https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Seller-Central/Selling-fees-are-too-high-on-ebay-time-to-call-it-a-day-and-just/m-p/7670535#M677961 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/419082">@bittyboy101</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /><P>There are also watchers who are very crafty and stick stuff on their watch lists so that they can get the item even cheaper as they know now most sellers are so desperate to sell they send offers just for the sake of getting a sale because sales are now so bad on eBay lately.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>I read on reddit this exact phase;-</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>"I watch items on eBay all the time. Anything that interests me I&nbsp; don't buy, I watch waiting for an offer to come through and if its low enough I'll then buy it."</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So this is how people's attitude is now.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>All this "send offers" eBay started recently now results in smart thrifty buyers just adding stuff to their watch lists and not buying it straightway because there is now a hope/possibility that the seller will send them a cheaper offer via eBay...&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I do not find it in any way odd that buyers should use tactics to buy at the lowest price possibly, in the same way that sellers will always try for the highest price. Where those prices overlap we get a deal, if they don't overlap we don't.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>With collectibles, buyers who are keen to buy an item are at a bit of a <SPAN>psychological&nbsp;</SPAN>disadvantage over the seller, in that if they hold off for a lower price somebody else may step in and buy it, whereas the seller does not care who buys it.</P> Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:08:33 GMT eastern-lights 2024-09-06T08:08:33Z