What happened to people making offers and asking questions on ebay?

[Mark17]

There's a GU bat on ebay that's been there a few years, priced at $489. I have mild interest in it. I have offered $350 a couple times, and been countered in the $450 range. Which might be a fair number, but more than I want to pay. So, about every year I again offer $350, to see if he wants to make a sale or keep holding it. I figure eventually he might block me but that would be okay. He also might realize, if mine are the best, or only, offers he's getting, that moving the bat might be the thing to do.

I don't feel like I'm being a jerk, because my interest is not strong and my offer is reasonable, and he's had it listed for years. There's opportunity cost being lost the longer he holds it. But he might think I'm a jerk...

[BioCRN]

Originally Posted by Mark17

There's a GU bat on ebay that's been there a few years, priced at $489. I have mild interest in it. I have offered $350 a couple times, and been countered in the $450 range. Which might be a fair number, but more than I want to pay. So, about every year I again offer $350, to see if he wants to make a sale or keep holding it. I figure eventually he might block me but that would be okay. He also might realize, if mine are the best, or only, offers he's getting, that moving the bat might be the thing to do.

I don't feel like I'm being a jerk, because my interest is not strong and my offer is reasonable, and he's had it listed for years. There's opportunity cost being lost the longer he holds it. But he might think I'm a jerk...

Same thing over here with multiple items. Sellers still not budging. I hit them up every 6-12 months so I don't bug the hell out of them. I imagine a lot don't remember it's "that guy that offered 8 months ago" and no one's blocked me yet.