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WHY do people put 'best offer' if the wont accept anything less than the BUY IT NOW??

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Disenchanted · 18/02/2008 13:10

I saw a seller with a few bits that im looking for ...

all about £5

so becasue i wanted 4 of the items i made a best offer of £3.50 on each.

but she declined.

I mean whats the point ?

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Disenchanted · 18/02/2008 13:11

one item was actully £2.50

and i offered £2.00

declined

are you supposed to offer 10p less or something?

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Disenchanted · 18/02/2008 13:18

you think if i offered £4 she would accept?

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suwoo · 18/02/2008 13:30

Stupid!! I sold something for £16 BIN this week and was prepared to accept £13. I sold my Zapp for £105 and was prepared to accept £90. No point putting the feature on if you don't use it.

Disenchanted · 18/02/2008 13:31

Hi again suwoo

i offered £4 on the 1 item i really wnated but im not making anotheron the rest!

her loss

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suwoo · 18/02/2008 14:08

Hiya!! Like you said, what will she accept 5p less? It costs more to sell this way too, rather than a straightforward auction IIRC.

wildfish · 18/02/2008 18:39

You should check the percentages
3.5 of 5 = 70.00%
2 of 2.5 = 80.00%
13 of 16 = 81.25%
90 of 105 = 85.71%

But your complaint is why I don't offer best offers, cos the actual amount seems low, although the % difference is high.

sixlostmonkeys · 18/02/2008 19:06

all seems a bit daft holding out for pence when it costs to list like this. Could end up with a no sale and have to relist thus more fees.

from my experience it's best to work out the figure/percentage that people are likely to drop to in offers and then up the orig start BIN price. Otherwise you end up with stock on your hands, disgruntled potential buyers (who can't offer again unless you counter-offer)

valuable tips have been gleaned from this thread - ie buyers won't offer 10p or so less, cos, well, it's daft

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