Should I block Insulting Buyer

[m60driver]

Listed a booklet awhile ago that was probably self-published.  The item does not show up anywhere else on the internet, not Amazon, not ABE , nowhere.  Sent an offer to this watcher who countered with a bit of a low ball offer.  I countered half way.  Then this jack-o'-lantern counters with an offer all of 50¢ above his original offer.  Normally I would just ignore such an insult.  But I thought to myself that now I don't really want to sell the book at my original offer price or at any price to this person.  The question is should I get really petty and block the buyer? 

And yea, I am feeling a bit frisky today.

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

I would decline with no message, and just move on. 

[chapeau-noir]

This ^^  I would also not feel insulted - it's this individual who is acting petty and ridiculous.  They can purchase or not, no skin off your nose.

[katzrul15]

@m60driver 

How much are we talking about here?  $10?  $20?  More?

If I am not interested after they counter - I let it time out.  I think that sends a clear message that as a Seller, I am not interested in their counter.  Usually too, I check the box to not allow a counter-offer if I am offering as low as I am willing to go.

If you are the only one with it on the WWW......I would just let it time out and see what happens.  You are the only one with it and only 1 watcher........might be years before someone gets interested again.  Good luck!

[onefootflipper]

Let the offer time out but don't block them, they might be the only one ever interested and might show up and buy it full price later on.

[lepke1979]

In these cases I will normally just counter with a penny below the list price.

[coolections]

They made an offer and then let you know their offer WAS their best offer. No need to feel offended and call them names for it. Just ignore if you do not want to accept their offer.

[coolections]

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@lepke1979 wrote:

In these cases I will normally just counter with a penny below the list price.

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Then you really should not even be using best offer. Just use BIN immediate payment required.

[chapeau-noir]

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@lepke1979 wrote:

In these cases I will normally just counter with a penny below the list price.

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😂

[movieman630]

Yes.  Use the BBL for rude, obnoxious people or people who abuse return policies, etc.

[luckythewinner]

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@m60driver wrote:

The question is should I get really petty and block the buyer? 

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A buyer disagrees with your estimate for the price of something that has no defined value and you can find no comparable listing anywhere on the internet. 

Since you declined his initial offer, I suspect he countered at 50 cents higher to give you one more chance to reconsider his original offer. 

No, I would not block the buyer.

[farmalljr]

You can't really call the offer "rude". There are a lower limits to offers you can use. If someone offers at or below that threshold, you never see the offer, it's automatically declined. 

You obviously have not used that feature, so just assume what the buyer is offering, isn't meant as an insult. Maybe the price they have offered is ALL they feel the item is worth. The price you are asking, IS what you feel your item is worth. Neither of you are right, until the item sells for whatever it ends up selling for. 

When a seller choses to allow offers, you can't say that buyers are offering "insulting" offers. I mean, you the seller have the control to take offers or not. And you certainly have the tools to control the amount of an offer a buyer can offer. 

I've run into this same situation. I will usually counter offer one time. If they do the same as yours did, I will just decline and move on. The more offers the item gets, the more likely it is to get shown to more people. 

[m60driver]

Interesting the variety of responses.  Now that I have slept on it I have decided not to block the buyer.  But when I relist the item I will relist at full price and will not send out any offers to watchers.  There will be someone out there interested enough in the booklet to buy it at full price, it just might take awhile.  Usually I respond to a really low ball offer by ignoring it, the sender gets the message.  I think my ending the listing sends that same message to the buyer regarding how I feel about his 50¢ increase and adds a little extra to that message.

[titipeo]

When I saw the subject heading I wondered to myself why ask, that's an auto block for me. then I read the thread and wondered where is the insult. I do not see any of buyers action insulting, but rather to me, the buyer is a low-ball and wants to get is cheap. A lot of buyers are like that. If the value is not of your liking, either let it time out or decline, simple as that. 

[sextons-sweet-deals]

Sounds like the booklet could be old and rare if you can't find it listed anywhere else on the internet.

I would have probably blocked! Offered you low ball and countered with a .50 raise in offer.  They are wasting your time when you could be doing something more productive.