Ebay Sellers That Don't Respond.

TripleH

To add, my mantra is to respond to others how I would like others to respond to me.

Haven't had stupid questions on ebay .

Flyonthewall

TripleH said:

Flyonthewall, yes I always answer the question when asked about an item (even when I think the question might be daft).

Where I have people message if I will accept an offer of... (only ever had offers am happy with come through) I'll always advise how they should formally structure their offer through eBay. Usually its because they are after more than 1 item I have for sale at any one time.

My volumes are very low, (we have been on a slow cycle of clearing out items at home for what seems like ages now) so have the time to respond to messages received.

That's good then.

Most offers I get are at least 25% off, most are closer to 50%. I don't know why people think they will be accepted...they do usually go through the offer system though.

I know what you mean about clearing out - trying to do the same lol.

mellyflewus

Flyonthewall said:

That's good then.

Most offers I get are at least 25% off, most are closer to 50%. I don't know why people think they will be accepted...they do usually go through the offer system though.

I know what you mean about clearing out - trying to do the same lol.

i don't know if this is true for you but i have noticed that some sellers don't set a minimum amount that they will consider for an offer.

i know that buyers only get three chances at an offer because someone once complained that my minimum was set too high and they had had to buy at full price after their third offer was automatically rejected.

Flyonthewall

mellyflewus said:

Flyonthewall said:

That's good then.

Most offers I get are at least 25% off, most are closer to 50%. I don't know why people think they will be accepted...they do usually go through the offer system though.

I know what you mean about clearing out - trying to do the same lol.

i don't know if this is true for you but i have noticed that some sellers don't set a minimum amount that they will consider for an offer.

i know that buyers only get three chances at an offer because someone once complained that my minimum was set too high and they had had to buy at full price after their third offer was automatically rejected.

Oh right. I don't set a minimum. I have considered setting a minimum due to stupidly low offers. However, I usually counter offer to show I am willing to come down a bit, just not by the large they want. Sometimes they ignore the offer, sometimes it works out as they know they are getting a good price and were just being hopeful/cheeky.

red_boots2

I've noticed this recently too and had quite a few purchases I have ended up opening SNAD on as they have sent something completely different to what I ordered and then didn't even bother responding to E-bay when the case was opened 

TripleH

As an aside the logarithms on ebay are a little confusing (for the order items appear in searches). I have noticed a few items I have listed receive no or little interest first time round automatically relist and attract several bids.

Pollycat

If anyone asks me a question, I answer it as soon as I can even if the information is already there in the listing.
So I'd say "if you look at photo #7, that shows the composition of the shoes. So, yes, the uppers are leather".

I work on accepting an offer that is 20% off the starting bid price. I don't do Buy it Now.
I always set my minimum offer limit to allow an offer of £16.00 on a starting price of £20.00.

I respond to offers. If it is a silly (to me) offer of say 50% off the starting price, I would say 'I wouldn't accept any less than £16.00' and leave them to it. I have said - when selling gold or silver - ' Sorry, your offer is less than scrap price. I wouldn't accept less than £xx' (20% off).

I've dealt with some really nice people on eBay.
My feedback is 100%.
When I've posted an item, I always message the seller to let them know what time it was posted as well as marking the item 'dispatched'.
I get a lot of positive comments about 'great communication' and 'exactly as described' and 'fast postage'.
But...I don't sell a lot of things so it isn't an onerous task.
I had about 30 items listed a while ago, just 2 left now, 1 with 2 bids on.
Most have sold, a few I ended myself and donated to charity.

red_boots2

TripleH said:

As an aside the logarithms on ebay are a little confusing (for the order items appear in searches). I have noticed a few items I have listed receive no or little interest first time round automatically relist and attract several bids.

I've noticed this too. Had 4/5 items in the last 3 months that were barely viewed first time around and then sold within a couple of days after relisting.

stig

Pollycat said:

I work on accepting an offer that is 20% off the starting bid price. I don't do Buy it Now.
I always set my minimum offer limit to allow an offer of £16.00 on a starting price of £20.00.

Pollycat that’s really interesting - I’ve started using Ebay more and am struggling to understand the reason for using offers below starting price in auctions instead of BIN with offers? I’d always thought of auction listings as “this is the lowest I’ll accept but more would be nice” and BINs as “ I know it’s worth around this but if it’s been hanging around awhile. I’ll take less”

If you don’t mind why do you use auctions with lower offers rather than BINs? Am I missing something about closing fees, or anything else?

Stig

kalsha

stig said:

Pollycat that’s really interesting - I’ve started using Ebay more and am struggling to understand the reason for using offers below starting price in auctions instead of BIN with offers? I’d always thought of auction listings as “this is the lowest I’ll accept but more would be nice” and BINs as “ I know it’s worth around this but if it’s been hanging around awhile. I’ll take less”

If you don’t mind why do you use auctions with lower offers rather than BINs? Am I missing something about closing fees, or anything else?

Stig

I am thinking the same as you Stig.  I just do not understand why people have "make an offer" on the auction price.  Don't see the purpose of it.