Buy it now or Best Offer Category

[roddsville40]

I am a buyer and a seller on Ebay and think that if a seller offers an item for "Buy It Now or Best Offer" that they should be required to respond either by accepting, declining or counter-offering - not just ignoring the offer.  It leaves a bad feeling when you feel your offer has been ignored altogether.  If they are not willing to respond to best offer then don't make the listing that way!!

[zelly888]

I have experienced that it sometimes takes time for the seller to respond,once it took 3 days b4 I received a response and by the way it was declined.

[auuser1111]

A courteous yes or no would suffice. Although recently I discovered that at the end of a listing the offers are displayed and seeing my offer I made me think I probably wouldn't have replied to such a pitiful offer either 🙂

[thecatspjs]

Put a condition in that your offer will be null and void within xxx hours - thats what I do if I wish to speed up the offer process - and get back to shopping for the item I am looking to buy quicker.  

That way you have set your own timeline and can move on more quickly.

[retailtherapist_8]

Hahaha I get offers even when I am not soliciting them in my listing ! I do respond to everything the good the bad and the down right ugly. lol ( oh and there has been ugly!):|

[nicole-n-daz]

It is the right thing to do,So i always respond.

But when somebody offers you $2.00 for an item that you have $20.00 on.

You do feel like ignoring them.But some peoples offers are pretty rude as well.

[phorum_junkie*]

I can't be bothered with replying to ridiculously low offers so always have mine set to automatically accept or refuse.

As a buyer it wouldn't bother me at all if they didn't reply to my offer, I wouldn't be looking for a reply other than it appearing in my won items. I rarely look at the email accounts linked to my buying and posting ids.

[dotcomdotayu]

If I receive offers that are insultingly low (wow, insultingly is a word!), I immediate decline them. I don't even counter offer.

But I never EVER ignore an offer, and I don't ignore messages either.

I don't believe any decent seller should.

[retailtherapist_8]

Spot on dotcom! (hey I made a rhyme)

When I was young my parents incessantly quoted this to me:

" Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"......I  live my life by it in every aspect.

(and they say brainwashing children doesn't work hahahaha) 😮

[dotcomdotayu]

haha, oh brainwashing works! 😉

That's a good mantra to live by, Retail.

BTW .. I have to say this ... Every single time I see your name, I always see it as "Retail The Rapist". :^O

*wonders if a slap is coming for that* - *rolls eyes*