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09-14-2025, 01:27 PM
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If the price is listed and no other offers are to be entertained. I’m good with that.
One that bugs me is a seller that lists a price ‘or OBO’ and then sets an offer drop of $5.00 less and auto denies lower offers. Just set the price $5.00 less and make it a buy now and stop with the OBO nonsense when they don’t really mean OBO. Butch
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09-14-2025, 01:30 PM
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I'd think being unwilling to negotiate would limit sales. I'll always send a reasonable offer to any fixed price seller, and I'd say 80% of the time they respond favorably. If someone sends a truly stupid offer, I wouldn't waste time responding.
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09-14-2025, 01:44 PM
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An offer of 75% or more of an item that has run repeatedly with no bidders or buyers should be greeted with thanks and a polite refusal , or better yet a counter offer. I recently had a seller respond to my offer of 80% of his MB on a listing that had run for months with no action with a terse “I didn’t ask for offers! If you want it bid on it.” It’s still on eBay no sale. Since when is it an insult or a bother when someone offers you money for something you’re selling? Sheesh…….
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09-14-2025, 01:44 PM
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I don’t mind when people send messages with offers. If their “offer” is ridiculous, I’ll just reply with “sorry, no” and block them.
Case in point. I had an item listed, buy it now or best offer. Offers of less than 50% (offering less than $75 on my $150 item) would be auto-declined. The “buyer” sent me a message to tell me eBay was no longer letting them make offers. They told me they “could do $50” for the album. I checked eBay active listings. Yep, mine was still the only one for sale. I checked Discogs. Yep, the handful available were all still more expensive than mine. So, the “buyer” made five super low offers. They all got auto-declined. Since they couldn’t send any more, they went fishing with a message. Sorry, no. Go away.
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09-14-2025, 02:21 PM
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If a seller uses OBO, does ebay allow the seller to to place an auto decline on the offer if it's below a set threshold that ebay allows a seller to setup in application?
Are unsolicited offers to sellers allowed in the application? I'm assuming that if someone uses the "ask seller a question" that ebay has something in place that doesn't allow for the buyer to send an email address (blocks that content). How would an ebay buyer ask the seller to take a lower offer if OBO is not used?
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09-14-2025, 02:37 PM
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They can send messages. For example, “would you take X” messages have hit my inbox. Buyers do not get the seller’s email address; eBay will alert the seller (via traditional email) that they have a message in their eBay Seller Hub.
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09-14-2025, 04:52 PM
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09-15-2025, 04:49 PM
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09-15-2025, 04:54 PM
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And there is nothing wrong with asking or being asked about a better price on a fixed priced item on eBay…,we do the same thing on all other platforms. If the seller doesn’t want to do that and is set with the price, they will say so. More than not , sellers have worked with me on price as I have worked with others buying my stuff. Again, I hate the OBO , mentioned above when it’s only a few bucks( not even $5 off)
Remember….its a hobby
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09-16-2025, 11:12 AM
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Whether fixed price or those with best offer option, I think there's a lot more people with ultra-high starting prices these days because of how hot the hobby is and how much cash from dumb people is flying around. There are plenty who'll take an actual market-price offer if you send it.
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09-16-2025, 12:17 PM
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As an ebay seller, very few of my listings are Best Offer and most are Fixed Priced listings. I take and accept offers via ebay messages all of the time, so I am definitely open and happy to receive offers from potential buyers asking about discounts. I reply to every message from a potential buyer even ridiculous low ball offers. For the low ball offers or what I consider low ball, I usually just reply by telling the buyer that my list price is my best price. For others that give offers within my ballpark, I try to negotiate with them or even just agree to their offer right away. I do this all of the time.
The reason that I don't have many best offers on my listings is that I think that if BO is an option for a listing, most buyers automatically assume that the list price is not your best price and immediately give a lower price to try to get your lowest price. Therefore, my idea is that as a seller, you can get a higher overall sell price by not offering BO. I don't know if this is the best sales strategy, but just my thinking. A lot of other sellers offer BO regularly and they get more sales throughput and turnover. That is a perfectly reasonable sales strategy also.
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