Best Offer???

[Anonymous]

Is it just me or have other people had in the last couple of weeks absolutely ridiculous best offers for their items?  I research all my items and look at prices for which similar items have sold for, so I know they are not too expensive.

In the last two weeks I have had 5 "best offers" all of which have been below 50% of the "Buy it Now" price.  Instead of declining the offer I send a nice message with a counteroffer.  I never here from these people ever again.

Is this happening to other sellers too?

[davewil1964]

No.

The only items I have best offer on are those that I am not sure of value. Or when I am prepared to accept a bit less for a sale. Even then the threshold is around 80% of BIN. Automated. No umming and ahhing.

If you habitually offer 'best offer' without a minimum stiupulated, then you can hardly blame buyers for trying it on.

[4946marks]

I agree with you more and more time waisters are sending thru stupid bids example the other day $35 BIN OR BEST OFFER offer sent was $6.35 too many tyre kickers out there its about time ebay shook up all the deadwood and cleaned them out  once and for all its getting too hard might be better off doing a garage sale aleast if they want they pay for it

[davewil1964]

You have the option to not offer best offer, or to only accept offers within a stipulated range.

if you choose to offer 'best offer' on everything, without parameters, then you will naturally get tyre kickers. But that is your choice - maybe decide that the 'Buy It Now' price is a buy it now price? Or set your prices at market value?

[maconii]

I have parameters set up for my best offer items and it's definitely worth it. If I didn't have them up, I would get $1.00 offers for $4-10 items everyday....

[retailtherapist_8]

You dont have to have "best offer" as an option on your listings to get stupid offers sent to you. While really annoying I put it down to just part of the whole ebay experience.

I try to be as polite as I can in my responses, needless to say I have developed  a horrible habit of biting my lip and a somewhat disturbing tick in my eye, oh and a really disturbing itchy rash hahahhaha

[amber-eyed-girl]

the cure for that might be a nice glass of champagne Reta

or one of these

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[retailtherapist_8]

amber ya gotta luvvvvv the silly season picked up my fave veuve clicquot on a 2 fer sale  , New Years Eve should cure me hahaha hiccup!

[springyzone]

I would agree with dave. I think, from what I have read, that you can set it to automatically reject offers that are below a set point. That way you won't have to bother replying personally.

Why not do that? Of course people will offer low to start with, just to see how it goes. If they are serious though, they will come back with as econd or third offer that is higher. If they don't and you have it set on auto reject for low offers, no bother.

I like best offer but what it signals to me as a buyer is I would be silly to pay full price before making a lower offer.

[billexploited]

ebay should be bring back reserve prices unlike best offer there are so many cheapskates out there