Ebay seller can initiate offer to BIN item watchers
derryb
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Just learned that seller can initiate an offer to anyone "watching" a buy it now item. Offer has to be for at least a 5% discount and can be made in a dollar or percentage amounts. Works great for inexpensive items.
Ebay make offer page. Eligible items will show up only if you have a "watcher."
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It's been that way for a while now.
Yeah sometimes I'll add a new listing to my watch list before I buy it to see if the seller wants to send an offer.
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I usually "watch" an item for awhile, unless it is a rare buying opportunity, and often times I get an offer.
Just yesterday I got a 40% off an item (non-coin) and I jumped on it.
It can be a useful feature. I’ve had a few items sell that way and bought a few too.
I do find it a bit funny when I have a $2 coin on my watchlist (usually watch some to later buy with my small eBay bucks payouts) and receive one of those offers for $0.10 off.
On a BIN auction without the OBO option, you can always send the seller a message with an offer. Sometimes they'll accept your offer or make a counter offer that's less than their BIN price.
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I have recently (in the past three days) received offers from three sellers. I counter-offered on two of them and they were accepted, I accepted the seller's offer on the third. I appreciate the lower offers and the option to make a counter-offer. It shows (to me, anyway) that the seller is motivated, and it saves me some money. The savings add up over time.
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Actually I think you can send an offer to anyone that views your listing! I see the option all the time for coins that have no watchers! Ebay does track and randomly send emails for almost anything you look at, watching or not.
You are correct that it does not have to be someone watching the item. If you look at an item long enough (not sure the exact time needed), that option to send an offer shows up (I've sent offers when it showed as 0 watchers on the item and received offers on items I did not watch).
Yes, I received two offers recently. I believe the discount was 15%. Both coins were still very overpriced and I passed.