Digital Fish Slap

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

So. I have an eBay auction, Buy It Now OBO at £33 for an old but nice cel phone, delivered. They typically go for about £40. But that's by the by. This cheeky eBayer has been swamping me with offers averaging out at £2. Cheeky wotsit. I wish there was a way to eMail such people a digital slap around the face with a damp trout.

 

[Smugpugmug]

I sell on eBay and 100% ignore offers like that. They're not worth responding to.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I sell on eBay and 100% ignore offers like that. They're not worth responding to.

After the first £1 bid, I sent a counter offer of £28 - bargain. They came back with £2. I just declined. Then came £2… again. Didn't even bother to reply. Some idiot thinking they are having "fun".

 

[fla4fun]

After the first £1 bid, I sent a counter offer of £28 - bargain. They came back with £2. I just declined. Then came £2… again. Didn't even bother to reply. Some idiot thinking they are having "fun".

Now, see, if I were interested, I probably would have made a best offer bid of 28, thinking with a spread of five we would meet in the middle at 30-31. Anything less than that, unless the item is broken and complete garbage, is just rude. Negotiating is fine, but it’s important to keep it realistic.

 

[sam_gordon]

After the first £1 bid, I sent a counter offer of £28 - bargain. They came back with £2. I just declined. Then came £2… again. Didn't even bother to reply. Some idiot thinking they are having "fun".

Or some idiot thinking another idiot is trying to get rid of something.

I mean, you did say "OBO", right? So that's they're best offer. Feel free to ignore it, but they're doing nothing wrong.

 

[Smugpugmug]

After the first £1 bid, I sent a counter offer of £28 - bargain. They came back with £2. I just declined. Then came £2… again. Didn't even bother to reply. Some idiot thinking they are having "fun".

I wouldn't have replied to the first offer. You're not under any obligation to respond to people's offers.

 

[robinb]

I haven't sold on eBay in quite a while, but I thought there was an option in the Best Offer section that automatically rejects anything under a specified price. Or is it, automatically accepts over a certain price? Maybe both?