I just need other opinions

[Marchillo]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Interesting, I have counter offers accepted all the time. People hit me with their offer I counter and explain that the counter is my best price. sometimes people try to haggle and I re-counter with the same number, sometimes they pass, and about half the time they accept.

This is actually the kind of response I really like from the seller. I am a buyer and I haggle. I don't like the process of haggling but on eBay there are some sellers who price accordingly and others that tack on 50%. I've offered 50% on a buy it now and got accepted and I've offered 90% and got rejected or countered.

I had a seller give me a best and final on a Brooks RC - it was lower condition and his price was only $8 more than my offer. It was above the max amount I set in my mind. So I let the offer expire. The shipping was more than the standard $3.50 for a bubble mailer and this was factored into my offer. A day later the seller came back and made me an offer to reduce the shipping and the price would essentially be what I offered in the first place (I didn't solicit this). I felt that was fair and we got the deal done. Keep in mind that the $8 was on a card that was at least double the price of the card the OP is referring to.

There are not a ton of cards that are must haves for me and if I miss out on one today there are going to be 10 more in the next two weeks. So I understand going over on special cards that don't come up often but on cards that are frequently available I often hold at my price.

I also will go over my price if there is a really good eBay bucks deal or an eBay coupon for 15%. I was waiting to make a final offer on this card if eBay had a deal come through but they didn't.