Not all sellers will negotiate. I really hate it when buyers think they can do that!
Anyone Ever Buy and/or Sell on Tradesy?
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I had like 2 or 3 cancellations for all 600+ sales, but they still don't want me to be pro
I agree. When I get messages like these, I politely decline and say "price firm", even though I get irritated over them. I've found that people who want to haggle are the worst buyers...very high-maintenance and difficult to please.
I'll lower the price at my discretion, but I won't do it as a favor for anyone, anymore.
greedy bastards, really? you agreed to give this 10% discount, and it's not their fault that you didn't know it and didn't read their terms and their e-mail about it. it's always easier to blame someone else.. I'm not happy that they don't support these sales anymore, but they didn't hide it and you can see that there's no "paid by Tradesy" signature above discounted prices anymore.
I would assume they don't unless it says so in the listing or on their about me page. It's up to you if you want to ask. I have items in my closet I would be willing to negotiate on but on others I won't.
Update on my SNAD Prada from Abbey R. I got refund in original form of payment with sincere apologies, it was quite fast and easy this time.
Well I am glad to hear that! It was sort of an impulse purchase and I was kicking myself for not asking. However, it sounds like it really isn't the norm to negotiate. I am glad that I was not ripped off! Thanks [emoji846]
Thanks. It would be nice if it was a bit more obvious the way it is on eBay. You know which sellers are looking for offers and which aren't. I'm happy to deal in a "price not negotiable" environment but, as the previous poster indicated, it doesn't feel good if you think you missed a better deal because you didn't know to ask.
I always assume seller isn't accepting offers unless it actually says so in their description. I use to have "reasonable offers accepted" but was getting offers 50% off asking price so I took it down. Now I still get the stupid "what your lowest" messages but I think a little less.
I thought the lowest price you could send was 30% off the original listing price? Did they redo the BO option?
That was when they actually had a best offer feature, they haven't had that for quite a while now.
Ah, I re-read what the OP wrote. I guess she/he posted within the listing that she/he was accepting reasonable offers, not actually using the BO feature that's why I was confused as to why people were able to send offers at 50% off. Got it.
In regards to the BO feature, I didn't know they took that away either. So many changes...
There were problems with the BO feature. One thing that was great was that the buyer had to actually pay when they made their offer. Then, if the seller accepted, the payment was already there, and she could ship immediately. The problem with the system is that it didn't allow any back and forth. So if the seller declined the offer, they couldn't offer a counter offer. Once I declined a offer and wanted to send a message to the buyer telling her what price I would accept, and there was no method to do that. Every BO I got through the BO feature was for the maximum 30%. There are very few cases when I'd be okay with giving that much of a discount.
Another issue with the BO system is that it was only available to certain people. As a buyer, I never got the opportunity to try it.
Another annoying potential buyer contacts me Saturday morning asking for a lower price. I agree and tell her the listing will stay at the lower price until midnight. No response. Midnight comes and she doesn't buy. What is wrong with people? This is the second time this has happened to me in a week.