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06-24-2009, 08:09 PM
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I wonder how much volume people do, I have over 1600 items on ebay. If I have something up for 1000 and people offer me 1 or even 100 it is pretty unreasonable and I find it somewhat insulting. Therefore why does that deserve any type of response.
That being said I have increased my use of the auto decline a great deal and as soon as I get a stupid low offer I will put in an auto decline. I try as much as possible to respond to all offers. I generally find that counter offeres are generally either not responded to or declined. James G 
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06-24-2009, 08:51 PM
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I do not use auto response, figuring that any dialog is better than none. As I get more and more jaded to silly offers, I will perhaps change my mind. Since I am one of those idiots that has a good percentage of items up at very aggressive prices (like the euphanism?) I expect some perceived value descrepency. That is not what I consider a silly offer.
I always try to respond with a counter (almost never decline) but sometimes I screw up and miss some correspondence. James G. is correct that most counters are met with silence, so being professional and polite sometimes gets you a kick in the ass when the other side does not exhibit the same propensity.
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06-24-2009, 09:42 PM
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I see both sides of this. However when I see very "aggressive" (yes I like the euphanism) pricing on a card I assume the seller is looking for a guppie and most likely won't respond favorably to a "reasonable" offer so I just move on.
Unless you are dealing with a true rarity, patience is very rarely not rewarded. Last edited by HRBAKER; 06-24-2009 at 09:42 PM. Reason: pour spellin'
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06-24-2009, 11:02 PM
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We've made a few reasonable "best offers" for a few items listed with an insanely high BIN price and a BO option. Never once gotten the courtesy of any reply, let alone a reasonable counter-offer.
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06-25-2009, 05:36 AM
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Thanks for all the great responses which have brought up Two more questions:
1. I can understand not wanting to reply to a $1 offer on a $1k item,but cant you set the auto reply to kick in if an offer is below a certain amount so that you dont have to spend any time responding yourself? 2. what is the general concensus on what constitutes a ridiculous offer? is it 50% of the BIN? 40? 30? Last edited by J.McMurry; 06-25-2009 at 05:41 AM. Reason: my lousy spelling
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06-25-2009, 06:43 AM
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Quote:
 I don't believe there is a level that constitutes ridiculous; that's why ebay has the tools in place to manage offers. I think it works fairly well. For me it also depends on the item. A less common piece will usually have a higher threshold. For example, a George Burke photo vs. a Rollie Fingers rookie card. Remember, this is pretty much a free market with supply and demand establishing the pricing level. Use the tools, be polite, and transactions will transact. Just my .02
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