wrote:

I have seen an influx of offers either giving themselves 60% off or better or what really annoys me asking for $2 off on something that is already priced at 9.98 and all the other sets on eBay are $13.-$26? It a cheap wooden Domino set, .. happens to be very good condition and comes with original box and instructions.  I wrote a polite No. and spoke to the condition compared to what is already offered on eBay.. but want to say.. "Really? $3 bucks. Good Grief,  It's cheaper for me to toss it." LOL  If I had the item for a year, I would consider taking it or making an counter offer.  Yeah, I know I sound like an old man at the end of an antique show at packing time. Just wondering how anyone else deals with it. 

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@dads-collectables 

This is my cut and paste general response.

"Hello 

Thank you for your interest in this item and for your offer but I will pass.

Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors, and once again thank you for your time and consideration.

Regards"

[flyingmvp]

Look on the bright side, they are offering to pay, something  😀

We recently received messages from very important social media influencers!!!  offering us to send them some of our items free of charge with the promise of mentioning those items on their blogs, vlogs shmogs etc'...

Yup 🤣

[jonathankirkland]

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@kath.layn wrote:

It doesn’t matter if your listing allows buyers to make an offer or not.  I get unsolicited offers all the time, and I never set my ads up to allow offers.  Usually they are crazy low.  I agree with previous poster, I get offers when my item is already the lowest price.  I generally just respond “No”. I wonder, are there bots that can generate low-ball offers automatically?  I think there are buyers out there that are somehow doing that.  Anybody know.?

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Well that's because ebay has fostered this type of thing and actually forced it on sellers, so buyer are "used" to being able to make offers now whether sellers want them or not. Doesn't make it right, but it's the environment ebay has created for everyone. It must have sped up/increased sales for them or they wouldn't have pushed it as much as they did.

[jonathankirkland]

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@go-bad-chicken wrote:

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@dads-collectables wrote:

I have seen an influx of offers either giving themselves 60% off or better or what really annoys me asking for $2 off on something that is already priced at 9.98 and all the other sets on eBay are $13.-$26? It a cheap wooden Domino set, .. happens to be very good condition and comes with original box and instructions.  I wrote a polite No. and spoke to the condition compared to what is already offered on eBay.. but want to say.. "Really? $3 bucks. Good Grief,  It's cheaper for me to toss it." LOL  If I had the item for a year, I would consider taking it or making an counter offer.  Yeah, I know I sound like an old man at the end of an antique show at packing time. Just wondering how anyone else deals with it. 

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@dads-collectables 

This is my cut and paste general response.

"Hello 

Thank you for your interest in this item and for your offer but I will pass.

Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors, and once again thank you for your time and consideration.

Regards"

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Personally, as a buyer, I'd rather just be ignored rather than receive a message like that. I would take the response as you being somewhat interested in maybe "an" offer, if not the one I offered originally, and would cause me ot inquire further.

I might write back and say "well how much do you want then? counter offer?" etc.

Just my opinion. 😛

[glasser]

If you take offers, expect to get low ball ones. I don't see how potential buyers are being rude by making an offer--no matter how low.

It's the way of the world. Many people are used to buying in situations were haggling is the norm. Sometimes people are just feeling you out.  

Like I said earlier don't use a lot on auction listings. Already selling at no reserve so people can bid what they they think its worth/willing to pay.

When I make offers, it's based on what I think an item is worth. Many eBay sellers have nonsensical values on items ( I am speaking antiques and collectibles here). I  know the value of what I buy and sell and offer accordingly.  I take no offense when an offer is rejected. Assumedly,  the seller has given it some thought.

I do make opening gambit offers as well.  My assumption is to start a dialogue and see if we can land on a mutually agreeable price.

What irks me is when sellers don't even respond.  I offered X why not counter with  Y?  I made an offer on a very expensive (super over priced item) of about 60% of the value.  The seller said no. I asked what's your best price? No response. Why not engage? Why be mad at someone for making an offer?

If you have someone interested in an item why not try and close the deal?  If the items been on eBay for nine months and it hasn't sold, why not at least engage in a conversation. I thought the whole idea here was to sell stuff. would you knock 15-20% off a price for money in your pocket today as opposed to maybe a few bucks more weeks or months from now?

I do understand. Bottom feeders have been around as long as eBay. In the early days they put in one bid of .99.  Who knows they probably won in in 1% of their tries. 

I would never block someone if the made a low ball offer. Only if they were rude or obnoxious.

[inhawaii]

This is how i handle it...

Dear buyer,

Thanks for you message and offer. I'm sorry but i am not accepting offers at this time.

Have a great day and stay safe.

[go-bad-chicken]

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@jonathankirkland wrote:

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@go-bad-chicken wrote:

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@dads-collectables wrote:

I have seen an influx of offers either giving themselves 60% off or better or what really annoys me asking for $2 off on something that is already priced at 9.98 and all the other sets on eBay are $13.-$26? It a cheap wooden Domino set, .. happens to be very good condition and comes with original box and instructions.  I wrote a polite No. and spoke to the condition compared to what is already offered on eBay.. but want to say.. "Really? $3 bucks. Good Grief,  It's cheaper for me to toss it." LOL  If I had the item for a year, I would consider taking it or making an counter offer.  Yeah, I know I sound like an old man at the end of an antique show at packing time. Just wondering how anyone else deals with it. 

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@dads-collectables 

This is my cut and paste general response.

"Hello 

Thank you for your interest in this item and for your offer but I will pass.

Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors, and once again thank you for your time and consideration.

Regards"

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Personally, as a buyer, I'd rather just be ignored rather than receive a message like that. I would take the response as you being somewhat interested in maybe "an" offer, if not the one I offered originally, and would cause me ot inquire further.

I might write back and say "well how much do you want then? counter offer?" etc.

Just my opinion. 😛

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@jonathankirkland 

Your assumption is correct. My response to a lowball offer is intended to spark a negotiation that hopefully ends with a reasonable selling price.  

With my initial response my intention is to remain cordial, courteous, and polite but at the same time let the buyer know that I have weighed and measured their initial offer and have found it to be wanting without giving them any specifics. In my experience the true lowballers just go away, and the truly interested buyers will usually send a response much like the one that you thought of.

When that does happen at that moment in time I know that a deal can possibly be struck between myself and that buyer. And the really important aspect of my initial response is that at no point in time have I been rude or discourteous to that prospective buyer, and in my book that is a key cornerstone of successful selling.

[duffy4444]

   You have the option to send them a counter offer. Or if you're really insulted, simply ignore the offer and go on with your day.

   The only time you have to accept an offer is when it meets of exceeds the "automatically accept" threshold you can set in your listing. You have control over offers, including the excellent come-back of simply ignoring insulting low-ball offers.

Cheers, Duffy

[collectfest]

I do not get low offers sent to me because I enter the the lowest amount I'd even think of accepting. I never know I received low offers.

[2013grotz]

Set up auto-decline.  If I can't deal with the offer I get, I just decline and move on, and if they push, I block.

[postingid7659]

I use auto-decline on items with Best Offer.  

I got one asking "what is the least you'll take" on a brand new item listed at a discounted price and no offers.  I told him a higher price.   Sold it for my price (to someone else) yesterday.  

[jonathankirkland]

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@go-bad-chicken wrote:

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@jonathankirkland wrote:

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@go-bad-chicken wrote:

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@dads-collectables wrote:

I have seen an influx of offers either giving themselves 60% off or better or what really annoys me asking for $2 off on something that is already priced at 9.98 and all the other sets on eBay are $13.-$26? It a cheap wooden Domino set, .. happens to be very good condition and comes with original box and instructions.  I wrote a polite No. and spoke to the condition compared to what is already offered on eBay.. but want to say.. "Really? $3 bucks. Good Grief,  It's cheaper for me to toss it." LOL  If I had the item for a year, I would consider taking it or making an counter offer.  Yeah, I know I sound like an old man at the end of an antique show at packing time. Just wondering how anyone else deals with it. 

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@dads-collectables 

This is my cut and paste general response.

"Hello 

Thank you for your interest in this item and for your offer but I will pass.

Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors, and once again thank you for your time and consideration.

Regards"

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Personally, as a buyer, I'd rather just be ignored rather than receive a message like that. I would take the response as you being somewhat interested in maybe "an" offer, if not the one I offered originally, and would cause me ot inquire further.

I might write back and say "well how much do you want then? counter offer?" etc.

Just my opinion. 😛

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@jonathankirkland 

Your assumption is correct. My response to a lowball offer is intended to spark a negotiation that hopefully ends with a reasonable selling price.  

With my initial response my intention is to remain cordial, courteous, and polite but at the same time let the buyer know that I have weighed and measured their initial offer and have found it to be wanting without giving them any specifics. In my experience the true lowballers just go away, and the truly interested buyers will usually send a response much like the one that you thought of.

When that does happen at that moment in time I know that a deal can possibly be struck between myself and that buyer. And the really important aspect of my initial response is that at no point in time have I been rude or discourteous to that prospective buyer, and in my book that is a key cornerstone of successful selling.

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In that case, you're quite clever. 😄

[bigdeals.etc]

@dads-collectables"How do you handle buyers that send messages and low ball an offer for a Buy it Now? "

I don't.

[katzrul15]

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@postingid7659 wrote:

I use auto-decline on items with Best Offer.  

I got one asking "what is the least you'll take" on a brand new item listed at a discounted price and no offers.  I told him a higher price.   Sold it for my price (to someone else) yesterday.  

Good for you!!  I keep revising my auto-declines to be higher or just removing the BO feature all together.  Seems like once I take best offer off, it sells.

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[m60driver]

A seller is under no obligation to respond to any offer.  I just ignore and delete ridiculous low ball offers.  The buyer gets the message loud and clear.