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[Bird]

you gotta love ebay!

I was the seller on this lot at $42.50 + s/h. Maybe the one comic is rare but still glad to make that forty on a bunch of comics long since paid for.

[RockMyAmadeus]

Anybody know who "collectiblessince1998" is...? They keep making 60-80% off my asking price offers. I don't want to block them, but this is a waste of our time. I'm not going to seriously consider those kinds of offers.

 

[HuddyBee]

13 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Anybody know who "collectiblessince1998" is...? They keep making 60-80% off my asking price offers. I don't want to block them, but this is a waste of our time. I'm not going to seriously consider those kinds of offers.

Why not just put a minimum offer on your books, so offers to low are immediately declined?

[RockMyAmadeus]

4 minutes ago, HuddyBee said:

Why not just put a minimum offer on your books, so offers to low are immediately declined?

Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1 or 2 listings in easy. Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1,000+ would take the better part of a day, if not more.

[HuddyBee]

1 minute ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1 or 2 listings in easy. Putting a lowest offer acceptable on 1,000+ would take the better part of a day, if not more.

I see, do you put that on new books you list? I always set my lowest price at 50% of what I'm asking.

[the blob]

13 hours ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Anybody know who "collectiblessince1998" is...? They keep making 60-80% off my asking price offers. I don't want to block them, but this is a waste of our time. I'm not going to seriously consider those kinds of offers.

 

raise your prices 90%?

 

[the blob]

On ‎12‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 2:34 PM, theCapraAegagrus said:

You can't make this up.

I have an item for sale at $450. No OBO.

Get a new message, "hi bro you accept 250$?"

I don't even know what to say.

Will you accept $150? I'll pay today. Maybe. Unless I change my mind. But I need to know what it is. And after that I might tell you I just got laid off and can't pay.

[RockMyAmadeus]

5 minutes ago, HuddyBee said:

I see, do you put that on new books you list? I always set my lowest price at 50% of what I'm asking.

Not often, no. While there's certainly a case to be made for rejecting offers, I don't subscribe to it. If I auto-reject, I never see those offers, so I have no idea if someone is even interested. If I have no auto-reject, I get an offer that might be too low, but it gives me the opportunity to check to see if my prices are out of line with the market. Sometimes, that translates into sales that both the buyer and myself find acceptable...sales I would never have if there was an auto-reject and I never saw the potential buyer at all.

Half the sale is engaging a potential customer. I just got a buyer who made an offer of $150...half my ask price...and I countered at $270, and explained the book a bit...and got the sale.

Of course, there are the serial ultra-lowballers that get a touch annoying. If I list a Sig Series slab for $250, $50 isn't going to be acceptable. That's less than it cost to get done.

 

[theCapraAegagrus]

3 minutes ago, the blob said:

Will you accept $150? I'll pay today. Maybe. Unless I change my mind. But I need to know what it is. And after that I might tell you I just got laid off and can't pay.

I sold it at full price 1 day later lol.

[the blob]

1 hour ago, theCapraAegagrus said:

I sold it at full price 1 day later lol.

It happens.

 

1 hour ago, RockMyAmadeus said:

Not often, no. While there's certainly a case to be made for rejecting offers, I don't subscribe to it. If I auto-reject, I never see those offers, so I have no idea if someone is even interested. If I have no auto-reject, I get an offer that might be too low, but it gives me the opportunity to check to see if my prices are out of line with the market. Sometimes, that translates into sales that both the buyer and myself find acceptable...sales I would never have if there was an auto-reject and I never saw the potential buyer at all.

Half the sale is engaging a potential customer. I just got a buyer who made an offer of $150...half my ask price...and I countered at $270, and explained the book a bit...and got the sale.

Of course, there are the serial ultra-lowballers that get a touch annoying. If I list a Sig Series slab for $250, $50 isn't going to be acceptable. That's less than it cost to get done.

 

Yup. I don't do auto reject for this reason. Granted, it's only 10-20% of the time that the extreme low baller gets back to reality and accepts and counter (or a counter counter), but it happens.

[the blob]

On ‎12‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 4:36 PM, Bird said:

you gotta love ebay!

I was the seller on this lot at $42.50 + s/h. Maybe the one comic is rare but still glad to make that forty on a bunch of comics long since paid for.

I don't see the 6 gold for less than $26 on the interwebs (granted, no actual sales) and the nude gold variant I don't see anywhere at all (or any sales). Maybe this guy got over on you???

Edited December 9, 2019 by the blob

[skypinkblu]

So with all the negative experiences, I might have  a positive one. I'm going to wait and post the name once I get the replacements. 
I bought a book on eBay with the idea of donating it to the Christmas raffle. It was described as being in good condition with a detached cover. When I opened it, the cover was split in 2 and detached.

This time it was not easy to contact the person instead of just returning,  you have to check off that you want to ask the seller about using the item, otherwise it takes you to a default to automatically return.

In any case, I explained why I made the purchase and he offered to let me keep the comic and send 2 more so I could use those for the raffle. I said I'd post all 3 in the raffle (if I get them in time).

So I might have a name, NOT to put on the blocked seller list.

[B2D327]

[RockMyAmadeus]

Had someone offer $135.05 for a slab. Ok, shipping's $14.95, so they gotta be cute and round up that extra nickel. No problem.

Countered at $155 (priced at $170.) 

Buyer countered back at $135....06.

Like dude, just decline. I know you want the book...but the point of countering is to make a substantive counter, not play silly games. And you clearly don't want the book THAT bad. If you don't want to pay more than your offer, just decline. There's no harm in that.

[slym2none]

Yep.



-slym

[theCapraAegagrus]

On 12/15/2019 at 1:46 AM, RockMyAmadeus said:

Had someone offer $135.05 for a slab. Ok, shipping's $14.95, so they gotta be cute and round up that extra nickel. No problem.

Countered at $155 (priced at $170.) 

Buyer countered back at $135....06.

Like dude, just decline. I know you want the book...but the point of countering is to make a substantive counter, not play silly games. And you clearly don't want the book THAT bad. If you don't want to pay more than your offer, just decline. There's no harm in that.

A couple years ago I played a similar game. Buyer offered $350 on a $700. I countered with $500. He countered with $350.

[evilskip]

This hasn't happened before and I've not gotten any news on big changes ebay was implementing on feedback. A couple of months ago I had a disagreement with a seller over grading on 4 books. I would have been justified on leaving 4 negs but went with neutrals. The seller even agreed with me.

Saw a book I wanted, but the seller was really familiar so I checked his feedback. There were a ton of neutrals, but none from me. So I went back and looked at the feedback I had left over the past year. The 4 neutrals were not there either. In fact, the entire transaction including the one positive had vanished. And it is the same seller.

Any ideas on how this could happen? Thanks.

[Number 6]

Not big deal, just something I thought was kind of funny.

All my items are listed as BIN with not Make An Offer feature.

Regardless, I get a message from a user asking what my lowest price would be for a card I have listed.  I hate that question because 1) I haven't invited offers and 2) if someone wants it for less at least step up and throw out a number, don't ask me to negotiate against myself.

But before I politely decline, I decide to check completed auctions because the card has been up for awhile.  As it turns out, it's been selling for about $10 less than my asking price so I send him an offer through eBay.

I get a message back saying he thinks my offer is fair, but instead of accepting he now wants me to go over the card with a fine-tooth comb as he submits all his cards for grading.

So after getting me to drop my price by $10 he now wants me to pre-screen for him.  Gotta love it....

[theCapraAegagrus]

13 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

Not big deal, just something I thought was kind of funny.

All my items are listed as BIN with not Make An Offer feature.

Regardless, I get a message from a user asking what my lowest price would be for a card I have listed.  I hate that question because 1) I haven't invited offers and 2) if someone wants it for less at least step up and throw out a number, don't ask me to negotiate against myself.

But before I politely decline, I decide to check completed auctions because the card has been up for awhile.  As it turns out, it's been selling for about $10 less than my asking price so I send him an offer through eBay.

I get a message back saying he thinks my offer is fair, but instead of accepting he now wants me to go over the card with a fine-tooth comb as he submits all his cards for grading.

So after getting me to drop my price by $10 he now wants me to pre-screen for him.  Gotta love it....

"It's Gem Mint, bro."

[RockMyAmadeus]

5 hours ago, evilskip said:

This hasn't happened before and I've not gotten any news on big changes ebay was implementing on feedback. A couple of months ago I had a disagreement with a seller over grading on 4 books. I would have been justified on leaving 4 negs but went with neutrals. The seller even agreed with me.

Saw a book I wanted, but the seller was really familiar so I checked his feedback. There were a ton of neutrals, but none from me. So I went back and looked at the feedback I had left over the past year. The 4 neutrals were not there either. In fact, the entire transaction including the one positive had vanished. And it is the same seller.

Any ideas on how this could happen? Thanks.

eBay will remove negatives/neutrals from any seller who calls in and complains.

It has rendered the feedback system utterly meaningless.