@jason_incognito wrote:
You have someone who is showing interest in your item, who sends you a message. Why not turn that around and try and make a sale? Even if maybe only a quarter bite, that's still more sales.
You could send back an email tellingthem how great it is and how confident you are that it will sell at that price. Show them that there is value in your stuff.
As for the shipping, something like "I understand how much shipping costs, but rest assured that I only charge what it costs to ship this to you. The post office gets the shipping charge, not me"
But why is it that all too often the standard response around here is to scream NO! GO AWAY! YOU'RE BOTHERING ME! TAKE YOUR MONEY ELSEWHERE!
Because ebay has made it all too easy for a buyer to scam and all too impossible for a seller to protect themselves. If a buyer wants to negotiate before the sale, it has been my experience that they will continue to do so after the sale - and always at a loss to me.
My solution is to immediately block the buyer before I do anything else. Sometimes I send a message that my price is firm, but usually ignore. A bottom feeder isn't interested in an explaination, nor do they deserve one. They just want my item at as little cost to them as possible and they don't care how their supplier ends up, because there are so many others on ebay.
My New Years resolution for ebay is that if I can't afford to lose the money, it isn't getting listed on ebay.
(*Bleep*)
