I completely agree. That’s why I left all of the FB groups, too.
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Found a bag I wanted to buy with a best offer button. I offered $15 below- declined, $10 below- declined, $5 below- declined, so wtf is the point of having an offer button? lol
I think accepting offer option is default, some seller may not want to accept offer at all, but didn't option out while listing an item for sale.
The same thing has happened to me so many times. I don't understand the point unless for some reason they are forced to add the offer button? Like right now, there are offer buttons on auctions which is completely contradictory IMO and I have no idea what to do in those cases. Offer under the opening bid amount....why would a seller accept that? Offer over the opening bid....why would I do that? I think I read somewhere that sellers do not have the option to not have it be there, like it was some new thing eBay was doing. I dunno, I don't trust everything I read. But anyways, yes, WHY have an offer button if YOU DON'T INTEND TO ACCEPT OFFERS? Trust me, if I were willing to pay $74 on $75 listing I would have already bought it at $75.
I think it probably is default but the few times Ive sold things on Ebay, when you list the item- it very clearly shows accept offers and sets a default amount for you that you have to uncheck before hitting the list button if you don’t want it there. I messaged the seller so I’ll see what they say. Its also for a listing thats been up for a while but obviously some sellers are just firm on price regardless of how long the listing has been up for
I've found some sellers will accept less, but a lot of sellers are expecting offers that are above the bid price and automatically decline offers that are under said price. I've had a seller tell me they wouldn''t accept even an offer that's the same as the bid price because there were people watching the bid - they expected the bid to end up going higher (which it didn't). I had a laugh recently because only one person bid on a purse I put an offer on, and the seller ended up getting less than what I offered. Watchers do not equal bid wars!
HA! Yes I have read several articles and forums for ebay and posh where people say that it does not matter how many watchers you have, if you have no buyers then you are not doing it right. Others argue that, well, watchers can turn into buyers....so I guess it solely depends on the attitude a seller has in that regard.
The offer button on auctions is a way for a buyer to get the item for a price they're willing to pay without either the buyer or the seller having to wait out the 7 or 10 day term of the auction.
When the seller has an auction listing, there are several options from which they can choose. (Seller can't have a BIN and an offer. Seller must choose one or the other.)
1. Auction only (no BIN)
2. Auction with BIN
3. Auction with make an offer
1. With auction only, bidding starts at opening price and wherever it ends, that's the selling price.
2. With auction with BIN, bidder can either bid or BIN. The benefit to the buyer in bidding is that they might get the item for less than the BIN price. But the bidder/buyer also runs the risk of the bidding going over the original BIN price
3. With an auction with an offer option, the seller starts the bidding at the lowest they're willing to accept. But they give a buyer the ability to end the listing early if the buyer makes an offer over the starting price but at a fair deal for both the buyer and the seller.
With this option, it's the buyer who is setting the BIN price rather than the seller.
I see. Well then I have done the wrong thing in the past and sent offers just a few dollars under the opening bid. I think only like one time did a buyer accept. I think I have only done that three times at most, because I feel like it was either useless or offensive to be offering under the minimum bid amount.
Thank you! Is there an option for the seller to but a reserve amount on an auction?
The listing I offered on was BIN, no auction, thats why I was a little offended that I couldn’t even get $5 off the price lol. For auctions, I use the offer button to offer more than the auction price because I always assume the seller wants more than the starting bid. Haha I had that happen recently, I offered the seller $50, their starting bid was $20 and they refused my offer. It sold for $32!
Yes, but it's not done often (at least not by experienced sellers) because it's expensive. I couldn't find a price schedule so I tested it on one of my listings.
To set a $30 reserve, the cost was $5!!
IMO, it's cheaper and easier to just set the starting bid at the lowest you're willing to accept.