Re: Send Offer to Buyer without Watchers Message!

Anonymous · ‎04-03-2020

Hello!

I just noticed on my seller account I have on 2 of my listings a Send Offer to Buyers Message, apparently meant for watchers on my items. However, there are no watchers on those items! So I am wondering, if I sent the offers, who would they go to?.

Would this mean there were watchers maybe, shortly before I got the suggestion from Ebay, and somehow maybe the buyers deleted the items in questions off their watchlist, around the same time Ebay created the Send Offer message?

Thank you in advance for any insight!

brerrabbit585 · ‎04-03-2020

Maybe they've got them on their wishlist or their other lists. You can create your own lists rather than use your watchlist and the seller can't see that someone is watching if they do it that way. Ebay would know, of course, so maybe they've made it so you can send offers to them as well as the standard watchlist ones.

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Anonymous · ‎04-03-2020

Thanks brerrabbit585! Your explanation makes a lot of sense! Cheers.

brerrabbit585 · ‎04-03-2020

Or maybe it's just a glitch. They've been known to happen on ebay...

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Anonymous · ‎04-03-2020

Thanks again - bottom line, don't normally send offers anyway these days, did it the past a few times to no avail when it first became an option, so couldn't be bothered anymore. Thank you, anyway for the info, as I was curious as to what may be going on!

countessalmirena · ‎04-03-2020

Please ignore this post - posted in error

7173peterw · ‎30-05-2026

Now in 2026, eBay is automatically sending offers on a buyer's behalf to people who have just looked at an item and not put it on their watch list. From a buyer's viewpoint, I'm declining many offers each week just from browsing. From a seller's viewpoint, we all browse so that's not a problem, but I'd rather just send an offer to someone who has put one of my items on their watch list, thereby expressing more than just a passing interest in it. What do you think?

lezned-toycollector · ‎30-05-2026

What do you think?

I think you should start your own thread instead of bumping one that's 6 years old.

kh_safal · ‎30-05-2026

Hi 7173peterw,

This topic has been locked because the thread has become a bit dated. If you’d like to keep the conversation going or have additional questions, we encourage you to start a new topic.

Thanks!
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