Opting out of “make offers “

[26667]

Last week, I listed seven or eight items with a buy it now price. After checking my listings, I noticed that they all had a “make offer “ button included. I went through and deleted all the offer options, and tried to find a way to prevent this from happening again when I list an item.  No luck. Fast forward a week, I get an email from eBay telling me that my customers can now make offers on my items! **bleep**?! Now I have to go back to each item and delete these offers again. Is there any way to stop this process? I know how I wish to sell my items , I don’t like my listings being changed. Please help! Thanks joe 

[nodr-45]

eBay adds best offer to listings of new and low volume sellers. If you use the app there's no way to avoid it. If you use the quick listing tool there's no way to avoid it. If you use the advanced listing tool to create your listings then you might be able to avoid it.

[buyselljack2016]

I seldom use "offer", and don't have it forced on me, but if I do use it I set the auto decline amount so that I do not need to deal with an offer that I do not want. Setting auto-decline/auto-accept is not a daunting task for small sellers.

I sometimes get offers via messaging even when "offer" is not shown.

One down side of "offers" is that they do not include the IPR setting.

Nearly all my listings have a bit of wiggle room. I would consider a reasonable offer on some items. It depends upon how long it has been sitting, and what others are going for.  A "slightly discounted sale" can sometimes beat a "no sale".  There is some profit when sold. There is no profit when it sits on the shelf.

[7606dennis]

Since eBay has done the 180 on their old policy of considering BO's on items where the option was not in the listing, it is certainly likely that sellers will receive more offers.  In fact, not only did they do a 180 on their old policy but have been adding the option without the seller's knowledge or consent, it is pretty much a given that some buyers will make them.  Rather than setting the auto decline, I prefer to simply let the offer expire. 

Of course, one advantage of people making offers is that it allows the seller to check out their feedback left and retraction records.

[26667]

How do you not have this option forced on you. This was my original question. Setting the offer option may not be a “daunting “ task, but it is time consuming , and especially infuriating when they come back in a week and turn them all back on. I have several pieces that I listed last week. I put an extremely fair price on them, so I have no interest in the whole offer option as a seller.

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

I seldom use "offer", and don't have it forced on me, but if I do use it I set the auto decline amount so that I do not need to deal with an offer that I do not want. Setting auto-decline/auto-accept is not a daunting task for small sellers.

I sometimes get offers via messaging even when "offer" is not shown.

One down side of "offers" is that they do not include the IPR setting.

Nearly all my listings have a bit of wiggle room. I would consider a reasonable offer on some items. It depends upon how long it has been sitting, and what others are going for.  A "slightly discounted sale" can sometimes beat a "no sale".  There is some profit when sold. There is no profit when it sits on the shelf.

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I like the ones that come through messages when you don't have OBO on the listing.

prospective buyer - "what's your best price?"

me - "you're looking at it"

[26667]

The whole offer situation should be up to the seller, not eBay. Everyone has their own style that works for them. I don’t know what 180 turnaround means, since I don’t know what the old policy was. You should be able to turn this option on or off to suit yourself. It should not be foisted onto the seller. As a buyer, I certainly will take advantage of the offer option, who wouldn’t 😁? I don’t like to be ignored when I do submit one, but this rarely happens. Thanks for your response!

[ittybitnot]

How do you not have this option forced on you.

Your question was answered in post #2

[26667]

I failed to mention that I talked with a friend of mine earlier today. He had a long talk with someone at eBay about this situation. There seems to be no way around this. My friend has 777 feedback with 99% as a seller. It should be an option that you can set , just like you can with your choice of international shipping

[div_style]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

I seldom use "offer", and don't have it forced on me, but if I do use it I set the auto decline amount so that I do not need to deal with an offer that I do not want. Setting auto-decline/auto-accept is not a daunting task for small sellers.

I sometimes get offers via messaging even when "offer" is not shown.

One down side of "offers" is that they do not include the IPR setting.

Nearly all my listings have a bit of wiggle room. I would consider a reasonable offer on some items. It depends upon how long it has been sitting, and what others are going for.  A "slightly discounted sale" can sometimes beat a "no sale".  There is some profit when sold. There is no profit when it sits on the shelf.

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I like the ones that come through messages when you don't have OBO on the listing.

prospective buyer - "what's your best price?"

me - "you're looking at it"

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My response is to mention a higher price, then ask "What's YOUR best price?"

[mr_lincoln · Accepted solution]

@26667   I read your posts and replies ... here's the reason for it and the fix:

Reasons first:  last year eBay decided to turn on the unsolicited B.O. on items created with the Quick Listing Tool (after about a week).  They were asked about this and they said they determine the "average" market price on an item and "IF" the Seller's price is ABOVE the market average they turn on Best Offer "because" they "think" Sellers would be willing to take a dollar or two less and sell something ... errrrnt, reality is many offers are low ball and insulting at times.  They were also asked "where" do they get their prices to determine "average" market price?  They refused to share that info so until they do, my opinion is its part of their ongoing initiative to drive prices down and they are making it all up just to try and control Sellers ...

The Fix:  You need to switch to the Advanced Listing Tool and may have to do that on a computer - laptop opposed to using the mobile app.  In the upper right hand corner of the Quick Listing tool is a link to switch ... and OH, ignore the warning NOT to switch, of course they don't want you to switch because then they would lost control of YOUR items.  Store owners have to use the Advanced Tool for more Item Specifics, its not rocket science.  On 3 IDs here ALL using the Advanced Tool not a single B.O. has been turned on ...

[mr_lincoln]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

I seldom use "offer", and don't have it forced on me, but if I do use it I set the auto decline amount so that I do not need to deal with an offer that I do not want. Setting auto-decline/auto-accept is not a daunting task for small sellers.

I sometimes get offers via messaging even when "offer" is not shown.

One down side of "offers" is that they do not include the IPR setting.

Nearly all my listings have a bit of wiggle room. I would consider a reasonable offer on some items. It depends upon how long it has been sitting, and what others are going for.  A "slightly discounted sale" can sometimes beat a "no sale".  There is some profit when sold. There is no profit when it sits on the shelf.

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I like the ones that come through messages when you don't have OBO on the listing.

prospective buyer - "what's your best price?"

me - "you're looking at it"

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I get occasional offers in  messages too ... its a rare occasion that I pursue any but 1) ALWAYS respond and 2) let Buyers who offer a low ball price that I would be selling at a loss at that amount and it does not fit my business plan ...

[26667]

Thanks for your thorough explanation! I will do this the next time I decide to sell several items. I have sold many items here, but not for a few years. I remember the days when listing was relatively simple. I understand that eBay wants to drum up sales, but this tactic goes too far in my opinion. From now on I will probably do whatever eBay does not recommend! LOL. Best wishes to all who replied. Thanks again

[mr_lincoln]

@26667   You are more then welcome and thank you for bringing your question to The Community, many here can help.

[adaecomsales]

Same problem and same feelings, Ebay is once again doing immoral things to increase their own bottom dollar without asking us while they take a cut and we also pay them. More wasted time and totally ILLEGAL I don't care what their **bleep**, contract agreement states, you don't change an auction after we list it. That is very dishonest, I already set my price to the lowest. Then when a buyer sends an offer I have to tell them to get lost that Ebay was playing games, both a waste of my time, the customer and Ebay looks like garbage