eBay "Make Offer" Sneakiness!

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Here's something sneaky from eBay.  I was using "Make Offer" for a small BIN item listed at $10.  I wanted to offer $7 so typed '7' in the "Your offer:" box, but before clicking the  "Review offer" button, a little text "tip" appeared underneath, saying,

Increase your offer

The seller will be more likely to respond if your offer is around AU $7.50

I found this a little amusing - how can eBay judge the likelihood of the seller responding?

I submitted my $7 offer, and of course it was accepted straight away and automatically!  The seller has set the minimum they'll accept for the item, eBay's system knows my $7 is high enough already and will be accepted, but "encourages" me to go with a higher offer anyway!

Great for sellers, but dishonest and misleading to buyers.

[marwi_3023]

By the way that is one of my many other ebay accounts

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@marwi_3023 wrote:
Because I'm obviously a complete liar

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In case you need to check

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why the agro? I don’t recall anyone questioning the truth of what you had posted.

Many of us just made the observation that if a seller starts an auction at $10 then why would they accept an offer of $10 before any bids had even been made.  By your own admission you said it might reach $100, which just strengthens the case for a seller rejecting a $10 or even $12 offer . . . . . . . even if it subsequently attracts no bids or 

Congrats on getting it for opening bid, that happens a lot nowadays.

[go-tazz]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@marwi_3023Congrats on getting it for opening bid, that happens a lot nowadays.

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More and more often,(even with 4 or 5 watchers which used to mean a chance of more bids).

I wonder if they put in that opening bid and more then one gets rejected and they don't have time for

another bid,(or more then likely they will only pay the opening bid price),

That's a lesson I learned early on,(put the starting price as the minimum you want),