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Lower bids, Nuisance.

  • prescott9376
    prescott9376 100% (491x)
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    Royaume-Uni

    Is there any way to opt out of this lower bids fiasco?
    when selling something for £1.20 Less Fees am I really Likely to take an offer of 60p?
    At first I responded to offers, declining them, but now they come so thick & fast & ridiculously low I cant be bothered.

    I could make a counter offer. How about £1.20? Which is what I listed at and is very good value.

    I am probably losing sales over this as who wouldn't want to buy something at listed price if they can make an offer.
    They aren't going to come back & pay full price after being declined.
    Perhaps the answer is to double prices.

    Paul
  • wycombe1
    wycombe1 100% (85635x)
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    1894 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    "They aren't going to come back & pay full price after being declined."

    I often find the opposite- they will mostly come back and pay my original asking price probably after checking prices from other sellers.

    Put a message on your listings or in your shop stating you do not accept offers on low priced items because after fees it is not economical to do so - or something similar.
  • moonstone
    moonstone 100% (54223x)
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    1018 messages

    Royaume-Uni

    Is there any way to opt out of this lower bids fiasco?
    when selling something for £1.20 Less Fees am I really Likely to take an offer of 60p?
    At first I responded to offers, declining them, but now they come so thick & fast & ridiculously low I cant be bothered.

    I could make a counter offer. How about £1.20? Which is what I listed at and is very good value.

    I am probably losing sales over this as who wouldn't want to buy something at listed price if they can make an offer.
    They aren't going to come back & pay full price after being declined.
    Perhaps the answer is to double prices.

    Paul
    • Posté le 14 janv. 2024 à 07:55
    • #1656722
    My experience so far is that I either reject the offer totally, if it is so low as to be ridiculous, or for a semi-reasonable offer, a counter offer of say 10%, where I am happy to accept such a reduction, will normally elicit a sale.
    As Wycombe says, the very low offerers will often come back and pay full price if it is good value, and they're only offering a very low figure because they can. If they don't, then that's their problem as I'm not going to sell at a loss.

    I might be tempted a bit lower than 10% IF it related to an offer for stock I'd held for a very long time and wanted to move it on, but this hasn't really happened as yet.

    All in all, it's a total pain in the proverbial, giving me more work, and I very much doubt if it has added anything of any substance to my sales and therefore Delcampe's commissions.

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