One Week Ban? What do you think? lol

[sakic92710]

I was offered $3.16 on a $34 listing.  I would love to see temporary bans on buyers who send such ridiculous offers.  What is your opinion?  🙂

[sakic92710]

So your business plan is to go for the lowest possible profit you would accept?

[reallynicestamps]

You can set up automatic parameters on Offers , so you never have to see the lowballers.

You can even set those parameters a penny apart, so you don't have to do anything but see the sale within your acceptable price range, pack, leave feedback, and ship.

But here is a stress reliever for you.

[wastingtime101]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

**Sigh**  Why does my reply have to be literal??  What if I have something listed for $60 & my minimum to accept is $42 but it has been sitting on this useless site for 9 months then, someone offers $39?  I'd sell it.  Get the point now?  Will your response be, "Then make your minimum $39."  ??

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My response to that is pretty simple @sakic92710. Your min acceptable offer is approx $40, and 20% below that is $32 - set your auto-decline at $32 or even $30. Below what you're willing to accept so you have wiggle room to consider those "just below your min" offers yet still high enough that you won't see $3 offers.

[katzrul15]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

Why not?  If they are here to make 8% offers on your listings, they just wish to play games.  Besides, sellers get 'punishment' like limitations on sales when it comes to things we don't have control over like slow mail.

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Buyer centric site - e-Bay is not going to ban/suspend a buyer over lowball offers.

I was being serious about a customer-service reset.  You cannot change "how" this site works - adapt, adapt, adapt. 

Any offer is an opportunity to engage a buyer.  Any. 

[anjofak]

Time is money,  they should pay.

[lesegouts]

Doesn't bother me. Takes just a few seconds to deal with it.

[yuzuha]

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@theteamsetguy wrote:

It was probably an error. I would’ve countered it. But them again I don’t have make an offer on my listings. All it does it let buyers know you will take less. When I see a listing with a best offer I always make an offer. Why pay more than you have to?

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Exactly. And from OP's sales history, most of their sales are made via best offer, which tells potential buyers that their list prices are only suggestions and they'd be willing to take less.

[coolections]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

What if I have something listed for $60 & my minimum to accept is $42 but it has been sitting on this useless site for 9 months then, someone offers $39?  I'd sell it.  Get the point now?  Will your response be, "Then make your minimum $39."  ??

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If it has been sitting for 9 months and no one wants it then just change your asking price to $39 and no need for offers.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

@katzrul15  Exactly.

In this case: The OP can either set an auto decline price---it takes seconds to do---or put on his armor, grab his lance and his trusty steed, and fruitlessly tilt at the ebay Windmill, trying to convince them to do something they will never do.

[katzrul15]

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:

@katzrul15  Exactly.

In this case: The OP can either set an auto decline price---it takes seconds to do---or put on his armor, grab his lance and his trusty steed, and fruitlessly tilt at the ebay Windmill, trying to convince them to do something they will never do.

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Agreed.  This whole e-Bay mantra from this OP is getting to be too much.

Need his sales to come back - this unruly endless free time due to no sales, is making my head hurt with all these threads! 

[otb-97]

Seriously wow grow some and just ignore 

[otb-97]

if u min the best offer attached to the listing it auto-rejects until it is  reached

[otb-97]

Lmfao good catch ⛰star

[theteamsetguy]

Correct, I make my money by buying right. I've been doing this long enough to know what things WILL SELL for and I buy accordingly. I buy mainly from other dealers liquidating excess inventory. They know where they have to be if they want to sell to me.

I think too many sellers of collectibles think they can pay more for items because of emotion or they think the item will go up in value if they don't sell it. I collect one thing. Show me the money! 

[marineparts10-4]

NO BUYERS = NO MONEY. SUCKI IT UP BUTTER CUP