the.golden.ax Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I'm not sure why people continue to use best offer if they are not willing to play along at all. Today I placed a $20.00 best offer on a $44.99 item from seller amazing_heroes on eBay. They declined the offer... AND BLOCKED ME... after one single offer. They could have counter offered... anything... but instead they BLOCK ME from any future deals. How do these sellers stay in business. My eBay stuff doesn't exactly fly out the door. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) Perhaps you need to educate these people how to use ebay properly Mr Ax....You seem to be running into some problems with ebay recently, perhaps you want to take a break from it and try other ways of getting your VG goodness Edited August 24, 2009 by carmel_andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Could be they've been getting a lot of low balls on that or other items (and that definitely was a low ball offer) and decided to block anyone who does so. Can't say I blame them. I don't sell on ebay but on Kijiji and when someone offers me less than 50% of what I'm asking I don't even bother replying assuming they aren't serious and just wasting my time. If I were the seller, I'd definitely think you weren't serious with that offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+selgus Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Could be they've been getting a lot of low balls on that or other items (and that definitely was a low ball offer) and decided to block anyone who does so. Can't say I blame them. I don't sell on ebay but on Kijiji and when someone offers me less than 50% of what I'm asking I don't even bother replying assuming they aren't serious and just wasting my time. If I were the seller, I'd definitely think you weren't serious with that offer. I don't know if I'd agree with that. I have seen things like a $1000 Atari 7800 on eBay with a 'or best offer' option also on it. Someone offering $500 would have been a serious offer, if I was the seller. It all depends on how realistic the Buy Now price was to start. --Selgus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 It's all a matter of perspective. Ive purchased said item from $8.99 - $20 in the past (trying to get 16 of them). Asking $44.99 in the first place is a high offer. You can call a $20 offer lowball, but it all depends on how far off base the seller was in the first place. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 You could be right, I guess it depends on if the item Ax was after was grossly overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 It's all a matter of perspective. Ive purchased said item from $8.99 - $20 in the past (trying to get 16 of them). Asking $44.99 in the first place is a high offer. You can call a $20 offer lowball, but it all depends on how far off base the seller was in the first place. AX Now I'm curious, why would you want 16 of whatever it is? I'm assuming its a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 It's all a matter of perspective. Ive purchased said item from $8.99 - $20 in the past (trying to get 16 of them). Asking $44.99 in the first place is a high offer. You can call a $20 offer lowball, but it all depends on how far off base the seller was in the first place. AX Now I'm curious, why would you want 16 of whatever it is? I'm assuming its a game. For a display. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 That's pretty ridiculous for someone to block you because you made a low offer on a listing. If people don't want such offers, then they should disable the "Make Offer" for their listing! You never know that someone who makes an offer may just be fishing and they may very well bid on your item or hit the BIN if the item has one. To shut out someone entirely from all your auctions for this reason is just stupid. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerG Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I think they can put a minimum acceptance bid for offers - this would solve it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Yes, Al, and Ranger, I agree with you both. You can shut off best offer, set a threshold, or just decline/ignore offers. Taking away my ability to ever buy does keep him from making possible money. Clearly I tried to buy something to find out I was blocked. I buy tons of stuff on eBay... I know I end up looking like I have nothing but trouble but its not the case. You guys don't hear about all the good deals... These days about 10 - 15 out of 100 buys are difficult... allot worse than it use to be (not sure why). It's still worth doing. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-Lynx Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Same thing happened to me a few months ago. Guy was selling something and nobody had bid on it, but he had the "Best Offer" option enabled. It was an item only worth it to me at a lower cost so I submitted an offer. Next thing I know he blocked me. And I have 100% feedback and 99% of the time I am a Buyer. I just shrugged and figured it was the Seller's loss. A little arrogance doesn't hurt....it is a privilege for somebody to have me as a Buyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 You should post the link,so we can all make low offers just to piss him off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectorman0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Did you add a comment with your offer, or did you only give an amount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Did you add a comment with your offer, or did you only give an amount? The seller of course has every right to block you. It's his prerogative. He'll do what he wanna do. If he wanted to he could sell only to crack addicts. Not saying it's his/her wisest move, but he has the right none the less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 He is obviously making SO much money off ebay that he doenst need your business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 My guess is he gets a lot of lowball offers on his auctions, has had enough, and is now blocking bidders. I doubt its just Ax. I agree though that perhaps he shouldn't use the best offer option if he can't take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTR Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 If you are going to lowball people, lots of people get insulted and just would rather block you instead... The problem is eBay is one big mess now, Buyers can get away with not paying and sellers want too much for everything.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 If I had unlimited funds I could buy everything, if they had a fair price they wouldn't still have the item. Somewhere in the middle is the real price. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncurry Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 What item was it? I want to get blocked too. Maybe I'll offer him $20.01, maybe I'll offer a buck oh five. Guy oughta set up an automatic rejection if lower offers bother him so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTR Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Can't say if his price was not "fair" he still would not have it. This economy the ONLY things that get sold quickly on eBay on those types of listings are for resellers and "fair" price to a reseller is a completely different beast. He should have "automatically decline" options on listings if they are too low, but there are a LOT of asses out there that like to place $1-3 best offers on things....that's pretty irritable to a seller. I don't know why people think they are being "funny" but it is pretty ridiculous to make offers like that because you are wasting everyone's time. A lot of times people expect 90% of the price for Best Offer which is shocking to me. I am more of a 50-75% person depending on the product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Case in point. I got a Captain Novalin SNS CIB $69.99 best offer $35.00 approved today. It works sometimes. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskobar Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 When i put the BEST OFFER option i can expect an offer as low as .01 for my item, sometimes people play stupid games, but an offer that is around the 50% of the regular prices is a serious offer. I think than eBay has too many shitty seller today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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