topic Re: Selling fees are too high on ebay, time to call it a day and just bin it all in Seller Central

topic Re: Selling fees are too high on ebay, time to call it a day and just bin it all in Seller Central 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/7670541#M677964 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5398135">@eastern-lights</a> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/419082">@bittyboy101</a> wrote: 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. I read on reddit this exact phase;- "I watch items on eBay all the time. Anything that interests me I  don't buy, I watch waiting for an offer to come through and if its low enough I'll then buy it." So this is how people's attitude is now. 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...  <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE>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. With collectibles, buyers who are keen to buy an item are at a bit of a psychological 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.<HR /></BLOCKQUOTE>My point is before eBay introduced "send offers" buy it now items were selling well, most people viewed the item, liked what they saw and parted with their money to buy it. Now because of "send offers" we now have crafty people who have wised up to this and so they view an item, they like what they see but instead of just going right ahead and purchasing it, they simply put it on their watch list instead and wait for the seller to send them over an offer of a lower buy it now price, where a watcher can even make a counter offer !!  This bartering prevents/delays sales and can result in bitterness if a seller then declines a watcher's counter offer ! It's sad but true.  Whilst I  don't deny that "send offers" dosen't work... It does but only for some sellers. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 08:22:05 GMT bittyboy101 2024-09-06T08:22:05Z