What ever happened to common courtesy?

[jessojoj2005]

What has happened to common courtesy , I put a bid in for an item a counter bid was sent back to me which I replied too , the auction ended and the Item was re-listed with no word from the seller , I have since put a new bid on the re- listed item and have still not heard back from the seller . Call me old fashioned but a quick reply from the seller thanking me for the bid but saying it's too low is to me simply courtesy and is bordering on being plain rude . Because there was no transaction I could not give feedback against the seller .

[collect247]

I'm sorry but the seller doesn't need to respond to you at all,have you heard of auto decline offers,a seller has this in place and therefore doesn't need to deal with a buyer.

And I'm confused as how you put in a bid on an auction and then received a counter offer???

When a seller has a buy it now and make an offer then when you make an offer the seller can accept it or not without having to let you know by automatically declining your offer.

[phorum_junkie*]

Do you mean you put in a Best Offer? If so sensible sellers have their listings set to auto accept or reject bids above or below the price range they will accept, they wouldn't even know you had made an offer if it was too low. Many sellers have hundreds of items for sale, sometimes across multiple ids so would not have time to do anything else but reply personally to emails. If you are after a pen friend try the social media sites but ebay transactions are a business relationship and nothing more.

[jessojoj2005]

Sorry I will a bit clearly I made an offer and seller sent a counter offer , I apologize I am a bit new making bids the majority of my purchases I have made using the buy it now price . Thanks

[collect247]

Ok then did you accept the counter offer or make another offer?

If you made another counter offer then the seller obviously didn't accept it by not responding to you,which a seller is by all means entitled not to respond back in this case.

[jessojoj2005]

I understand it's a business but it only takes a minute to to reply thanks but it's to low . There is a bit of courtesy in business too if you want people to buy from you .

[jessojoj2005]

Yes I made a counter offer , I wasn't expecting to see the item re- listed before hearing back from the seller . Thanks for telling me how it is on EBay .

[collect247 · Accepted solution]

Ok then you made a counter offer so if the seller isn't happy with that offer then you will not hear again from the seller that's how it works.

Don't take buying or selling on ebay to heart,if you don't get what you want then just move onto the next item,life is too short.

[jessojoj2005]

Thanks .

[collect247]

You're welcome