Listing eligible for offers questions

[homegoods2u]

A couple of questions regarding Listing eligible for offers when the Seller has multiple identical items available.

1. When a Buyer purchases an item at the full Buy It Now price is that item automatically removed from their "Watch list".  I'm asking because I'd hate to offend a purchaser if I later decide to discount the item.  In other words:

!. They put an item into their Watch list.

2. The Item shows up on my Seller's page as a "Listing eligible for offer"

3. They go ahead and purchase the item at full BIN price before I can send an offer

4. I decide to later discount the item 

5. Will they receive the offer even though they already purchased the item?

I know I might feel bad if I purchased an item at full price, received the item, and then just a few days later got an offer from the same Seller at a lower price. 

Does eBay either remove an item from a Buyer's Watch list when they purchase it, or somehow block that Buyer from receiving an offer at a later time for the same item. Or would the Buyer have to place the item back on their Watch list (assuming eBay had removed it at the time of the sale) in which case they could inadvertently receive an offer which is lower than their recent Buy It Now purchase price?

I'm thinking that could offend some Buyers. What do you folks think?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[caldreamer]

I don't believe that EBAY system is that sophisticated to plan for the scenario that you mentioned.

I know for a fact that EBAY does NOT remove item from my watch list (after I purchased item).   My guess is

that customer would receive "offer for lower price" even after they purchased the item because is still on the watch list.

[eburtonlab]

Items are definitely not removed from a Watch List unless the buyer specifically takes action to remove the listing, or if the listing expires or is removed by eBay.

However, I do not recall ever getting an offer for a multiple-quantity item I had already purchased, despite watching a near-maximum amount of listings for many years. So it is possible that eBay does take a purchase into account when deciding whether a watcher is eligible to receive an offer.

That is not proof that it never happens, but it is a data point.

Removing an item from a Watch List and re-watching after some delay might re-trigger eligibility for an offer, but I have not experimented with that extensively. Presumably users that specifically re-watch in that fashion are looking to get new offers and would not be offended.

[luckythewinner]

When a Buyer purchases an item at the full Buy It Now price is that item automatically removed from their "Watch list".

No. The buyer will still see the item in his watch list. I have had to manually delete items I bought from my watch list before. Try it yourself next time you buy something, just to confirm though. 

Will they receive the offer even though they already purchased the item?

I am not sure. And be aware, there is a lot more complexity to "offers to interested buyers" that just the fact that they are watching. eBay has a rather complicated definition of "interested buyers", which may change over time but is currently reported to consider:

• watchers
• repeat visitors
• items added to carts
• the volume of unsolicited offers a buyer has received
• whether you have sent the buyer an offer for that item before
• whether the buyer has opted out of unsolicited offers

But I have no idea whether a prior purchase has any effect.