What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

[3arod13]

What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

We all have expressed the many frustrations we have had when dealing with bidders.

One that really gets on my nerves is when you are selling a high dollar item, and someone makes an offer of $1, $5, or $10 for it.

What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

[sammy]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

When that happens on an item I have, I just ignore the offer and place that person on my "restricted bidder" list.

Their joke has cost them any chance in the future to bid on my items, and hopefully, they will see something they really want.

[3arod13]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

When that happens on an item I have, I just ignore the offer and place that person on my "restricted bidder" list.

Their joke has cost them any chance in the future to bid on my items, and hopefully, they will see something they really want.

Sammy, I also do the same. I even had one biidder email me when they tried to bid again on one of my items they really wanted, and they found themselves blocked.

[34swtns]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

Simple explanation:

ebay is slam-full of morons.

[dcrules01]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

Uneducated buyers are the worst.Another thing I hate when a seller has an item for $250 or BO and you offer him $200 and he comes back with $245 what is the point of the Best offer?

[allstarsplus]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

We all have expressed the many frustrations we have had when dealing with bidders.

One that really gets on my nerves is when you are selling a high dollar item, and someone makes an offer of $1, $5, or $10 for it.

What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

You guys have to start using the AUTO DECLINE feature. Out of sight, out of mind. There are idiots everywhere!!!!

Here's an idiot I Auto Declined:

User ID holyspartan489 ( 24) Not a registered user US $1.00 You automatically declined Dec-27-07 14:11:07 PST95070

This screenshot shows what the seller is shown when setting up the Best Offer feature. Simply click on Automatically decline offers lower than $_______ The bidder gets an immediate email that they have been declined.

Originally Posted by 34swtns Simple explanation:

ebay is slam-full of morons.

eBay is a mirror image of society. There are morons everywhere. Don't you wish you had AUTO DECLINE when some moron comes to your place of business and says something totally moronic---kind of like the trap door in the floor like on the Adam's Family.

[3arod13]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

You guys have to start using the AUTO DECLINE feature. Out of sight, out of mind. There are idiots everywhere!!!!

Here's an idiot I Auto Declined:

User ID holyspartan489 ( 24) Not a registered user US $1.00 You automatically declined Dec-27-07 14:11:07 PST95070

This screenshot shows what the seller is shown when setting up the Best Offer feature. Simply click on Automatically decline offers lower than $_______ The bidder gets an immediate email that they have been declined.

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eBay is a mirror image of society. There are morons everywhere. Don't you wish you had AUTO DECLINE when some moron comes to your place of business and says something totally moronic---kind of like the trap door in the floor like on the Adam's Family.

Andrew, thanks! I'll start using that feature.

[intheminors]

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I never thought I would have so many bidders on my restricted list. It's sad. And, yes, I wish I had that feature in real life. For those of you that don't know, I work in arguably the biggest bar in Texas. You can only imagine how many idiots I see on a regular basis.

Kyle

[earlywynnfan]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

I never thought I would have so many bidders on my restricted list. It's sad. And, yes, I wish I had that feature in real life. For those of you that don't know, I work in arguably the biggest bar in Texas. You can only imagine how many idiots I see on a regular basis.

Kyle

As a grade-school teacher, I have always said DARE would be much more effective if we took a field trip to a bar at 1:30 am. Sit and listen to the drunks for a while, kiddies, and see if you want to be one!!

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[David]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

I'm not advocating this technique, but I know an eBay seller who told a non-payer that, unless he paid, he would set up multiple phony accounts and start bidding in his auctions and not paying. The buyer paid right away.

[jetersbatboy]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

I am currently listing what I think is a great looking Arod C271L 2007 gamer on eBay. Shortly after listing it, I received a email offering me $150 for the bat, the buyer stated he felt this was the current market value. I sent him a email back declining his offer but thanks for the intrest. A few hours later I receive another email from the same guy stating and I quote " are you an idiot, I am offering you good money for that peice of crap. I drop my offer to $100 let me know when you come to your senses." I just didn't respond to his last email. It make me thinks twice about having my email in my listing, but having it in there has work out for great off eBay trades and sales.

[godwulf]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

As someone else noted, eBay is a microcosm of the world...and anyone who has to deal with the public on a regular basis knows what a crapshoot that can be.

I haven't done much selling on eBay - probably fewer than 200 items over ten years, and nothing at all in a couple of years - but I did receive some very strange correspondence in the course of some of those transactions.

One Buyer in Tucson won eight or nine items one night, and immediately began emailing me with instructions on how the things were to be packaged, instructions on how I was to write the feedback that I left for him (!) and pleading with me to write and post at least one positive feedback for him right away, before he'd even made payment. (I declined.)

I actually didn't have a lot of faith that this nut would even make payment, but he did, I packaged the items like I always do - well - and it all ended okay for everyone. I saw where some Seller had left a Negative feedback for the guy, and that the nut had retaliated with a Neg of his own, and the accusation that the guy was "persecuting him because of his disability".

Okay...

[otismalibu]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

It make me thinks twice about having my email in my listing

Scott,

Well, you now have his email seeing he sent you a direct message and didn't have to go thru eBay.

So maybe you want to sign him up for the Picture Of The Day service that I've heard certain websites offer.

[jetersbatboy]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

Otis,
I thought about that. I was thinking Steiner seeing as how the send at least half a dozen emails a day, with prices that are market value. (and one of those XXX sites for good measure)

[BergerKing22784]

Re: What satisfaction do bidders get out of doing this?

I am assuming you are talking about having like a 200 buy it now and people offering like 2 bucks for it.

I love the best offer function I am forever using it. I sometimes use it to prove to a seller their want value is a little high.

For example I have been looking at Wake vs Maryland tickets for like a month and a half now and saw a trend of seats with face value of 80-90 bucks for a pair going for like like half that like 35-40 bucks. For some reason or another I was never around when final bidding happened so I lost out on some of those auctions.

This one seller had like 5 or 6 auctions up for this game selling simliar seats same section but the prices varied. He would have some listed at 79.99 with a best offer function than others with no best offer function at 49.99 for seats in the same section within rows of each other. So I would send him a best offer of 48.99 and he always declined and sent me a counter for 72.99 it made no sense to me why he kept doing this. We went back and fourth doing this for 2 weeks until I finally ended up getting 2 tickets and a parking pass from another seller for cheaper than my best offer to him.



While the auto decline feature is cool I hate how after so many offers you make get declined you can no longer make offers on that item. The seller doesnt have to go in and click decline on the offer so only persons time who is being wasted is mine. I want to just make offers until I find a price they would at least consider. There are good deals to be had using best offer. My buddy and myself use it and he more so than me has gotten jerseys more than half off the starting bid price.