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inhawaii · ‎08-30-2019

Buy it now price: $14

My offer: $10 - declined

Sellers counter offer: $13 - declined

My counter offer: $12 - declined

Sellers counter offer: $13 again - declined

Why would the seller counter back at the SAME PRICE?

Why does ebay even let that happen? You shouldn't be able to counter back at the same price, should you?

Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs

upgradedendmills · ‎08-31-2019

In the past when someone has sent me what I consider to be a lowball offer I have added a comment to a counter offer that says: "Sorry, this is the best I can do on this item and I don't feel we are close enough in valuing my item to negotiate any further" It is 50/50 rather it works or not, but does end the negotiation one way or the other. I try to never have to use the BBL.

mycheaperstuff · ‎09-01-2019

Tagging on to the discussion:

Does anyone read the decline message?

upgradedendmills · ‎09-01-2019

Most of the time I think they do. I have made a few good sales within hours of sending the decline comment and have also gotten some not so nice comments back explaining to me how I should run my business. Normally running a sale event or discount will also flood me with lowball offers. None yet asking for an outright donation, but it gets close sometimes.

7606dennis · ‎09-01-2019

@sharingtheland wrote:
@7606dennis wrote:
@sharingtheland wrote:
$12.99?
If I were the seller and after several rounds of haggling I gave you the lowest amount I would take and you then offered me 1¢ less, I'd probably just decline and block you or not reply and block you anyway.
My "prices" posts were all written in humor font. I guess I failed at those attempts....

Alas! I don't speak in know humor font. Is it anything like cursive?

When I'm attempting to be humorous, I try to include an appropriate emogie.

"It is an intelligent man that is aware of his own ignorance."

upgradedendmills · ‎09-01-2019

That was you, Madison? It took me 6 months of intensive therapy and thousands of dollars of medical bills to get over that offer!!!!

upgradedendmills · ‎09-01-2019

I have actually had a buyer do that, I think they wanted a nickel off, not a penny. I accepted and commented "Thanks, you win". Seemed to bring peace and harmony to whatever little world they live in, and I was happy for them.

kathy507 · ‎09-01-2019

Personally I wish eBay would only allow buyers to make offers when the Make and Offer is part of the listing.

I know they are putting that on some listings automatically whether the seller wants it or not, and that stinks.

Some of us do not want to haggle for discounts and some do. Let those of us who like that feature use it and leave the rest of the sellers alone.

I agree that "vetting" buyers can be useful, but often feedback they left for other sellers really tells you nothing since scammers are likely not to leave any at all so as not to leave a trail.

yhlml · ‎09-01-2019

I think there is a three offer limit.

sin-n-dex · ‎09-01-2019

@yhlml wrote:
I think there is a three offer limit.

It's 5 offers now.

C.

needalittlehelpsometimes · ‎09-01-2019

I have one for you that I would like your opinion on.

Had a buyer make an offer for a $20 item with free shipping.

Buyer offered $10, I countered at $15

Buyer lets the offer time out.

Buyer comes back later and offers... wait for it.........$7.50

If I declined the $10 offer by countering at $15, WHY in the world would a buyer think that I would accept LESS than the original offer?

I have had it happen with buyers who didn't let it time out also.

That is one of my pet peeves. Any time a buyer comes back with an offer lower than their original offer you can bet money that I will not accept it.

Another thing that annoys the **bleep** out of me is buyers who think they can get a 50% - 60% discount on an item already discounted close to 50%.

I know I know, I should set auto decline in the offers

So my question to the OP is why would a buyer come back and offer less than their original offer?

sin-n-dex · ‎09-01-2019

@needalittlehelpsometimes wrote:

So my question to the OP is why would a buyer come back and offer less than their original offer?

Why... because they're annoyed their offer was declined and want to waste your time and get you all jumpy about a low offer.

Just ignore it. I decline legitimate offers (although I do have auto decline set to on), but if someone wastes my time I just ignore them.

C.

pinkflamingobay · ‎09-01-2019

I have "best offer" on 80% of my listings and the rest are the least amount I will accept because the price is already rock bottom. Ebay has taken it upon themselves to change those listings at their whim to also accept offers which is annoying and then they send me a message that my items can now accept offers. I don't have the time to go in and change them back to no offers nor should I have to.

inhawaii · ‎09-02-2019

LESS or THE SAME. I agree with you.

Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs

no_zero369 · ‎09-02-2019

@inhawaii wrote:
Why not? It's rude. He's already declined my offer. I'm not going to send him another offer at the same price. On the flip side, I've already declined his offer. He shouldn't/doesn't need to send me another offer at the same price.

Oh my! Have not gotten through this whole thread yet, but had enough & had to comment!

What I find rude as a seller is someone who sends a bid with no discussion or comment! You are asking me to take a discount, so why should I do that? Am I suppose to be Karnack and infer that you are a special person that really deserves a discount? Would you walk into a store pick up an item worth $14 and walk to the register and just say $12? No, to get a discount you need to treat the transaction like you are dealing with a human! Best I can tell is that you just sent dollar amounts and made no attempt to appeal to the sellers human side.

But hey, I get it! North Americans for the most part have no idea how to haggle of do it successfully. Then there is the entitled group as well as those who think it is online and there should be no need to be polite, considerate or human in the approach. So maybe next time you'll be less entitled, try a human approach and find success?

Now can't wait for some to comment that this is the 'net and not a social club and no need to be human or civil, just sell the d*mn stuff or noT! lol

no_zero369 · ‎09-02-2019

@pjcdn2005 wrote:
I don't think that it is rude. As another poster suggested they are giving you the option again to accept their lowest price. It's possible that once a buyer realized the seller would not go lower, that they would pay what the seller offered. If the seller didn't make the offer again and you really did want the item, your only option would be to pay full price.

What I think is rude (I know of sellers who do this) is if their second offer was higher than their first. But repeating the first offer so that you know that this is the lowest they will go is not a bad thing imo.

@pjcdn2005 Forgive me if I am wrong, but I thought a seller CAN NOT counter at a price higher than his last counter offer? Same number or lower is what I think I have seen.

Otherwise when I'm selling something for $50 and get a $15 offer, I'd be inclined to counter at $75!