eBay "Best Offers" - What do you think? | CBCS Comics

Collector 11.06K	11.06K CatCovers private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 3
	I enjoy haggling, so I like the Best Offer feature. I've encountered a few people with auto-refuse set so high the Best Offer option might as well not be there, and I really don't understand them. I tend to be amused by ridiculous lowball offers. For example, I have a Tomb of Dracula 10 in 8.5 listed now. I got an offer for $200. Ignored that. I also have a Marvel Spotlight 5 (first Ghost Rider) in 9.0 listed. Got an offer just today for $400. Ignored that too. Both of them gave me a chuckle. What's annoying are the ones like @MutantMania mentioned. They're worst on raw books. A few years ago, I was selling an early Daredevil that was something like a 7.5 or 8.0. I get a lowball offer with a note that the would-be buyer has looked at the photos and graded it a 3.0. His note was something like "After you accept the offer, which is Guide price for the corrected grade, please be sure ..." and then some explicit instructions about packing the book for shipping. I should have ignored, but wrote back to tell him the grade I gave in the listing was correct. He responded to tell me I was wrong, and he knew this because he had been in the hobby for 10 years. My response was "Wow! Ten WHOLE years????" Needless to say, we did not reach an accord.
	6 years ago	Post 32 • IP flag post

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Originally Posted by flanders
You also need to take into consideration how long the listing has been up when the offer is received. Even if a $150 item gets a fair offer of $120 the buyer may want to wait a few more days or weeks to see what else comes in. Some people don't have a sense of urgency to immediately sell after the first reasonable offer if they believe their item is listed at market value and there is potential to get more money for it.

This right here.

For example, I had the initial 3 cover set of TMNT #95 (A,B, & RI) that I put up on ebay the week it came out with a BIN and OBO. I put it sightly lower than what other sets were selling for but a little higher than what I was willing to take. Within 30 minutes of getting the items up on the site I was fielding offers for $30 to $40 less than what I was asking along with a few that were $10 or $20 lower (which was in the ball park of what I was willing to take). Even if it was reasonable, why should I short myself without fully exploring the market?

Beaten by boat oars 54.29K	54.29K Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	I think the listings don't automatically add the OBO option if you pay for an eBay store. I have the cheapest store option and eBay hasn't added any OBOs to my listings since. It is baloney that you would have to pay to not have it.
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. 60.08K	60.08K DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 5
	I see no sense in having a best offer option if you're only going to move $5 or $10 off the list price. Save everyone's time and just set a BIN.
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Beaten by boat oars 54.29K	54.29K Studley_Dudley private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	I also set any listings that I am accepting offers to auto accept what I'm willing to take or reject what I won't. Too many ridiculous lowball offers come in. onlythosekeys comes to mind as to why I started the auto accept/reject option.
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Masculinity takes a holiday. 37.37K	37.37K EbayMafia private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	Quote: Originally Posted by sportshort I send an offer on a book that had a BIN of 19 dollars and the Make an Offer option active. I didn't mind paying 19 dollars for the book but since i could make an offer, i did. his Offer Auto Reject, rejected my offer up to 18 dollars. What the... LOL. I have no idea why people do some of the crap they do on Ebay. Maybe it makes them feel like they have power? It's like setting up Best Offer just to scold you for making an offer? Unless it was added by Ebay without the sellers knowledge. I've had that happen once or twice strangely. I used to to Best Offer all the time. Now on the rare occassion, I will usually set to Auto-accept an offer of 5% to 10% off and Auto-decline Maybe at 20% to 25% below asking, depending on the item. Anyone in the in-between area I figure has made a reasonable offer and I will engage them in a conversation or negotiation for the final price.
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Masculinity takes a holiday. 37.37K	37.37K EbayMafia private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	Quote: Originally Posted by Studley_Dudley I also set any listings that I am accepting offers to auto accept what I'm willing to take or reject what I won't. Too many ridiculous lowball offers come in. onlythosekeys comes to mind as to why I started the auto accept/reject option I used to think they (low-ballers) were just fishing for people who made mistakes in setting up the auto-accept. Now I think they are just looking for someone who will engage them in conversation at a low starting point. If a book is worth $200 and a seller will respond to an offer of $100, they now have a decent chance of getting that book for $140-160.
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Collector 1.59K	1.59K SidTheSquid private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	Like others said, in lots of cases I think the ebayer has just missed that the Make Offer option was automatically added on. What confuses/irritates me is when an offer is rejected that is as much or more than their starting bid, with bo BIN option.
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Collector 90	90 hitmantyler private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	I would generally send 3 offers and if declines all of them will send seller a message and ask about what are they looking for. I believe sometimes they but that just to start a "war".. or gauge a value of the book.
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Collector 3.45K	3.45K SpiderTim private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	Just yesterday I sent an offer of $28 for a $40 book. I get a counteroffer of $40 so I go ahead and have some fun and make a counter offer of $20. Fun times. lol
	6 years ago	Post 35 • IP flag post

I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans. 103.71K	103.71K esaravo private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	If I am interested in something with a Best Offer option, I will almost always submit a price that is 80% to 90% of the asking price. If it's a book that's on my Want List, but is egregiously overpriced, I might ask for more of a discount, but I wouldn't expect the seller to take my offer, no matter how reasonable I think it is. I never try to explain to the seller that their price is way over Fair Market Value or try to rationalize my reasoning for the price I submitted. It's up to them to justify what they can sell something for. I have also messaged sellers if they had three or more books that I was interested in to see if they would do a "bundle" discount. Some don't offer combined shipping, so you can at least try to save on the shipping cost for multiple items.
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Collector 741	741 KYoung_1974 private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	Quote: Originally Posted by flanders You also need to take into consideration how long the listing has been up when the offer is received. Even if a $150 item gets a fair offer of $120 the buyer may want to wait a few more days or weeks to see what else comes in. Some people don't have a sense of urgency to immediately sell after the first reasonable offer if they believe their item is listed at market value and there is potential to get more money for it. This right here. For example, I had the initial 3 cover set of TMNT #95 (A,B, & RI) that I put up on ebay the week it came out with a BIN and OBO. I put it sightly lower than what other sets were selling for but a little higher than what I was willing to take. Within 30 minutes of getting the items up on the site I was fielding offers for $30 to $40 less than what I was asking along with a few that were $10 or $20 lower (which was in the ball park of what I was willing to take). Even if it was reasonable, why should I short myself without fully exploring the market?
	6 years ago	Post 37 • IP flag post

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