Please forgive an extreme newbie - I know this is for rants, so I'll be a little OT here.............
I love when you put a reserve, tell what the reserve is, and people still bid under the reserve..... people amaze me.
Is it considered bad etiquette to *ask* what the reserve is? I have made bids (I almost always auto bid at the beginning) that I *know* are too low, but I'm not going to put a bid of $100 in on an auction currently sitting at $9.99. Also, if I see something that has 0 bids and is nearing the end of the auction, is it bad to ask what the reserve is - confirming that if it was within my price range, I would BIN and pay immediately?
lol I'm never insulted by a low-ball offer like that from a store or Ebay. Business is business, as I advised once on this forum, I don't think anybody really means to offend. It's probably just a "Oh what the hell, I'll see if she takes my offer" kind of thing.
I know I never mean to offend - I always point out that I am new and just learning what the prices *should* be!
I don't even correspond when someone tries to offer a lowball offer. Not worth my time.
See above - I try to be friendly with these offers, not meaning to offend anyone. A kind word that I was offering $100 on a $700 bag would go along way toward good will to the seller.
this happened to be today
i have and item listed at $250 buy it now
Someone messages me and asks me if i would take $150 since I had it listed for 2 months (only about $1 in listing fees so its not really costing me a lot to list)
Considering its a designer wallet and its no longer made and its a full size wallet not a little one and the only 2 other authentic ones are listed at $1500 obo (the other two are in new condition but mine isn't horrible beaten down and damaged, it is in good working condition) I was offended!
There is a fake on listed for BIN $120! What made them think I would sell the authentic one for $150!
grrrrrr
Because they can't tell it's authentic! I treat my sellers the way I want to be treated..............I had no idea that making offers could be considered offensive. My thinking was that if an item didn't sell at the starting bid price, a lower offer may be accepted. It honestly never occurred to me that making an offer of, say $150 for an item that didn't have one bid at the starting price of $175 would be offensive.
I'll be much more careful when making offers in the future - thank you all so much for opening my eyes. I am a buyer, not a seller, but read this thread for what *NOT* to do..........and you fellow bag lovers really came through with some awesome tips - I'm sure my sellers will appreciate my new education!
