10-08-2025 03:00 PM
So I have a make an offer on most of my listings. Lately I’m running into a lot of people making me a somewhat low offer which is fine. I come back with a counter offer. Then they counter offer me at 50 cents lower than my counter offer. I feel like I shouldn’t even respond. I really don’t care about the 50 cents. It’s just the principle of it all. What is everyone’s opinion? Should I ignore the counter offer or just go back at my original price. It’s just a waste of time for me.
10-09-2025 06:51 AM - edited 10-09-2025 06:53 AM
For most of my items I am the only person in the world who makes/sells them. So I do not suffer lowball offer/counteroffer **bleep** well. If someone lowballs ridiculously and/or is rude I reject the offer, raise the price, and inform them they are the reason for the price increase. I would rather they google it and find my website anyway.
10-09-2025 06:53 AM
Accept, decline, or ignore--all are acceptable seller behavior in the eyes of eBay.
10-09-2025 11:32 AM
you forgot "block". Block these DBs. The reason they do it in our society is because people let them.
10-09-2025 11:41 AM
I understand your point, Customers have gotten ridiculous with their offers, However for 50 Cents just except the offer & take the win.
10-09-2025 11:45 AM
I have best offer on all my listings with a minimum set
I accept all offers (since I don't see lowballs)
I have also found that countering an offer doesn't work
10-09-2025 12:34 PM
I have also found this from most countries except Japan, Japanese buyers are very different, they send an offer which I counter and explain why and the usually accept my counter offer, also if I ignore and dont respond to an offer from Japan when there offer times out they often come back and buy as full price.
WARNING:
Just because you have best offer set on eBay.com that does NOT mean best offer will be a function on other eBay sites because its not!
10-09-2025 04:56 PM
@ten_o_nine wrote:I disagree, I am not the OP, you must be missing something about "principal".
I did not miss the "principal".
I was mocking it.
The OP explicitly invited negotiation, for heaven's sake.