eBay "Best Offers"--what's up with that

[christopher.herman]

Originally Posted by GregMitch34

...make dozens of low ball bids and then figure that's their limit...

I think that is pretty accurate. It's a quick, easy and anonymous way for a buyer to be really ridiculous with an offer (one which they would be embarrassed to make in person). If it works, great. If not, just move on.

Greg, I always typically add a "best offer" option on ebay. I think psychologically it helps if the buyer "thinks" he is getting you to come down a bit.

You can always set the "automatic decline" option to weed out the really low ball offers that much so they don't clog up the process. Then you don't even have to see them Or get frustrated by the ridiculous offers.

[savedfrommyspokes]

As a buyer, I typically send over slightly below market offers (no matter the starting asking price), and some of the time I am pleasantly surprised as the offer is accepted. However, when I receive a counter offer back from a seller that is twice the market price (while the original asking price is 3x the market price), I do not respond with my own counter offer.

As a seller, I use the auto decline option on best offers and have that option set for slightly below a respected market value. I seem to do just fine selling cards via best offer in this format.