My pet peeve

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by bnorth

We are still on the new customer special with our internet provider and have had the same one for over 10 years.

How do you do this? I have FIOS and everytime I call they basically shut me down and say sorry, these offers don't apply to existing customers. I have even threatened to switch to xfinity to no avail.

[vintagerookies51]

I usually try to decline, but sometimes I'll get the notification of the counteroffer and it's just not in the same ballpark as I'm willing to pay, so I forget to go into the app to decline it

[sycks22]

I also love when you make an offer and the seller counters with $1 less than their buy it now price. I usually respond with $1, they don't like it. Why have a best offer option if you're only willing to take 99% of your price?

[Piratedogcardshows]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I also love when you make an offer and the seller counters with $1 less than their buy it now price. I usually respond with $1, they don't like it. Why have a best offer option if you're only willing to take 99% of your price?

I had this exact thing happen to me for the first time the other day. Seller didnt discount much more on the next counteroffer. Had to have it though

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by sycks22

I also love when you make an offer and the seller counters with $1 less than their buy it now price. I usually respond with $1, they don't like it. Why have a best offer option if you're only willing to take 99% of your price?

I am guilty of this; but usually after I have reduced my price several times and I am at my low point. Unfortunately, ebay doesn't provide a price history {good idea here} so a potential buyer would never know that.

[pawpawdiv9]

I thought this was 'bout leaving that 1 sheet of paper on the roll and putting the lid down.

[Jim65]

This works both ways, I hate when a seller lets my offer sit for the whole 48 hours.

I made an offer a couple weeks back on an item, I was trying to take advantage of 8% eBay Bucks and asked the seller if he could please respond within 24 hours when the 8% expired, I rescinded the offer when I didn't hear from him and he sent me a nasty message, which I forwarded to eBay.

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by Jim65

This works both ways, I hate when a seller lets my offer sit for the whole 48 hours.

I made an offer a couple weeks back on an item, I was trying to take advantage of 8% eBay Bucks and asked the seller if he could please respond within 24 hours when the 8% expired, I rescinded the offer when I didn't hear from him and he sent me a nasty message, which I forwarded to eBay.

I would hate that too.

The only thing I could think of is maybe he's was waiting to see if other offers would come in; but regardless I would think 24 hrs is plenty of time to evaluate an offer if you really want to sell a card. I get offers all the time, I always respond, just sometimes the answer is no.

[Jenx34]

Originally Posted by Jim65

This works both ways, I hate when a seller lets my offer sit for the whole 48 hours.

I made an offer a couple weeks back on an item, I was trying to take advantage of 8% eBay Bucks and asked the seller if he could please respond within 24 hours when the 8% expired, I rescinded the offer when I didn't hear from him and he sent me a nasty message, which I forwarded to eBay.

I've had that happen. Hell I offered 95% of the BIN price and asked if he could possibly ship that day. Told him I needed it by a certain day which gave him an extra day's leeway. Never got a reply at all. Later sent a message asking if I offended him or if he just chose to ignore my offer. He ignored that message too.

Personally, I prefer to end any potential transaction in a positive way because you never know when you may want to deal with that person again, whether here or on Ebay. I've had a few good deals with people on here and a few where the deal just did not happen because we were too far apart. I hope they left the deal okay with me even though I didn't meet their price or vice versa. Every situation is different. It's not personal, so I don't see the problem with at least a final message saying "No, thanks", if nothing else.

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

I thought this was 'bout leaving that 1 sheet of paper on the roll and putting the lid down.

That's funny :

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by cardsnstuff

I am guilty of this; but usually after I have reduced my price several times and I am at my low point. Unfortunately, ebay doesn't provide a price history {good idea here} so a potential buyer would never know that.

If you are relisting the same item on eBay at lower prices they do have a price history of your previous prices. Go to the advanced search and use completed listings and you can find the previous listings/prices. Because I rarely use eBay anymore I always check to see if or how many times the seller has relisted an item I might want.

[7nohitter]

I try to be very fair on best offers, especially if it's an item I really want. If the seller comes back at "$1 less" then I realize he/she is not interested in a best offer....I write "Thank you for your time" and I decline the counteroffer.

I'd say I'm successful on 90% of my Best Offers on the first offer because I realize that Best offer means "reasonable" and not "low ball".

[cardsnstuff]

Originally Posted by 7nohitter

I try to be very fair on best offers, especially if it's an item I really want because I realize that Best offer means "reasonable" and not "low ball".

I agree