Make An Offer

[hilux22r]

Why do Ebay allow sellers to have , make an offer option if they do not respond to the offer, I have encountered this many times over a period with multiple different sellers and none of them even respond . Ebay should be actively stamping this behaviour out . In the meantime, while waiting for the offer to expire i sometimes will not buy from other sellers while waiting for an answer that never comes . I then go to bricks and mortar shops and will shop and purchase locally from those stores and give Ebay a miss for a few months costing other honest sellers a chance to sell items .

Why have / offer it and then ignore genuine buyers .

[sandypebbles]

Ask the seller why

Or ask eBay why

Sellers are not obligated to respond

Especially if it happens to be a low ball offer

eBay also have been known to insert offers without the seller's knowledge

eBay do not know or care if you buy elsewhere

There is a lot of behaviour eBay should 'stamp out'

100% up to you if you make the choice not to buy from someone else

If you are that unhappy with the seller not responding within the timeframe you want them to, why would you want to buy from them anyway?  Buy from the other seller and if the best offer seller does respond, simply tell them they made you wait too long

[shoppingbag*]

If the offer was reasonable, then their loss for not responding.  If the offer was insultingly low, then no wonder they didn't respond.

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

when you make an offer, what % of the original asking price is your first offer?

I used to sell Pentax K1000 film cameras.  I had Buy-Now prices of around $450 on the good ones, with Make an Offer on some.

Some members would offer $50 on a $450 B-I-N listing.

Offering just 11% of my asking price would see that member placed on my Blocked Buyer List before I declined the offer.

Anything below 80% of the asking price would be considered lowballing by many sellers.  On a $450 item, 80% would be $360.

So, again, what % have your ignored offers been?

[springyzone]

I understand exactly where you are coming from and agree.

If a seller has 'make an offer' on their items, then I don't accept the argument they should just  'ignore low ball offers'. In my opinion, they should actually have blocks in place, that would make a lot more sense.

That way, anyone who made a stupid offer would get an immediate rejection.

I think things are better than they used to be as I think at one stage, sellers had about 48 hours in which to get back to you, while these days (if I recall rightly) you can shorten the time frame.

But a seller who doesn't have their auto blocks in place should be prepared to respond yes or no to offers within 24 hours.

I agree, waiting around to find out if a seller accepts an offer or not can be a bit annoying. That's why I think most times, sellers should just put their auto responses in place.  Buyers like to know where things are at asap. If I make an offer and don't get an immediate rejection, then I assume my offer is in the ballpark or close enough for consideration.

The sellers I dislike the most are ones where they have make an offer and you get an auto rejection even if you are only seeking 5% or less discount. I have had that happen in the past and I wondered-why even offer it in the first place?

I have to say I have not struck problems with make an offer in recent times, it has all been fast and smooth, but I do recall a few annoying instances from other years.