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Topic: Ebay ... Chancers.
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Melvin England
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 707
From: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Feb 2016
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posted August 16, 2018 08:18 AM
David, you have my complete sympathy with this situation.
The recent changes to Ebay's structure is a perfect example of trying to fix something that just ain't broken!
There is a way around it,though. In your example, your starting price was £650. The way to do it now, is to put the starting price at, say, £690. There is a box on the screen called "allow offers." What you do is to put £649.99 in that box, and, theoretically, anyone offering less than that automatically gets a rejection message. That should safeguard you from the "something for nothing" brigade. Who knows, someone may make a bid at your asking price and the price will go up in your favour.
I use the word "theoretically" regarding the "allow offers" situation. I recently was selling a non film item for £75 with an "allow offers" price from £69.99 However, I still got offers of £50 so I suspect the system is not that efficient.
Be careful, though. I have noticed that on some screens there is different wording. One asks the minimum price you would consider (I.E. would notify you, so you have the choice to accept,reject or send a counter price). The other says what the minimum price would be that you would ACCEPT. Reading between the lines that tells me that the minimum offer would automatically be accepted without the nod from yourself, taking it more out of your control.
I hope this helps you.
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted August 16, 2018 11:14 AM
Another thing that works well is, let's say you actually want approximately 550.00 dollars for a top of the line projector ...
Star the price off at 650.00 with a "buy it now". Then, let's say someone makes an offer of 450.00, you decline the offer, but come back with ... yep, you guessed it, 550.00!
That way, the buyer feels like they got a better deal than buying it right away, and you simply get what you were looking for, (well minus ebay fee, of course). ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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