Ebay Seller Offers

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

All I would kindly ask of buyers who make offers when no OBO is featured: read the description before doing this. If the seller makes it incredibly clear they don't want to hear your lower offers, then be respectful of that.

Heh, that is one of my pet peeves, besides other people in general. One particularly obnoxious wannabe playa asked for my “best” on an item and that I should “lmkoninsta” which I had to think about for a minute while I translated it from Douchebag to English. I had a BIN on the item anyway but playa’s 30% offer got automatically rejected, hence the message.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Heh, that is one of my pet peeves, besides other people in general. One particularly obnoxious wannabe playa asked for my “best” on an item and that I should “lmkoninsta” which I had to think about for a minute while I translated it from Douchebag to English. I had a BIN on the item anyway but playa’s 30% offer got automatically rejected, hence the message.

Thanks for the actual laugh! That dictionary needs to exist, NOW!

It's my hugest peeve as a seller. I get so fed up with "what is your BEST price?". You're seeing it, buddy, hence no OBO--and you already know this, so go make offers on things with OBO attached. And if somebody even tries to drop the non-word "comps" into the equation, the conversation is over. I'm selling things that offer little-to-nothing in the way of recent comparables by which to compare prices. Go have a playdate with 130point and your rainbow of parallel refractors.

I've said it so many times. I really wish prices had always been non-negotiable in this industry. This isn't some street market in Bangladesh where you buy your counterfeit Jordache. If I went into nearly any other type of North American business and tried to negotiate a cheaper price, the response would rightfully be laughter or anger. All this negotiation in the collectibles realm just keeps non-hobbyists thinking of the industry as a pathetic flea market. I'm certain that it plays a huge element in preventing the industry from ever being taken seriously by ignorant outsiders: "No, seriously! What do you do for a living?".

All of this playfully snide talk is from the vantage point of hypocrisy, as I have naturally negotiated during the course of transactions, and am furthermore made a hypocrite in that I prefer to negotiate as a buyer rather than a seller!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Heh, that is one of my pet peeves, besides other people in general. One particularly obnoxious wannabe playa asked for my “best” on an item and that I should “lmkoninsta” which I had to think about for a minute while I translated it from Douchebag to English. I had a BIN on the item anyway but playa’s 30% offer got automatically rejected, hence the message.

I must be completely bereft of the douchebag gene, because I’ve spent waaaaay more then a minute trying to decipher that term, and I’m still at a complete loss for what it means.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I must be completely bereft of the douchebag gene, because I’ve spent waaaaay more then a minute trying to decipher that term, and I’m still at a complete loss for what it means.

Depending on what the first letter actually is, it either says, "Let Me Know on Insta(gram)," or less possibly, "I'm 'K' on Insta(gram)."

Kids and their slang these days!!!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Depending on what the first letter actually is, it either says, "Let Me Know on Insta(gram)," or less possibly, "I'm 'K' on Insta(gram)."

Kids and their slang these days!!!

Ahhh, thanks for explaining LOL! Makes sense now.

I had a feeling it might have something to do with Instagram, but couldn't quite piece it together.

I've occasionally gotten messages like that to. Buyers on Ebay wanting me to contact them on "Insta". I ignore them.

Just lowball me on Ebay and be done with it. Don't send me on a quest to go find you somewhere else, so you can low-ball me there instead.

[bnorth]

I have randomly been getting them for easily a year on stuff I am not watching. Same goes when selling. Randomly they let me send offers to people not watching the item.

I send offer on things that do not have the make an offer option regularly. I only do it on things we are close to on price and it is my only offer as I hate negotiating. I have around 75% of those offers accepted. When sending offers I have close to a 50% acceptance rate when selling. I have found to only send offers on Thursday through Saturday. For me they never get accepted if sent Sunday through Wednesday as a seller.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Just lowball me on Ebay and be done with it. Don't send me on a quest to go find you somewhere else, so you can low-ball me there instead.

Now that's funny!

[Carter08]

I purchased a low grade 64 Spahn today off eBay. Worth around 15 and I only had to pay 25. I consider that a victory for an eBay purchase.

[Leon]

+1.. I am glad I don't sell too much.

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Now that's funny!