I've noticed on a majority of the sales I have had in the past month, almost all of them were due in part because I used the "send offer" tool that sends an offer to the watchers on the item. This has been a great tool to get sales, but I noticed somewhat of a loophole in the system. I require immediate payment for a BIN - and when I send those offers for a BIN listing, the buyer can win the item, and then....never pay for it. The only solution I can think of is to change the listing to the accepted offer price - *while keeping the item listed on eBay* - so if the buyer flakes out on the offer, the item is still up for grabs. It doesn't sound perfect - but I think something else is needed versus just letting an item sit for a few days with no views. I hope I am coming across clearly on this.
Out of my 60 recent transactions it has only happened once. It was a high value item nonetheless, and I ended up selling it for even cheaper later on...I thought it would happen again tonight with a high valued sale, but I lucked out and it went through easy peezy.
@itsjustasprain wrote:
@vintageantique77 wrote:It doesn't sound perfect - but I think something else is needed versus just letting an item sit for a few days with no views. I hope I am coming across clearly on this.
I think what you are asking for in other words is to have Immediate Payment Required applied to a Make Offer acceptance. The item stays on sale otherwise until someone else accepts THEIR offer that they received from the same seller AND pays for it - or until the auction ends with a winner that way if the listing is an auction.
First Come (and pay) - First Served. What a concept. 😉 I think the problem here is that even if a suggested change is solid and useful - Ebay still needs to find programmers to implement it without breaking other things. Thats where they tend to fall down the most.
I have noticed that with eBay as well. I understand that it is very easy to mess up an entire website with just a few lines of code....Terrifying.
