eBay "Best Offer" question for sellers

ms70

If you have an auction with the "Best Offer" option, and it's set up to automatically reject offers that are to low, does eBay still notify the seller that the offer was made & rejected?

bigjpst

Not directly, but if you look at the items offer history, I believe they will be there.

LanceNewmanOCC

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i'm pretty sure there is an option to be notified of declined options but auto-declined i'm not so sure. i have all notifications turned off since there is so much stuff to monitor within an ebay store/account, i'm there enough to know what is going on from day-to-day.

also, i can log in on my phone tablet when i am mobile aka not at home.

another way is that sellers can view their listings and see whom has made offers, the amount, date etc.

i often times contact members that have made offers that were auto-declined if we are close together. probably only yields a sale 20% or less of the time but i like the gesture to let people know i've seen that they spent time looking at my items and also expressed interest.
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19Lyds

<< <i>Not directly, but if you look at the items offer history, I believe they will be there. >>

My experience has been that I receive no notification that the low ball offers were rejected.

However, if I look at the "Offer History" for the item, each one is listed.

ms70

Thanks everyone. I was asking because I made an offer on a PCGS certified coin that is priced obnoxiously high. It's a nice coin so I made a more than fair very strong offer, but not stupid
money like he's asking. BANG! Auto reject.

I was just wondering if the seller will see the offer and maybe come to his senses.

Just to give an idea of what I mean by "more than fair very strong", I came up with my offer after searching eBay and Heritage archives. My offer was more than the highest price realized
from either archive, but the seller has the BIN at 2.5 times more than what I offered.

crypto79

I wouldn't hold my breath about completing a sale

291fifth

"Best Offer" is a waste of time. It usually means that the item is overpriced and the seller is looking for a "live one" to buy it.

DaveWcoins

<< <i>"Best Offer" is a waste of time. It usually means that the item is overpriced and the seller is looking for a "live one" to buy it. >>



Sorry, but that is an utterly ridiculous statement.

291fifth

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<< <i>"Best Offer" is a waste of time. It usually means that the item is overpriced and the seller is looking for a "live one" to buy it. >>



Sorry, but that is an utterly ridiculous statement. >>



Not in my experience it isn't.

SeattleSlammer

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<< <i>"Best Offer" is a waste of time. It usually means that the item is overpriced and the seller is looking for a "live one" to buy it. >>



Sorry, but that is an utterly ridiculous statement. >>





+1
I've had tons of success making offers.

lkeigwin

Does anyone use the BIN when there's a BO?

I suppose if it were a cherry I would. But otherwise BO means the seller will take a lower price than the BIN.

I think a lot of buyers like BO's and they generate business.
Lance.