Selling on Facebook Marketplace

ebayingnovice

I have listed a few things on Marketplace.  I see what the going rate is and price under that.  People offer me half or barter the price up from that, then say they got it cheaper anyway and don't want mine.  Also frequently people say they are just popping in en route to Birmingham (I am in the South West), agree a time and again say they got it cheaper and won't be buying.

Guessing "I got it cheaper" is a bargaining ploy.

Some people barter with no intention of buying.  On one occasion I dropped the price and offered to deliver for free and they suddenly didn't want it.

Weird that people ask "Is it for still for sale" when obviously I wouldn't list if it wasn't

I've been ebaying for a while and find recently people are making offers under the selling price, usually about half the listing price.  Lucky them if it works but probably won't work with me.

Pollycat

ebayingnovice said:

I have listed a few things on Marketplace.  I see what the going rate is and price under that.  People offer me half or barter the price up from that, then say they got it cheaper anyway and don't want mine.  Also frequently people say they are just popping in en route to Birmingham (I am in the South West), agree a time and again say they got it cheaper and won't be buying.

Guessing "I got it cheaper" is a bargaining ploy.

Some people barter with no intention of buying.  On one occasion I dropped the price and offered to deliver for free and they suddenly didn't want it.

Weird that people ask "Is it for still for sale" when obviously I wouldn't list if it wasn't

I've been ebaying for a while and find recently people are making offers under the selling price, usually about half the listing price.  Lucky them if it works but probably won't work with me.

You can set a minimum offer that you'll consider.
When someone puts an offer in less than that, it gets automatically declined.
If I do auction with best offer, I usually expect to accept offers around 20% less than the starting bid.

GadgetGuru

All my auctions have best offer active.
Ignore or decline the low ball offers. 
However, some people are chancers. They send an offer that you may decide to accept, but then pull out of the deal with a lame excuse like 'I didn't mean to buy it' or the classic 'found it cheaper elsewhere'. 
So what I do now is when I receive an offer I'm happy to accept, rather then just accepting I always send a counter offer thats just a tad more then the original offer. So, for example, if the item is £100 and I get an offer for £75, I'll counter offer £80.
This way it puts the ball back in teh buyers court and they can actually decide whether they want it before purchasing rather then be surprised with a purchase for something they were just 'trying it on' with.