Getting bombarded with offers on items in my Watch lost

[maddimasonau]

Can eBay please disable this ?? Just because I have an item in my watch list doesn't mean I'm going to buy it. I find this very rude and annoying and every time a seller hassles me with an offer I will delete it from my watch list and they lose out.

Please disable it !!

[maddimasonau]

Sorry that's mean to be List not Lost.

[brerrabbit585]

Ebay don't read here. I think you'll just have to learn to ignore it. Look at it from the seller's point of view - they often get annoyed by watchers never doing anything.

[sandypebbles]

I always have things on my watch list

I have NEVER had an offer from a SELLER. Auto messages from eBay, yes but never from a seller

Surprised to learn a seller would even know what any potential buyer has in the watch list....maybe it is a new thing 

As mentioned, nobody here can disable it for you, any more than you could do it for another buyer

[brerrabbit585]

It's been discussed before and has been around a while now. Sellers can make offers to people who have the item on their watchlist, but they don't know who the buyers are.

I've had a couple of offers pretty soon after I put things on my watchlist, which tells me they were pretty desperate. They may as well have just lowered the price and not bothered with the offers to watchers.

[kopenhagen5]

Yes it's been around for some time.

And if you select active listings then all the watchers a seller can send offers to has a big blue button.

I find it usefull.

Have had some sales using it and yesterday I received an offer for some car hub bearings I've had in the watchlist.

Normally 325, they sent an offer of 234, that's a decent discount. Thank you very much. 

[Anonymous]

I have no problem with offers, i love it. Always get a bargain. 🙂👍

[tazzieterror]

I like offers as well. Tells me a seller is willing to negotiate on price. And the sooner after listing the offer comes through, the more negotiable I find the price tends to be!

[zanadoo_56]

I've been sent offers for items on my watch list.  Some I have ignored, but one I received was for a scarce collectable item - I think it was around 17% off - and I jumped at the chance to get it cheaper than the listed price.

I've seen another very rare item and the seller has activated the make an offer option.  Tricky.  If a seller sends an offer then I know how much they are willing to knock off the advertised price.  If I have to make an offer (especially for a rare item) it's much harder to decide what to do.  The item is expensive for what it is, and I don't want to insult the seller with a too low offer so at the moment I just can't decide.  I'd love to own it but right now it would almost be a relief if someone beat me to it.

[joztamps]

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@maddimasonau wrote:
Can eBay please disable this ?? Just because I have an item in my watch list doesn't mean I'm going to buy it. I find this very rude and annoying and every time a seller hassles me with an offer I will delete it from my watch list and they lose out.

Please disable it !!

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How do they lose out if you weren't going to buy it?