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I would change your setting you can set it to automatically reject offers below a certain price, it saves you replying to cheeky time wasters

if you do best offer it is assumed you will take at least 10% less may 20% you priced at £275, I would set an automatic rejection of an offer below £199.99, or maybe £175 (that is 27% -35% less than asking price so a very fair reduction) they can only make 3 offers so if they are all silly they then can only buy at set BIN

Yes, wait it out, or counter-offer with something you'd be happy with. I had something similar with a Playmobil Victorian doll's house a few years ago. The first time I listed it I had lots of disappointing low offers. I ended up re-listing at the same price and someone bought it for the BIN price! People will get less fussy as it gets towards Christmas!

Definitely counter offer as that normally sorts out the non serious bidders e.g. When they counter bid to you back and don't even come halfway in their price, I usually know that they are a chancer.

My top tip is to wait it out! I've got numerous crappy best offers before on items (particulary when item has a long way to go before ending) and then all of a sudden someone just buys it for the buy it now price. That makes it all worth it!

Thanks, that's a good idea.

I think you just got a very cheeky buyer. I was selling a sofa for £300 once, someone offered £20 and said they would be here to collect in an hour - I ignored. But you will get folk chancing their arm.

Go back with a counter offer maybe of £240 and see what they say? They may come back and offer £200

So I often sell Buy Now instead of auction and I am currently listing a BNIB piece of kids garden toy equipment worth £350. I have priced at £275 allowed buyers to make a Best Offer and hoping to get £200+

I've had the same buyer make an offer of £150 and then today (a few days later) £120! I could see the sense in the first low offer, they said they could pick up next day so were obviously hoping I wanted a quick sale, but I've listed for a month hoping to get a good price at Christmas and if I don't sell it now i'll wait and list again in the spring. I've got 28 people watching so I don't think its unreasonable to hope to get a better offer.

My question is this: are my assumptions correct or is there some expected practise/etiquette with best offers that means all the offers are going to be as low as this? I have only done Best Offer once before with furniture that then sold on gumtree first so I haven't any previous experience to draw on.

TIA