Pet Peeve from Potential buyers on Ebay. Your thoughts?

[suave1477]

Dear Members,

Just needed to vent for a moment and I am curious on your thoughts if this ever happens to you?

(Just an Example)
Let's say you list an item for $100 + $10 shipping.

You can email during the auction period from someone saying.

"Dear Seller, List it for $30 shipping included at a buy now and i'll buy it"

These emails really erk me.

First I don't mind the fact if you want to send me an email to negotiate on a price but if your going to make an offer. Please make it reasonable. If you see me listing something for $100 plus shipping what makes you think I am going to take a over a %70 loss on my item.
Something mroe reasonable like $80 or $90 is fair.

Second if you are even going to make me a ridiculous low ball offer at least you can do is actually ask instead of suggest.

(Regarding the example lowball offer above)
My response in my head is "Yeah no shit if I list it for $30 buy it now everyone would buy it"

But I am more cordial of course and reply back with a No Thank you.

Does this happen to anyone else or is it just me???

[lowell25]

This happens to me alot. I had game used Hank Blalock jersey listed bout' a year ago at $225 bin. Guy emailed me and to buy it for $65 because Hank played in that game on this guys birthday. (mlb hologram was on the jersey).

[perlman9]

Yea, low balls do get frustrating, but I guess its the "Never hurts to ask deal." I sell some Buckeye items directly for players like their champ rings, etc and the offers that come in are crazy and sometimes they really get upset with me when I make comment that the offer was way too low. I just got an email from someone saying he would pay $250 for a bowl worn jersey and $500 for a ring and when I said there was no way someone would sell it for that, they got mad at me saying their offer was more than fair. So I guess just takes all kinds and I do try to be helpful to those who may not be able to afford as much to get something, but I guess a lot of people are looking for something for nothing. Thanks American Pickers and Antique Roadshow...lol

[kudu]

I hate it when buyers send you a message saying you'll never sell your thing for $xxx amount of money, so I will offer you $2 for it right now. I just copy and paste their Ebay ID in my blocked buyers list so that they cannot bid on any of my auctions in the future.

With regards to Buy It now auctions on Ebay, I usually use the "best offer" option. That way the buyer can just send in their best offer, and if its a lowball offer you can just decline it.

[platinum1]

The best one are the guys that ask you to list a buy it now price and then never buy the item.

[suave1477]

The best one are the guys that ask you to list a buy it now price and then never buy the item.

Plat yeah I got a doozey of a customer like that. Not only did he haglle me to death in price on the item. Ended up making me relist it like 4 times and finally bought it. Refused to buy it directly from me!!

How do you like that one?

[tkd7]

Just say "my prices are firm, thanks for the interest" or add a best offer feature to the listing. No reason to debate a customer or send something negative. Yes, frustrating but its the price of doing business on ebay these days. Too many ways for ebay buyers to negatively impact sellers that it isn't worth it to handle it any other way.

[jobathenut]

Hey suave-My brother is going threw that right now.As he listed some items on there.And this person made several best offers and ran out of chances.As ebay only lets you make a certain amount of offers.So he tells my brother to lower the buy it now to amount he would buy it for.So my brother does.So i guess we will have to wait and see if he buys it.I told my brother not to change it.But then i dont do ebay, as it's a joke.For these reasons.People always looking to get to get a deal.It's a garage sale on there.Yeah i bet if you offered a item thats worth $100 for $30 you would sell it.But sometimes it's about getting back what you paid for the item or close to it.And most buyers have no clue about that on there.Good for you for responding to the person like that.I proberly would have worded it differently.Like why don't you just stick to garage sales.But then you are alot nicer than me.It's funny cause my brothers item is already at a great buy it now price.But it's all about getting a deal on there.Even if you are already getting one.-

Plat yeah I got a doozey of a customer like that. Not only did he haglle me to death in price on the item. Ended up making me relist it like 4 times and finally bought it. Refused to buy it directly from me!!

How do you like that one?

[suave1477]

Yea, low balls do get frustrating, but I guess its the "Never hurts to ask deal." ...lol

I wouldnt even mind as much if they did ask. But they dont. They just send me an email suggesting for me to relist my item at 1 tenth of the price and they will buy it.

Like yeah ok let me get right on that lol lol

[BULBUS]

I get plenty of those emails. I usually reply No Thanks, or I don't reply to the really ridiculous ones. Here is a recent email I received:

$109 FOR THIS ITEM IS A LITTLE OFF I THINK,BUT CALL ME AT ****** WHEN THE LISTING IS OVER IF YOU WILL TAKE $65.00 FOR IT,INCLUDING SHIPPING.THANKS,******

I was 109 shipped when Steiner sells the same item for 299 plus shipping. Needless to say, someone else paid the 109 shortly after this email.

-Chris