Took Best Offer OFF of most Listings - still keep getting Emails??

[katzrul15]

Best offer was just not working well for us - so we removed it from most listings.

It is after midnight here and just received this email:

Hello I would like to purchase this by tonight I can send the payment right away if you’d just give me a 2$ off discount I could pay 45$ plus the shipping price. Could you send me that offer now I’d be happy to accept it, thank you! ♥️

It is currently on sale - 10% off and shipping has an .85 handling fee to try and offset fees on tax.

Would you?  There is no Best Offer on this listing and while I "want" to sell this - is not wanting to reduce it by another $2 petty as a Seller?  This is promoted listing, so I will have those fees and since this is not a Best offer, I have no idea where this Seller lives, so it is likely West Coast as her "night" still applies. 

We usually wait for our price, but sales have been slower this month.  ☹️ 

[ckimodog]

I noticed on two of my listings had best offer attached and I opted out of best offer, because ebay was suggesting 50% off of the original price. I don't think so.  They're sneaky that way.  Keep an eye  on your listings...best of luck. ☺

[ckimodog]

That's what I do!  ☺

[thuylinh.ng78]

If you don't want to make that offer, just refuse it.

[gjs_16]

All of this salesy stuff has worked best for us simply by us NOT being the cheapest.
When we were the cheapest, it attracted those wanting even more.
Crazy as it might sound, one would think being the cheapest won't result in further lowballing since there are no others lower, however from a buyer's perspective the seller is already bending over backwards so why not a little more?

Now, we're not saying that lowballing doesn't happen now, but at least we have a little wiggle room.

So in conclusion, if I have an item marked at $25 and I can't even give 1 dollar off?
That means my price is too low.

Mark it up.

[schutzen-jager]

i also put note in listings to only ask questions about item + i will not deviate from any posted terms of listings + block anyone that does -

[lightlily_arts]

Only you can decide.  I don't generally have Best Offers on my items unless they have a higher value with some wiggle room.  At the end of the day what are your costs versus their offer?  I had an item marked down by 50% and a buyer wanted an additional 20%.  I said no as I was already losing money yet they persisted and I still said no.  This was an antique item.  Finally they paid my price.  When a buyer messages you with an offer can't you see their location?

[femmefan1946]

Members can now make offers on any listing, whether the seller opts into Best Offer or not.

This has been true for a couple of years.

But like Best Offer, the seller can accept, refuse, counter -offer, or ignore.

It's business, not personal.

I have found on Best Offers that the best option is to give the price under which any BO will be refused.

And I have seen automatically accepted BOs where the customer had made a few offers that were automatically refused.

I didn't have to deal with those at all.

I only see the ones where I might accept.

In a few cases, I have the automatic acceptance enabled, and that makes things easy too.

I am old and tired.

Don't make me work for it, I have enough to handle.

[vintagecraze50]

If you give some folks an inch-they want to take a mile.

[katzrul15]

Thanks for all the replies - we ignored the email sent (since it is not a Best Offer, e-bay gives you no info, it is just an email saying "hey give me an offer") and they bought at 3:34 am e-Bay time and paid as we have immediate payment required.  It is headed to Texas.

It wasn't a matter of not being able to "afford" to take $2.42 less - we have $6 in the item as our cost to acquire - it really is more a matter of we set a price, we put it on sale for 10% off (which I still think is a reasonable sale, but who knows) and while there were several used - we had the only one new/sealed.  

Wish I had seen the post about raising my price before I went to bed, because I think I would have.

Every day we get emails asking us to "lower" our prices as there are "eyes on your items" or in their carts or some sort of carp.  

We could always sell it cheaper.  I just usually don't want to.  BUT, I was tempted to as sales are slower this month - I dunno why this winds me up so much, but we don't gouge on pricing or shipping and we are pretty fair - its why we gave up pretty much on Best offer - every offer we'd receive, you could see the system had rejected 3 lowball offers before they even got into our "low" range.  Whats the point of negotiating with someone who has essentially no offers left, started $25 under your asking price as whose 4th offer is still lower than you likely wish to sell it for?  Just too much work to net $30.

[jonathankirkland]

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@2013grotz wrote:

@jonathankirkland 

I've read that lots, but I've read similar stories to mine.  Listings set to confirm "Best Offer" is off, no app or "easy listing tool", yet gets turned on by ebay.  I even got this laudatory little message when mine got set to "Best Offer" without my consent (unless there's some kind of global setting I'm not aware of that comes in behind me and switches that on).

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Yeah now THAT really is lousy, trying to FORCE sellers into it.

And again, it puts all buyers into the mentality that they can/should make offers on any listing, regardless if they are welcome or not.

[jonathankirkland]

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@katzrul15 wrote:

We could always sell it cheaper.  I just usually don't want to.  BUT, I was tempted to as sales are slower this month - I dunno why this winds me up so much, but we don't gouge on pricing or shipping and we are pretty fair - its why we gave up pretty much on Best offer - every offer we'd receive, you could see the system had rejected 3 lowball offers before they even got into our "low" range.  Whats the point of negotiating with someone who has essentially no offers left, started $25 under your asking price as whose 4th offer is still lower than you likely wish to sell it for?  Just too much work to net $30.

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It's a psychological thing. But try not to let it wind you up too much. If you're in a position where you're not desperate for sales for your livelihood and rather you just want to observe steady sales, don't lower prices just to achieve that goal. Only time I'd recommend lowering prices and hoping not to appear desperate is if someone is, in fact, desperate.

Hopefully none of us get to that point!

But yes, I've heard on many occasions the ol raising the price trick works, especially if an item is unique or in much better shape than others listed. Yours will stand out. And there is also some kind of psychological thing behind it. Some buyers brains: "That item is in better shape than the others so why is it priced cheaper? Must be something hidden wrong with it, I am going to stay away from it."

[katzrul15]

Why in the he77 did I not BBL this before I went to bed?  I KNEW better......**bleep**?  It is SUNDAY - she bought a little before 4am e-bay time (7am my time) and ALREADY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN IT WILL SHIP?

[katzrul15]

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@jonathankirkland wrote:

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@katzrul15 wrote:

We could always sell it cheaper.  I just usually don't want to.  BUT, I was tempted to as sales are slower this month - I dunno why this winds me up so much, but we don't gouge on pricing or shipping and we are pretty fair - its why we gave up pretty much on Best offer - every offer we'd receive, you could see the system had rejected 3 lowball offers before they even got into our "low" range.  Whats the point of negotiating with someone who has essentially no offers left, started $25 under your asking price as whose 4th offer is still lower than you likely wish to sell it for?  Just too much work to net $30.

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It's a psychological thing. But try not to let it wind you up too much. If you're in a position where you're not desperate for sales for your livelihood and rather you just want to observe steady sales, don't lower prices just to achieve that goal. Only time I'd recommend lowering prices and hoping not to appear desperate is if someone is, in fact, desperate.

Hopefully none of us get to that point!

But yes, I've heard on many occasions the ol raising the price trick works, especially if an item is unique or in much better shape than others listed. Yours will stand out. And there is also some kind of psychological thing behind it. Some buyers brains: "That item is in better shape than the others so why is it priced cheaper? Must be something hidden wrong with it, I am going to stay away from it."

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We have (2) in college at the same time.  e-Bay used to be how we paid for the extras and textbooks, parking fees, emergencies (which to DD is shoes for some dance and for DS, it is always a Pizza emergency)

We would have starved this year if e-Bay was our sole income.  lol  (no offense meant to anyone who relies solely on this platform or any other - we gave up trying to make this gig work a long time ago).

We make good money off of the River - but lately only really thru FBA and that just adds to the fees.  

I Need to quit worrying about the minutia on here and stick to my spidey-sense.  If someone is going to haggle with you about $2, then who knows what fresh he77 awaits on this transaction.  

[inhawaii]

Buyers can always message you with an offer even if your listings are not set up to accept offers.

You have the 3 choices...

A) Accept

B) Deny

C) Ignore

[katzrul15]

Yes and "C" should always be the answer *(at least for us)

I am tempted to put $2 in the box with the item and a sticky note to indicate here is the $2 you wanted.

Need a vacation.