on โ28-03-2019 03:54 PM
Some idiot had an item he listed for $14 AUD and I made an 'best offer' of $7 AUD and he rejected the offer, then banned me. There was not a word exchanged between us, all that was exchanged was a 'best off'. Which is fine. Wouldn't want to deal with that cockroache anyway. But why can I still see his listings? It's like ebay is trying to troll me. If I can't buy anything from this jerk, why do I have to see his listings?
on โ28-03-2019 09:49 PM
...additionally, a number where I retracted bids I resubmitted new bids and a lot of them I ended up winning.
on โ28-03-2019 09:51 PM
your budget is no concern to sellers.
What if that seller relies on their eBay sales to put food on the table? Your lowball offer might be the difference between them having a junior burger or a Big Mac!
on โ28-03-2019 09:52 PM
@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:your budget is no concern to sellers.
What if that seller relies on their eBay sales to put food on the table? Your lowball offer might be the difference between them having a junior burger or a Big Mac!
No one has a gun to their head. I am just making a harmless offer!
on โ28-03-2019 09:53 PM
.... I certainly don't expect anything, as you keep on insisting! I am seeing if he is prepared to sell it for what I am prepared to buy it for and if not, then that's that.
on โ28-03-2019 10:07 PM
@kidres0 wrote:.... I certainly don't expect anything, as you keep on insisting! I am seeing if he is prepared to sell it for what I am prepared to buy it for and if not, then that's that.
At which point, given he would undoubtedly have the same attitude about all of his stock, his banning you is irrelevant. You seem unlikely to buy at list price (or a decent whack of it), he won't entertain lowball offers.
This way you can't accidentally waste each other's time.
โ28-03-2019 10:14 PM - edited โ28-03-2019 10:16 PM
If your only attempt at buying a card today was this card, would you have offered 80% of the asking price?
on โ28-03-2019 10:15 PM
@davewil1964 wrote:
@kidres0 wrote:.... I certainly don't expect anything, as you keep on insisting! I am seeing if he is prepared to sell it for what I am prepared to buy it for and if not, then that's that.
At which point, given he would undoubtedly have the same attitude about all of his stock, his banning you is irrelevant. You seem unlikely to buy at list price (or a decent whack of it), he won't entertain lowball offers.
This way you can't accidentally waste each other's time.
Ban people based on assumptions. I didn't want any of his other stock. It's all rubbish to me, save the one incomplete set of cards with an unspecified number of duplicates that I can get complete for twice the cost if I wanted it that badly. I bid what I thought it was worth. Come to think of it, that is not even low balling so I regret even using your language in that regard.
If he thinks he can get more for it, good for him. But his listed price doesn't even compete given I have bought 3 sets of complete decks for under $20 AUD. A complete set of cards, no repeats, for $18 AUD (the last one I bought, the two before that I believe were $17 AUD all including postage and handling) versus his incomplete set containing who knows how many duplicates of a worse artist that few probably remember and are even searching on ebay for 75% of that cost? I offered almost what I thought it was worth, expect him to counter offer.
If you don't want people to offer, don't put that feature on your listing!
on โ28-03-2019 10:15 PM
@davewil1964 wrote:
@kidres0 wrote:.... I certainly don't expect anything, as you keep on insisting! I am seeing if he is prepared to sell it for what I am prepared to buy it for and if not, then that's that.
At which point, given he would undoubtedly have the same attitude about all of his stock, his banning you is irrelevant. You seem unlikely to buy at list price (or a decent whack of it), he won't entertain lowball offers.
This way you can't accidentally waste each other's time.
Good point. Finding they're blocked means they don't waste time making offers that won't be accepted anyway.
on โ28-03-2019 10:21 PM
No. But I may have considered it in a month when I had not spent so much above my monthly quota.
on โ28-03-2019 10:32 PM
So you now have THREE complete sets and you're looking to bolster that with incomplete sets.
It would seem there are more things here than meet the eye.
Like maybe screwing sellers getting bargains as an investment. Instead of stocks. Rare earths are the go at the moment.