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Tynie Topics
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:53 pm
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There is an item on eBay listed BIN at over £200 and has been on there several months without a nibble.
I know that the item was bought at auction for around £65 once you add in commission and postage, and I also know that £65 is probably around what the item is worth (the estimate was £40-£60). I would have had it myself but was out the country and forgot to register a commission bid (I bid at auction very rarely).
Clearly the seller is trying to catch someone who doesn’t know the value, but it is highly unlikely he will a) find a buyer and b) a buyer at that price. It’s a fairly niche item.
There is a “Make Offer” option, do I go in with an offer of say £70 with the risk of the seller getting a tad upset at me despite coming out with a fiver profit and shifting it on (I have bought from them in the past, but not for a long time, so I don’t want blocked), or do I just simply ignore and move on in the hope that some months down the line he realises it won’t shift and drops the price significantly?
What are people’s opinions? _________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/footballprogrammes/albums |
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Five and In
Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:06 pm
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You could send him a message saying that you don't want to insult him with a low bid, so what is his best price?
Opens the dialogue if nothing else. |
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grantham
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:08 pm
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If the buyer considers that a REALLY low offer, then it will probably be blocked by the auto-decline offers lower than function.
If they haven't used this, then they may well accept an offer just to get rid of it _________________ www.programmehut.com - The Internet Dealers
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Tynie Topics
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:27 pm
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Five and In wrote: |
You could send him a message saying that you don't want to insult him with a low bid, so what is his best price?
Opens the dialogue if nothing else. |
Good idea, do you let on that you know how much it went for at auction? _________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/footballprogrammes/albums |
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Five and In
Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:29 pm
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Tynie Topics wrote: |
Five and In wrote: |
You could send him a message saying that you don't want to insult him with a low bid, so what is his best price?
Opens the dialogue if nothing else. |
Good idea, do you let on that you know how much it went for at auction? |
Not at this point. See what he comes back with first. |
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sellsell39
Joined: 19 Nov 2011 Posts: 807 Location: Needham market
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:31 pm
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Hi guys,
place your best-offer as you see fit.
It may be auto-declined as mentioned here.
But the seller does have the option of making you a counter-offer, which you could accept or counter again and so on and so on.
I think you get three goes at making a best-offer.
It does get quite fun as your 2nd and 3rd best-offer goes up and the seller's subsequent counter-offers get decreased
You usually end up somewhere in the middle that is acceptable to both parties.
I hope this helps. |
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Tynie Topics
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:37 pm
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sellsell39 wrote: |
Hi guys,
place your best-offer as you see fit.
It may be auto-declined as mentioned here.
But the seller does have the option of making you a counter-offer, which you could accept or counter again and so on and so on.
I think you get three goes at making a best-offer.
It does get quite fun as your 2nd and 3rd best-offer goes up and the seller's subsequent counter-offers get decreased
You usually end up somewhere in the middle that is acceptable to both parties.
I hope this helps. |
Yes I've been through that several times, but not with such a large disparity between initial asking price and the price I'm willing to pay. _________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/footballprogrammes/albums |
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Dorking
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:07 pm
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As has been said above, you get 3 goes at making offers
or do what I have done in the past if you have different active ebay accounts and over a period of time offer consistently low offers
Eventually the seller will lower their expectations |
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kenners46
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:38 pm
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You have to take into account ebay and paypal fees, if you did offer £70 then he will be down on what he paid out so you need to go higher at £80 for him to make about £4 or £5 |
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se20blue
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:46 pm
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kenners46 wrote: |
You have to take into account ebay and paypal fees, if you did offer £70 then he will be down on what he paid out so you need to go higher at £80 for him to make about £4 or £5 |
Unless it is a private account and listed on a £1 FVF promotion. |
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kenners46
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:55 pm
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se20blue wrote: |
kenners46 wrote: |
You have to take into account ebay and paypal fees, if you did offer £70 then he will be down on what he paid out so you need to go higher at £80 for him to make about £4 or £5 |
Unless it is a private account and listed on a £1 FVF promotion. |
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