Ebay Seller Offers
SDSportsFan
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Is anyone getting "seller offers" on ebay, on items that you're not watching?
Lately, I've started to receive multiple seller offers on items I've simply looked at, and immediately rejected; i.e., a 1955 Topps Koufax that is the grade I'm looking for, at a decent price; but after looking at, have determined the centering is off, or it has print problems, or too many creases.
I look at the item for perhaps 20-30 seconds, and don't add it to my watch list. But then, I start getting seller offers for it, clogging up my home page.
I've gotten seller offers on items that I'm actually watching, and am interested in, and that is good, but now, I'm getting deluged with offers on items I'm not watching, and am not interested in.
Steve
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If you hit the heart button on an item it adds you to that items watch list and notifies the seller. A lot of sellers will send a 5% offer every time someone watches an item.
So if you don't put items on the heart button watch list, you will not get these offers.
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@SDSportsFan
same exact thing happened to me. looked at an item, wasn't interested, didn't add it to my watch list, and received an offer shortly thereafter
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Yes, I have received offers for items I've only looked at and not saved into my watch list.
I get them on items that I've just looked at.
I looked at an OPC Mays card a couple days ago and I only clicked on it because the title said CENTERED and it was close to miscut both side to side and top to bottom. I'm not sure I would have it for free. Already got an offer, made the mistake of clicking to see what I got an offer for, and got another offer!
It's a relatively recent thing. There was a thread I found on the ebay community forums which explained it - I found this when I started noticing offers on items I had only viewed...
I don't recall it exactly, but I'm sure it's still there to be found on the interwebs.
I believe the concept was that, and I recall the word "aggressive"... the concept was that if a buyer "aggressively" looked at your item, they would be included if the seller was to send offers which would normally go only to watchers. The definitions for what aggressively looking at your item meant were all over the place. I can say that I have looked at a card once and then received an offer on it.
Initially I started to think that I was somehow sleep-ebay-ing and watching random items.
That's just it.....I'm not clicking the "heart" button or doing anything; and I'm still getting flooded with the offers.
Steve
How strange, the other comments are saying the same thing.
Maybe they just updated the eBay application to do this.
I haven't gotten any phantom offers like this yet.
The substantial truth doctrine is an important defense in defamation law that allows individuals to avoid liability if the gist of their statement was true.
Same here. As a seller I frequently see the option to send an offer on items with no watchers.
Nic
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There is irony somewhere in this. I've recently noticed that items I added to my Watch list would mysteriously vanish overnight. No explanation for a discontinued or closed auction. No evidence the auction ever existed. Weird.
Enjoy the go.
Took me a long time to find a centered 73 OPC Mays in high grade. But yeah the one on eBay listed as centered should have received an o/c qualifier
I'm thinking if you click on the pictures, especially if it has a bunch of pictures and look at each one, then that could trigger it. That's what i am getting them on.
At least that would be a little more palatable then my Drunk E-Bay purchase's. If I don't have a least one Drunk Purchase every couple of weeks I start asking around for AA Meetings!
YeeHaw!
Neil
Yep, more like 10%+. I don't even reply and let them expire when I should reply " Thanks for the offer, FYI, one just sold last week for $300 less, good luck"...........
Yes, its as much as a waste of time as me looking at sold listings for a PSA 10 Ken Griffey Jr. , opening the listing in a new tab and getting an ebay listing of a creased raw card instead
I noticed I was getting a lot of offers on cards.
My new plan is putting everything I'm interested in on my watch list and wait for a seller offer.
Same here. Started about a week ago.
OMG it's a good thing you don't take ambien. It's a heavy duty sleep aid that whacks you out: crazy dreams, sleep walking, sleep purchasing, you name it. I had to take it for awhile to deal with pain, I was glad to get off it.
We haven't seen any of your pickups lately, no scantily clad women, etc.
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