Received Offer on item I had Viewed
edited 8 October 2021 at 10:38AM
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In the past, I have sometimes received Offers (e.g., 10% off) from sellers for items which were in my Watch list. Fair enough.
Today, I received an Offer on an item which I had Viewed yesterday (but did NOT put in my Watch list - it was a car part, and I realised that it would not fit my car).
Is this a new facility which eBay is offering to sellers? If so, is there any way for a buyer to opt out? (I don't mind receiving offers on items in my Watch list - the reduction in price might make me decide to buy the item. But items which I have Viewed but not put in my Watch list are, by definition, items that I have no intention of buying, regardless of price).
Philip
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The watch list item offers have to be manually sent.
There will be an opt in/out of notifications on Ebay. I don't know if there would be a distinction between those two types of notifications.
at least we don't have "sharp eyes" in the UK just yet, it could be worse...
But, that opts you out of ALL seller offers, not just for the ones where you have just 'viewed' the item.
When a seller sends out offers, they are sent to any "interested" buyers, as mentioned above. That means they may have 5 watchers, but the offer can be sent out to 10 buyers.
If there are 2 watchers on an item a seller wants to send an offer out for, they may see that they can only send it to 1 buyer as the other buyer has opted out of receiving offers.
I don't think ebay have any feedback address. If they did I'd have a lot to rant about.