Stupid offers.

[thewishingmagic]

Why do some buyers on Ebay send ridiculous low offers that are never going to be accepted.

You wouldn't go to a retail store and offer them a third of their advertised price and expect a positive outcome, so why on Ebay?

[joethenuts]

$100K A year at coles   lucky there prices are coming down  down  down ,

you must eat a lot wow

[digital*ghost]

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@repentatleisure1952 wrote:

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Hi dg !

Funny you should mention Coles !

I regularly bargain with our local Coles manager & have a fair degree of success.....mind you this is a small town & we do spend about $100k per year there. However I do the same with any b & m store no matter how big or small......40% off is quite common.

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Lucky 🙂 A manager would have more authority to negotiate, I suppose, but the checkout operators and deli assistants etc would get in trouble in most cases - I live in suburban Adelaide, too, so you can go to the same supermarket for years and rarely - if ever - see a manager let along get on a first-name basis. Some franchises are very strict about stuff like that, too, every penny has to be accounted for so an unauthorised discount could get an employee fired. 

I might ask if I was buying something in bulk, I have done before (on eBay) where the package was for 20 of something and I was after 500, and even then I just asked if there might be a quanity discount if I bought that many, and if so what it would be, but I couldn't do it if just casual shopping at retail outlets. I'm more the type to just ask for a quote, then quietly decide if I'm prepared to pay that, and if not I move on to somewhere else. ._.

[cq_tech]

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@yeoldecoinco wrote:

I totally agree, this is a continuing problem.

On all my items, I have not one 'Make an Offer" lot listed.

Yet, emails come in virtually every day with the most crazy, low, less than I paid for it "offers" on material I have already priced at rock bottom most of the time.

How does one respond?

Do you:

A) Ignore and Delete and thus look to be a rude seller who doesn't reply.

B) Respond, pointing out that the costs of selling by the eBay/Paypal/Free Postage/GST Registered business model involves high fees and that they are taken into account when setting the price.

Niether approach seems very promising.

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I have the same problem here with unsolicited offers on many of my items and I used to reply and apologise, telling them that the high cost of selling made it impossible for me to accept any less than the prices listed, which were already at rock-bottom anyway, until late last year when I rejected offers on 2 of my items, and the very next day they were purchased at the listed prices by this fellow, who then immediately trashed my DSRs (clearly out of spite) by marking everything at 2 or 3 and causing me to receive 2 defects. I complained to eBay but they weren't the least bit interested.

So now, if I receive any unsolicited offers, I ignore them and immediately place the sender's name on my BBL.

[thecatspjs]

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@thewishingmagic wrote:

Why do some buyers on Ebay send ridiculous low offers that are never going to be accepted.

You wouldn't go to a retail store and offer them a third of their advertised price and expect a positive outcome, so why on Ebay?

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There is no one size fits all on eBay. 

Its a marketplace afterall that offers much more diversity than any B&M store or shopping centre.

I have had some very low offers that I would not have normally considered, but have accepted at times to boost cash flow or clear older stock in a breakeven postiion.

I have knocked back many low offers, and the buyer has subsequently purchased the item at full price.

I have also had some chuckles from some of the offers made and accompanying comments  

TBH I actually appreciate the ability to have make an offer on listings as well as the informal message bartering and I reckon have increased my sales through offers of various sorts by at least 10% on this ID over time.   

[joethenuts]

100% behind your post cat.

[lane-ends]

Some serious buyers make low offers as they intend to use all three, and three attempts may get you move a little each time, so you end up giving 10% instead of the 5% as you may have with one offer.

For enquiries on other items just state this item is not currently subject to offers, you don't need to justify yourself

[expanded_perceptions]

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@onekiwi0 wrote:

totally agree re stupid offers - but this topic has been on the threads before and made me realise what the others are saying, take the time to write in what you wouldn't accept. 

on the previous thread someone actually mentioned there was kinda an unwritten rule as in its insulting to ask for more than was it 10% discount? or more?  I can't remember....can anyone ...?

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Yes, I actually started a thread a month or two ago on the same topic! And the figure bandied around as an acceptable rule was indeed 10-20%, which I took on board.

As for the automatic decline value, for some reason that seems to disappear and have to be reset if the item is automatically relisted so not always possible to avoid ridiculous offers! Been offered about 33% of the buy it now on one item!!

[padi*0409]

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@joethenuts wrote:

100% behind your post cat.

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Can I presume that aside from cats obvious antipathy to the TBW (et al), you are ok with itl?

[repentatleisure1952]

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@joethenuts wrote:

$100K A year at coles   lucky there prices are coming down  down  down ,

you must eat a lot wow

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Got a pub with a 100 seat bistro!

And yes I do !

[joethenuts]

now that makes sence ,

i was thinking your breakfast was going to be like . 2 doz eggs ,1 kg bacon ,32 slices of toast . a box of corn-flakes  4 litres of milk, 27 pancakes , 2 litres of juice,  and i small donut because you are cutting down on sugar ,mmmmmmmmmmmm

have a nice day