Low Ball Bidders possible scam or?

[cashvaluerecovery2011]

Ive received low ball offers for years. I use offers reluctantly because it gives you a chance to check out a buyer and their location to see if shipping might be significantly cheaper for me. That being said.........wow at the recent offers and it sure feels super scammy or the biggest coincidence ever? I keep getting exactly $12 offers on any item over $50. Today its a buyer in oregon wanting my $75 asking price new hiking boots that retail for $135 and he wants.........you guessed it.........for me take $12 and me pay to ship them from Florida to Oregon. So me spend about $20 to send him some $135 retail boots for $12.

I simply declined the offer, placed them on my blocked bidder list and moved on..........but does anyone have any heads up on a new scam that involves something like this? Ive had multiple Hawaii buyers do the same recently as well.

I appreciate any input, advice, opinions.

[nobody*s_perfect]

If those lowball offers annoy you so much, you should use the option to set a minimum offer and automatically decline offers below the threshold which set.

[itsjustasprain]

A lowball offer is not the same as a scam. If the seller accepts the offer and the buyer pays for it then it is more a case of poor judgment by the seller than any kind of scam.

If all the offers are for the same $12 then it sounds like the interested buyer is sending out the offers in bulk - possibly to every seller in that category. Most will ignore him but his broad strategy might turn up one or more desperate sellers who will take the $12. If anyone has an auto-accept on a listing with no lowest limit set then their lowball offer will work there too.