Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[drlivingston]

I politely tell them that I am not in the habit of negotiating with myself. However, they are more than welcome to make an offer.

 

[sjmin209]

When people ask what my best price is, I add $10,000 to the price and tell them that would be best for me.

 

[FPB]

Over the last few years I've noticed buyers are becoming a lot more aggressive with their offers. I feel like it's turning into the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. LOW low-ball offers, demands for free shipping, pushy language in their messages, etc. I've blocked more people in the last year than the last 10 years combined. Basically, I don't even answer pricing questions anymore.

 

[div25sec9]

Over the last few years I've noticed buyers are becoming a lot more aggressive with their offers. I feel like it's turning into the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. LOW low-ball offers, demands for free shipping, pushy language in their messages, etc. I've blocked more people in the last year than the last 10 years combined. Basically, I don't even answer pricing questions anymore.

...and no integrity. I have so many who just don't pay or outright cancel because they convinced others to give them a better price after I accepted their offer. It must be working for them, how else would they think that offering 10% of asking would be a good strategy?

 

[haloitsme]

Fu

...and no integrity. I have so many who just don't pay or outright cancel because they convinced others to give them a better price after I accepted their offer. It must be working for them, how else would they think that offering 10% of asking would be a good strategy?

funnily, always want low price but then look at the item with a loop and complain.

 

[eddyroxx]

Is eBay doing away with auto-charging buyers for accepted offers?

I sent out offers to potential buyers and had one send me a counter. I accepted, and it went into “pending”.
Now it looks like I’m waiting for the buyer to decide if they want to buy the item or not at the price they sent.

 

[txwoodworker]

Isn't there a setting you require on the listing like "require immediate payment"? I just recently made an offer on something and ebay required me to fill in the payment info with the offer.

 

[haloitsme]

Is eBay doing away with auto-charging buyers for accepted offers?

I sent out offers to potential buyers and had one send me a counter. I accepted, and it went into “pending”.
Now it looks like I’m waiting for the buyer to decide if they want to buy the item or not at the price they sent.

I think that’s the new feature. When you send more offers out, or differnt offers are pending, you can accept all, and the person that is fastet paying gets it.

 

[Letric]

Speaking of cheap aggressive people lol:

Apparently $17.75 is too high of a cost for a large heavy pair of boots.

Just to run it down for anyone curious:

Shipping cost $13-15.
Tape $0.40
Label $0.20
Tissue $0.20
Bubble Wrap $0.80

And then on a higher cost pair of shoes or anything I do signature confirmation which is another $3.90. So this shipment would actually cost me about $18.50. Then you take into consideration that eBay takes a percentage of your shipping cost and you also get sales tax applied to that shipping cost and you get tacked a percentage on that.

So all in all I might lose about $1 or so. Sure is ripping people off!

 

[wumpyfish]

I think the snookster is with the shipping polizia...

 

[txwoodworker]

I'm confused, did someone follow up on their own neg, or did they comment that the buyer relisted the item with the same shipping "scam"? Additionally did the seller up their shipping cost by $9 after the item sold? So much to unpack there.

I can't imagine a world where I'd do free shipping, but I get a lot of people unhappy with my shipping costs. I do get a lot of compliments on fast shipping though.
I have reduced priority to a minimal amount with the new ground advantage being less expensive and almost as fast.

 

[Letric]

I dunno but major red flags. I didn't even look at their profile - The insult alone was insta-block for me.

 

[goatamous II]

Honestly, i'm starting to consider offering free shipping and just raising my prices.

 

[classicthrifter]

Hey all. I'd love your input on this.

Buyer opens an item not received and requested a refund. Estimated delivery should have been Aug. 9th-10th. The initial tracking scan shows in transit, delayed. However, if I click to have the package investigated it says it can't because it shows as delivered to a third party shipper service. The customer's profile shows they are located in China. The shipping address is a place on the west coast (The third party shipping service).

I talked to the post office and on their back end they can see something that makes it looks like to them that it was probably delivered to the address. There is nothing they could show me or no reason they could give for the disconnect of it still not showing delivered.

I opened an inquiry that will be sent to the receiving post office so that post office can research into why it isn't marked delivered if it was, and to get it marked delivered.

The problem is, it can take 2-3 business days for the post office to respond, and I have to refund the buyer or ebay will step in on August 16th and do it.

I can clearly see, when googling the address that is a third party shipper location with tons of bad reviews.

I feel that the third party shipper received it but is taking advantage of the usps glitch to ask for that refund.

Usually I'd just refund since it is such a low dollar amount but in this case I want to fight it a little.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the best way to proceed? If I refund now, and it eventually shows delivered do I have any recourse? Pretty sure this "buyer" won't pay after the fact.

It was shipped priority mail. I could file an item not received claim as early as August 20th, but I think at some point it might show as delivered. Anyone get a USPS claim to pay out even if it shows delivered so late that I had to refund the customer?

Thanks for any input on this! Thanks!

 

[wumpyfish]

Was the same third party shipper used for the original purchase?
Did you issue the shipping label for the return?