09-10-2018 05:57 PM
Yup. Someone has items in their cart and you should lower the price, says eBay, and MAKE THE SALE!! Yippeee.
Yup.
So, I went to each item, and I RAISED the @#$@#! price.
I really don't care. I had them priced as low as I can justify taking the time to pack and ship an item. Any lower and they just get delisted and go into the trash.
Nice try.
09-10-2018 06:01 PM
09-10-2018 07:24 PM
I got that message too.
I have best offer on most of my items.
If someone wants a lower price all they have to do is ask.
09-10-2018 08:40 PM
I just delete those messages. My stuff is selling fast enough (2 eBay stores) to keep me pretty busy.
09-10-2018 08:43 PM
I received that message as well.
What I do is leave my prices the same or raise the prices.
09-10-2018 09:35 PM
Responding in any way to corporate nonsense is a victory for the corporation in question.
09-10-2018 09:59 PM
09-10-2018 10:39 PM
Question: If I have a singular item for sale (i. e., I only have one listed) and somebody puts it in their cart and does not check out, does that prevent some other buyer from buying it? Mike
09-11-2018 12:15 AM
No. Anyone can buy the item if the buyer has not committed to the purchase.
I took the "bait" the first time I received that message from ebay. I think they said that these items were on someone's Watch List. Anyway, I lowered all those prices. Not one sale. Now I just ignore any future messages.
09-11-2018 12:53 AM
As a seller myself I put the price on items that I wish. I pay for a store and fees like everyone else that has one so I will sell for MY price not Ebays. If noone buys an item then it is my decision weather to lower the price if I like.
09-11-2018 04:56 AM
@byrd69er wrote:Yup. Someone has items in their cart and you should lower the price, says eBay, and MAKE THE SALE!! Yippeee.
Yup.
So, I went to each item, and I RAISED the @#$@#! price.
I really don't care. I had them priced as low as I can justify taking the time to pack and ship an item. Any lower and they just get delisted and go into the trash.
Nice try.
What I do is end those listings and "sell similar", now it's out of their cart, problem solved...
09-11-2018 06:28 AM
Lower the price, i'll just give it away then !! NO
09-11-2018 06:32 AM
09-11-2018 06:54 AM
As much as I get aggravated and irritated with a lot of Ebay's useless messages, I actually find this one quite useful. It lets me know that people are interested enough in something to add it to their cart. This lets me know that eyes are seeing those items, regardless of what the view counter says. This is actually one of the few Ebay spam mails that actually contain relevant and usable information.
Lowering the price by 5% will trigger an email to the buyer letting them know that the price has been lowered. Raising the price will not.
I am lucky in that I have a lot of freedom in my pricing. Do I lower the prices? Sometimes. Do I raise the prices? Sometimes. Do the items sell when I do one or the other? Sometimes.
09-14-2018 06:08 PM
I agree and often do the same. I figure the person is saving the item in their cart until pay day, so often do not lower the price and more often than not, they purchase it without my lowering the price.
Here is something I have noticed. (I use a Mac which often has odd glitches with Ebay)
Have you ever had this happen?
Issues with former sale prices
I had multiple quantities for sale on one listing. Example : Blue shirt; quantiy of 3 total for sale. The item was on sale. One sold. Two remained.
A week later, the sale went off, so the item was now priced at $15 more.
However, someone had the shirt with the sale pricing still in their cart.
They purchased it and paid the sale price...even though the item was no longer on sale.
I used to have alot of sales and it took me a few times before I realized this was happening.
Now, I end the item and relist it, if it is something I do not want to sell at the former sale price.