Lowering prices for watch list items - notification

[lintbrush*]

So late last night I put something on my Watch List that I'm planning on buying when I have more time to look at a few options.  

My phone just chimed.  "Discounted Item Update:  Discounted by $xx.  Was $xx - Now $xx.  Item Title"

I didn't know it would do that.  I've been dead set against lowering my item prices directly and have been using Markdown Manager instead.  

Now it's got me wondering if I should do it with some of the old stuff, but then again I just packed up two 'old stuff' items today that didn't have any bells or whistles.

They do need different sounds though!  I was crossing my fingers that it wasn't a Message from a buyer with a cocern, a Return Request or something else that makes you cringe a bit.  I thought it could've been a watched item ending thing too.

[castlemagicmemories]

That's been happening for awhile now.  You may or may not get a sale out of it when a potential buyer gets that message.

[lintbrush*]

Guess I don't watch enough items that get their price lowered on my other ID.

This ID isn't linked to my phone.

[m60driver]

I have tried many times to attract a sale to an item with watchers by lowering the price knowing they would get a notification.  So far I have not made a single sale with that particular tactic.

[slippinjimmy]

I get these messages from eBay even for things I've only viewed, no watch list, no add to cart.

[pvcliff]

I regularly lower prices a dollar or two when I see I have a watcher. I change the price so it ends in .49 or .99 so I can tell it was a watched item, then I add a penny if I need to list it again. If I decide to lower a price "just because", I end it in .01, again just so I can keep track if a lower price makes the sale. I don't believe I've ever gotten the "send an offer" message that some have mentioned, but I wouldn't send an offer of only a buck off. Glad to know they are sending notices of lowered prices.

[disneyshopper]

I've tried lowering my price by 10% or more when ebay advises me that the option is available in my available listings.

So far, not one sale.   Waste of time.

[ed8108]

Just purchased an item a couple of days ago due to the reduced price

Tried to buy a send watcher an offer item a few months ago but some glitch prevented my buying the unsold one of a kind item at the reduced offer price. C.S. couldn't help

[membersinceaug2001]

Sometimes things sell better when you raise the price.

May not work if selling the same stuff as a gazillion other sellers.