Chancers

gunsandbanjos

I just got a message about an item i am selling.

It is BNIB, worth just under £100. I've started my auction at £20 and have loads of watchers.

Message 'Will you sell for £18, so i can buy them now?'

Erm..... NO! Idiots.

I can understand maybe if they didnt sell you can message the seller and see if they will take a little less than the price they have listed. There is no best offer on this auction so why would you ask to make an offer less than the start price?

I always start my auctions at the minimum i'd be willing to accept and dont over price my items.

Oliver14

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

There is no best offer on this auction so why would you ask to make an offer less than the start price?

Because you have nothing to lose. The seller either says yes or no. yes then you have a bargain No then you haven't lost anything.

gunsandbanjos

Still see them as [STRIKE]morons[/STRIKE] chancers, sorry!

freddysmith

Try to buy them cheap and then sell them on for a profit. You are switched on so it won't work.

mikey72

I have been watching a few items recently, that were 99p starts, that then became "no longer for sale", with no bids.
They've all been newbies, and you just know they've been sold for pennies, rather than wait until all the bids in the last few minutes.

gunsandbanjos

mikey72 wrote: »

I have been watching a few items recently, that were 99p starts, that then became "no longer for sale", with no bids.
They've all been newbies, and you just know they've been sold for pennies, rather than wait until all the bids in the last few minutes.

Thats the thing, i dont expect anyone to bid until the last minute so would not accept a ridiculous offer when items still have well over a day to go.

I'm more than happy for people to email me sensible offers. Had an item on last week, man emailed me with a very good offer and wanted to pay me cash. Suits me fine:)

porto_bello

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

I've started my auction at £20 and have loads of watchers.

Message 'Will you sell for £18, so i can buy them now?'

Erm..... NO! Idiots.

I've had similar experiences: 2 bids on an item then selling for £37 and an offer hits my inbox for £17, if I relist as a buy it now! :rotfl:

The thing I find strangest is that 'silly offers' sometimes come from experienced eBay users, who can tell that I've been selling for a number of years. Surely common sense suggests they're wasting their time?

gunsandbanjos

porto_bello wrote: »

I've had similar experiences: 2 bids on an item then selling for £37 and an offer hits my inbox for £17, if I relist as a buy it now! :rotfl:

The thing I find strangest is that 'silly offers' sometimes come from experienced eBay users, who can tell that I've been selling for a number of years. Surely common sense suggests they're wasting their time?

:rotfl::rotfl:


The person who made my offer has over 400 feedback!

hermum

I put something on as a BIN £1500.00 or best offer, got offered £200. The experienced ebay pointed out that it's a buyers market.

porto_bello

hermum wrote: »

I put something on as a BIN £1500.00 or best offer, got offered £200. The experienced ebay pointed out that it's a buyers market.

Some buyers seem to think it's a charity shop's closing down sale!

JPS29

hermum wrote: »

I put something on as a BIN £1500.00 or best offer, got offered £200. The experienced ebay pointed out that it's a buyers market.

When I get derisory offers like this I NEVER decline them, just leave them pending for the 48 hours. Other potential buyers see that you have an offer pending and it normally brings forward more serious offers and the silly offer loses out.