eBay

fallgold4031 · ‎06-13-2022

Sometimes, I will have a buy it now item with a watcher. Sometimes it allows me to send an offer, and at other times it does not allow sending an offer. Any short answer to this? Thanks

momdadsstash · ‎06-13-2022

Some people have opted out to receiving offers.

onefootflipper · ‎06-13-2022

Some people have their account set to not get those offers.

You can however lower the price of the item by however much you were going to send as an offer and they should get a notification about that.

I like to put a note on the item when I do that so I don't turn around and send another offer on top of that price drop right away.

knifeaholic · ‎06-13-2022

It seems that Ebay only allows a bidder a maximum of three offers on an item.

After that, in my experience at least, Ebay won't even allow me to send an offer to that particular bidder for that item.

I think that is how it works, but maybe someone else knows more.

ulfesharpe · ‎06-13-2022

a) if the person watching is on your blacklist you won't be able to send an offer to that person

b) if you get another watcher while an offer is still active it takes a while before you can send the new person a new offer — I believe it's when yet another person starts watching in which case 2 persons will receive your offer

Not sure about b)

mtgraves7984 · ‎06-13-2022

Any short answer to this?

@fallgold4031

Heck no, dang it. 😐

It could be that you've sent that watcher an offer already which has expired, it could be that the watcher has been watching for several listing periods, it could be (as explained) that the watchers have the 'opt-out' ON... there are probably more reasons, too.

Another pet peeve... Why in my Seller Hub does it say 'Listings eligible to send offers' for 39 items? Then I try... and I can't.

Again, no short answer. 😑

luckythewinner · ‎06-13-2022

@fallgold4031 wrote:
Sometimes, I will have a buy it now item with a watcher. Sometimes it allows me to send an offer, and at other times it does not allow sending an offer. Any short answer to this? Thanks

eBay recognizes that these offers are essentially unsolicited email; i.e. "spam".

Therefore, eBay tightly controls who will receive an offer from you.

For example:

If the watcher has opted out of offers, they will not get an offer.
If the watcher has already received an offer from you for that item, they will not get another offer.
If the watcher has received too many offers from other sellers, they will not get an offer.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎06-13-2022

Eligible items for sending offers are items a buyer opts to watch or items added to cart that have been there for at least 5 days. That said, if the buyer has chosen not to receive marketing and sale emails from eBay you will not be able to send the offer.

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