Unbelievable

[jitterbug2003]

I just starting selling again after along period of not selling. I read everything I thought which took along time to read for rules and selling. Took a while to even read through the listing process. Ebay has put, or best offer in my listings on their own. I never even read they would do that in directions. Now I have two people giving me best offers five at a time. Listing one more penny than last time and the other one is a joke. How do I get rid of them? 

[18704d]

Revise your listings

and remove Best Offer

Lynn

[nobody*s_perfect]

The limit is 5 offers per listing, so after those 5 you're done with them. Just ignore the offers.  Or you could take the trouble to put those members on your blocked-bidder list.

[patd3283]

In the future use Advanced Listings.

Patd

[jitterbug2003]

Thank you so much. It wouldn't let me change them unless I revised so I did. I still want to know why I missed reading it in sell catagory stating they would be putting it in. So in 24 hours if you don't respond you sell the item at their price? Late monday night might be fun buying at $1.00.  Some people work the poles from 5am to 10 pm and will not be on ebay for sure. Wonder who sat around a table and came up with that idea?

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@jitterbug2003 wrote:

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 .... So in 24 hours if you don't respond you sell the item at their price? Late monday night might be fun buying at $1.00....

An offer or counteroffer is valid for 48 hours or until the listing ends, whichever comes first.  If the seller doesn't respond to the offer within 48 hours, it just expires.  The seller is under no obligation to accept any offer. The seller can decline or even just ignore any and all offers.

[jitterbug2003]

Thank you so much. I did not know that.  All I seen was a timer count down like the auction was finished.  It's more complicated than it use to be.  The ten responds I had on the same item was too much. Can't even image what people do with lot's of auctions up.

[pburn]

While it's really important to read all eBay's rules for selling, all the seller updates, the entire verbiage of the Money Back Guarantee, and maybe even the help pages on buying, I feel it's equally important to read these discussion board threads for a couple of weeks. Go back maybe a month and read old ones, and certainly keep up with new ones. You'll learn more here about scams people perpetrate, unusual issues with shipping, glitches with refunds, etc., on this boards than eBay will ever explain to you. I know you're not new to eBay or the discussion boards, but things are changing all the time.

[patd3283]

Jitterbug, as I said above, use the Advanced Listing Tool (top right of search page) and you won't have this problem.

Patd

[7606dennis]

Instead of declining the offer immediately, let it expire.  That will probably cut out some of their offers.  Of course, placing them on your BBL is also recommended.

Of course, there is an advantage to receiving offers from potential buyers over simply having them just buy.  By making an offer they allow you to view their feedback left page and their bid retraction record.  That way you can screen buyers.

[coolections]

Holy smokes.... I can see why you think those folks are giving you low offers. You may want to check completed listings and compare your asking prices to other sellers who've sold the same type items.

[robot-hands]

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@coolections wrote:

Holy smokes.... I can see why you think those folks are giving you low offers. You may want to check completed listings and compare your asking prices to other sellers who've sold the same type items.

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Yeah, that's all they are going to get is "low" offers.

Some re-search is in order, this place is not the ebay of 2007, when money grew on trees.

[helloandgoodmorning]

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@jitterbug2003 wrote:

Ebay has put, or best offer in my listings on their own. I never even read they would do that in directions.

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It's in the user agreement that eBay can do that. I don't think it's in the policy pages.

eBay does this when you use the quick listing tool or the app to list and they do it for new sellers.

Listen to the other posters who said you should research these items using the Sold filter to see what people are actually paying for them.

[penguins_dont_fly]

@jitterbug2003

You may want to search "Pyrex Red Cherries and Gingham"  (The correct pattern name) for those bowls.

Look at sold listings for pricing ... Your starting bid is $10 over the most current sold's BIN price ... and they took a best offer on them.

Also, measurements and model #s would help.  Are they 2L, 1.5, 1 ... 

[gracieallen01]

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@jitterbug2003 wrote:

Thank you so much. It wouldn't let me change them unless I revised so I did. I still want to know why I missed reading it in sell catagory stating they would be putting it in. So in 24 hours if you don't respond you sell the item at their price? Late monday night might be fun buying at $1.00.  Some people work the poles from 5am to 10 pm and will not be on ebay for sure. Wonder who sat around a table and came up with that idea?

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I don't think it is in the 'policies'.  I believe it was an announcement - in one of the multiple 'Seller Update' announcements, that seem to be getting more frequent.

ebay doesn't really care who sells what, or for how much - just as long as someone sells something, preferably, sooner than later.