eBay Can Be a Cesspit of Cretins
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I have a few items for sale on the Bay of E. You get the occasional chancer who'll try and low ball an offer. I found that sometimes some counter-offering tactics work, like if you have an item for £150.00 and the low-baller offers £80, replying with £149.99 sends out a message that you're not desperate, or that you don't want to waste time. It can also get you a better offer. However, there's always one.
Today I received a message from a chancer offering £30.00 "CASH" for an item listed for £90.00 (plus the buyer protection fee). I replied pointing out that the offer was less than half the asking price and that I will not waste time responding to anything that isn't close to the list price. He came back with £40.00. I reminded him of my stance to which he replied how far away he was and how long it would take him to travel to collect it. All the relevant information is on the listing so it's not my problem where he's travelling from. If he can get within sniffing distance of the asking, I'll consider, but I didn't like the tone of his responses so I advised him to make an offer via the listing (and not "cash" as he kept stating).
It didn't take long for him to accuse me of being rude and acting like a 'big man' whilst persisting with more low offers (all still below 50%). I resisted and told him to stop wasting my and his time. He then sent an image of his phone number telling me to call him. He wanted to come and sort me out, later offering to 'knock' my 'teeth out'. At this point I looked for the block option but was on my desktop and couldn't find it. I later found it on the app and duly blocked him from sending any further pathetic messages. I really couldn't be bothered with the prick but there was a part of me that wanted to carry on feeding him for a laugh.
The final exchange (before gagging him) came after I told him to look for something he could afford to which he asked what my 'best price was'. As tempted as I was to respond with £4,000 I simply told him it wasn't for sale to him. This is when he called me out and started to pontificate about giving him my address so he could come to see how much of a big man I am in person.
I get the feeling he has multiple accounts.
Instead of going up a pound at a time, why not get to £70 (which I probably would have counter offered with £80). This would have saved all the bulls
t, but I also think he is like a lot of chancers on eBay and this is their way of operating.
Today I received a message from a chancer offering £30.00 "CASH" for an item listed for £90.00 (plus the buyer protection fee). I replied pointing out that the offer was less than half the asking price and that I will not waste time responding to anything that isn't close to the list price. He came back with £40.00. I reminded him of my stance to which he replied how far away he was and how long it would take him to travel to collect it. All the relevant information is on the listing so it's not my problem where he's travelling from. If he can get within sniffing distance of the asking, I'll consider, but I didn't like the tone of his responses so I advised him to make an offer via the listing (and not "cash" as he kept stating).
It didn't take long for him to accuse me of being rude and acting like a 'big man' whilst persisting with more low offers (all still below 50%). I resisted and told him to stop wasting my and his time. He then sent an image of his phone number telling me to call him. He wanted to come and sort me out, later offering to 'knock' my 'teeth out'. At this point I looked for the block option but was on my desktop and couldn't find it. I later found it on the app and duly blocked him from sending any further pathetic messages. I really couldn't be bothered with the prick but there was a part of me that wanted to carry on feeding him for a laugh.
The final exchange (before gagging him) came after I told him to look for something he could afford to which he asked what my 'best price was'. As tempted as I was to respond with £4,000 I simply told him it wasn't for sale to him. This is when he called me out and started to pontificate about giving him my address so he could come to see how much of a big man I am in person.
I get the feeling he has multiple accounts.
Instead of going up a pound at a time, why not get to £70 (which I probably would have counter offered with £80). This would have saved all the bulls
t, but I also think he is like a lot of chancers on eBay and this is their way of operating. I was once selling a car and took a call from someone who wanted to buy it, the problem was that the car had already been sold by that point, he kept offering more money up the point where he told me he was a boxer and was going to come to my house (no address details were in the ad) and sort me out for refusing to sell the car to him.
Works both ways. I've offered low before because I know something might be a difficult sell. Get the old no chance routine.
Go and buy item from somewhere else and they either come back to you 2 weeks later seeing if you still want it or you see they've lowered it to what you offered.
From what I remember unless it's changed you can only make 3 offers anyway. Takes seconds to decline all 3 of they really are silly offers.
Go and buy item from somewhere else and they either come back to you 2 weeks later seeing if you still want it or you see they've lowered it to what you offered.
From what I remember unless it's changed you can only make 3 offers anyway. Takes seconds to decline all 3 of they really are silly offers.
I've noticed that if I 'watch' an item with an offer, quite often they'll send me an offer with a bit off, usually a couple of pounds, I just ignore these.
Whilst he does sound like a ballsack, it kind of works both ways, if you've listed something at £80 or offers and will only accept £70 I think why not just bung on for £70 no offers.
Not sure £70 from £80 is all that tempting, however, yes total sack!
Whilst he does sound like a ballsack, it kind of works both ways, if you've listed something at £80 or offers and will only accept £70 I think why not just bung on for £70 no offers.
Not sure £70 from £80 is all that tempting, however, yes total sack!
eldar said:
valiant said:
Don't engage with these fools.
Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
Correct answer. Simple No will do.Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
With that kind of offer it's a reasonable assumption that they're morons and you're never going to win an argument with morons.
valiant said:
Don't engage with these fools.
Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
100%.Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
I have sold loads of stuff on eBay and Facebook marketplace over the years and have never had a bad experience, mostly because I simply ignore any moronic questions, any stupid offers, and I certainly ignore anyone who sounds even remotely dodgy. I don't even reply.
Why on earth would you even engage with the idiots?
Funk said:
The first mistake was 'selling on eBay', frankly.
Respectfully disagree. I've had an account on eBay for over 20 years, and over that time have sold cars, watches, tech, bikes, valuables, and all sorts of stuff with no issue.
I find that compared to other options, you get a much bigger audience and reach, and often a higher price on sale.
Mont Blanc said:
valiant said:
Don't engage with these fools.
Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
100%.Life is too short for all the ensuing hassle.
Reject offer and move on.
I have sold loads of stuff on eBay and Facebook marketplace over the years and have never had a bad experience, mostly because I simply ignore any moronic questions, any stupid offers, and I certainly ignore anyone who sounds even remotely dodgy. I don't even reply.
Why on earth would you even engage with the idiots?
The low life get bored easily; no engagement and they swiftly move on.
shtu said:
Offers via "make offer" - 3 tries and they're out. Tends to make people be sensible.
Offers via messaging - ignore them, at most tell them to use the "make ofer".
That they don't want to use "make offer" tells you that they're a bell.
It certainly sounds like that doesn't it! I also set the minimum offer I'll accept so the system auto rejects all of the low ballers anyhow.Offers via messaging - ignore them, at most tell them to use the "make ofer".
That they don't want to use "make offer" tells you that they're a bell.
Mont Blanc said:
Funk said:
The first mistake was 'selling on eBay', frankly.
Respectfully disagree. I've had an account on eBay for over 20 years, and over that time have sold cars, watches, tech, bikes, valuables, and all sorts of stuff with no issue.
I find that compared to other options, you get a much bigger audience and reach, and often a higher price on sale.
Early days, selling on Ebay used to be pretty good and wasn't many scammers. Selling costs then went up / cant create selling vehicles using the phone app, had to use the desktop site etc. scammers galore last few years and lost a few items / few ££ due to this so stopped selling on Ebay altogether.
shame as I used to like using it but find marketplace or vinted better options now (they both have their own issues I know!)
FlyVintage said:
+1
The low life get bored easily; no engagement and they swiftly move on.
True but occasionally I have engaged with them to find out how deep their stupidity is. It's often very amusing. The low life get bored easily; no engagement and they swiftly move on.
I find eBay a fantastic selling tool on the whole though. It's imperfect of course but I can't find a substitute.
STe_rsv4 said:
Horses for courses
Early days, selling on Ebay used to be pretty good and wasn't many scammers. Selling costs then went up / cant create selling vehicles using the phone app, had to use the desktop site etc. scammers galore last few years and lost a few items / few ££ due to this so stopped selling on Ebay altogether.
shame as I used to like using it but find marketplace or vinted better options now (they both have their own issues I know!)
I would agree that Marketplace is actually really good for selling stuff these days. Depends where you live though, to a large extent. I've had nothing but good experiences and met some really nice people. Others on this forum have described Facebook marketplace where they live as being like 'lifting the manhole cover on an sewerage system' Early days, selling on Ebay used to be pretty good and wasn't many scammers. Selling costs then went up / cant create selling vehicles using the phone app, had to use the desktop site etc. scammers galore last few years and lost a few items / few ££ due to this so stopped selling on Ebay altogether.
shame as I used to like using it but find marketplace or vinted better options now (they both have their own issues I know!)
EBay is pretty dead for me now, people can say whatever they like about your item and get a refund, simply too risky now
We find selling whatever it is on gumtree / facebook always works out, just can take a while
Decent People travel for decent stuff if they want it
I tend to meet people at my “work”
Which is not my work, but a science park just by my house which always works
We find selling whatever it is on gumtree / facebook always works out, just can take a while
Decent People travel for decent stuff if they want it
I tend to meet people at my “work”
Which is not my work, but a science park just by my house which always works
Mont Blanc said:
I've had an account on eBay for over 20 years, and over that time have sold cars, watches, tech, bikes, valuables, and all sorts of stuff with no issue.
I find that compared to other options, you get a much bigger audience and reach, and often a higher price on sale.
With high value items in the post is there any guatantees the buyer wont simply say they've not recieved it?I find that compared to other options, you get a much bigger audience and reach, and often a higher price on sale.
Heard stories of sellers losing out in this way, even when recorded deliveries are used.
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