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here is a message I received after blocking an ebayer that offered $10 on a coin I had priced at $200. he offered, I declined and blocked, then he sent this: "You are a Jerk for blocking me for a low offer for your overpriced coin that you will NEVER SELL AT THAT PRICE!!! I am a Great fast paying buyer that you lost as a customer I will tell all my e-bay friends about you as well. They will not buy from you either!!!! I bid $10.00 because the coin may be worth $20-30.00 and wanted to show you that you were overpricing your coin! If you cannot accept constructive criticism then you will Fail as a seller! YOU SUCK!!!" anyone interested in his ebay ID ?
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Well Congratulations are in order. You won the " YOU SUCK " award
Another reason I don't put make an offer on auctions.
<< <i>Set a minimum offer you will consider and you won't have to deal with low ball offers. They will be immediately declined. >>
Only way to roll. I have listings with 20 or so offers and all have been automatically declined for being to low. Saves alot of time and head aches.
<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
I agree, unless he made many lowball offers on several coins. Certainly would not block on 1 offer.
<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
I'm actually glad to know that I am not the only one who blocks those that make ridiculous offers...
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<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
I'm actually glad to know that I am not the only one who blocks those that make ridiculous offers... >>
+1.
I'd like to know the ID. Guys like that never buy anything and on the rare occasions when they do, they invariably find ways to make your life miserable. If others want "customers" like that, they can have 'em.
Anyone who posts a childish response like that after simply being blocked tends to prove my point.
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offer that was accepted. My BIN price was $125 but I enabled any offer over $100 to be automatically
accepted and any offer under that declined. I just got $105. Worked out fine for me!
bob
<< <i>I'm pretty much tired of the eBay nonsense and haven't sold on there for almost a year. I once had an eBay "buyer" tell me that my certified Seated dollar was only worth melt, lol. >>
Did you tell him that you would be happy to take his certified seated dollars for melt?
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I have a coin listed for 489 with a best offer. Guy offers $4. I counter offer with 400. He buys.
Have you ever contemplated that a person enters the wrong amount and press submit too quickly? The best offer procedure is at best confusing, at worse I've made mistakes myself.
Sometimes people test you. It's a free market society. He can offer $2. You counter $190. Maybe he'll buy? Maybe he'll come back with $160?
But if you automatically ban the bidder you are 100% guaranteed not to make a sale.
Sorry...I just would not take that approach because you are guaranteeing you will make the person irate and guaranteeing that your decision to block the person was the best. You essentially created the reality you wanted.
I'd rather create the reality the of a PayPal payment and a USPS label printing
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<< <i>I bid $10.00 because the coin may be worth $20-30.00 and wanted to show you that you were overpricing your coin! >>
Simple, considerate communication seems to evade so many people. If the "buyer" wanted to communicate that he/she felt your coin was price too high ... why not just say so? Offering a very low price in the hopes the other seller will have a pricing epiphany is absurd and just inflames the conversation.
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<< <i>I thought that a blocked member could no longer communicate to the blocking member through the eBay messaging system.
Unless eBay recently changed their policy, that used to be the case. Once blocked, you could not bid nor communicate via the eBay message system to the seller that blocked you.
btw, I do not block "low ball offer" bidders, I just ignore them or make a counteroffer.
<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
Same here. You need these guys to get the 99c no reserve auctions going! The only time I would block someone is if I had a bad selling experience with him (i.e. returned a coin for "buyers remorse") or if someone else on the boards had a terrible experience.
<< <i>Funny, maybe I'm wired differently but I don't follow your logic...
I have a coin listed for 489 with a best offer. Guy offers $4. I counter offer with 400. He buys.
Have you ever contemplated that a person enters the wrong amount and press submit too quickly? The best offer procedure is at best confusing, at worse I've made mistakes myself.
Sometimes people test you. It's a free market society. He can offer $2. You counter $190. Maybe he'll buy? Maybe he'll come back with $160?
But if you automatically ban the bidder you are 100% guaranteed not to make a sale.
Sorry...I just would not take that approach because you are guaranteeing you will make the person irate and guaranteeing that your decision to block the person was the best. You essentially created the reality you wanted.
I'd rather create the reality the of a PayPal payment and a USPS label printing
Words of wisdom to agree with unless banning is a strategy to force communication for a sale. An extreme tactic nonetheless if it opens up an avenue to advertise............hey, whatever works to make a sale.
But in this instance, the OP ended up with a pissed off response and if either has a clientele following.......well, such a move could backfire.
Leo
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why not just set a minimum acceptable price and avoid all the drama. surely you have better things to do with your time?
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why not just set a minimum acceptable price and avoid all the drama. surely you have better things to do with your time?
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+1
I think though that some sellers actually enjoy dealing with the low ballers, or inviting reactions, for whatever reason. Otherwise either set auto decline for offers too low or simply decline.
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"ebaybuyer" has blocked so many bidders that the only ones left are those that only have 10 bucks to their name. He had no choice with that bid!
<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
There are plenty of buyers on eBay, and eBay puts them on a high pedestal at the expense of the sellers. Blocking is one of the last tools sellers have there to keep the BS down. I'd block the guy also.
then check this box at the bottom of the page :
Don't allow blocked buyers to contact me. (Buyer won't see the "Contact Seller" button on your Q&A page.) Note: Buyers can still contact you about existing transactions, unless you add them to your blocked list.
<< <i>I have a coin listed for 489 with a best offer. Guy offers $4. I counter offer with 400. He buys...
Have you ever contemplated that a person enters the wrong amount and press submit too quickly? >>
If the example you have given is not just theoretical but actually took place, I think a conservative guess is that that outcome only happens about once in a million (or more) times. I have also blocked ridiculously low BO bidders on occasion, although lately I just use the "refuse offers lower than" option most of the time.
- Jim
<< <i>Funny, maybe I'm wired differently but I don't follow your logic...
I have a coin listed for 489 with a best offer. Guy offers $4. I counter offer with 400. He buys.
Have you ever contemplated that a person enters the wrong amount and press submit too quickly? The best offer procedure is at best confusing, at worse I've made mistakes myself.
Sometimes people test you. It's a free market society. He can offer $2. You counter $190. Maybe he'll buy? Maybe he'll come back with $160?
But if you automatically ban the bidder you are 100% guaranteed not to make a sale.
Sorry...I just would not take that approach because you are guaranteeing you will make the person irate and guaranteeing that your decision to block the person was the best. You essentially created the reality you wanted.
I'd rather create the reality the of a PayPal payment and a USPS label printing
Well Said
<< <i>here is a message I received after blocking an ebayer that offered $10 on a coin I had priced at $200. he offered, I declined and blocked, then he sent this: "You are a Jerk for blocking me for a low offer for your overpriced coin that you will NEVER SELL AT THAT PRICE!!! I am a Great fast paying buyer that you lost as a customer I will tell all my e-bay friends about you as well. They will not buy from you either!!!! I bid $10.00 because the coin may be worth $20-30.00 and wanted to show you that you were overpricing your coin! If you cannot accept constructive criticism then you will Fail as a seller! YOU SUCK!!!" anyone interested in his ebay ID ? >>
Sure. PM me.
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Normally let eBay handle that kind of communication as I pre-set what will be accepted in my listings that have "Make Offer" enabled.
As do I. I set a minimum for which I would even consider with the auto-decline feature.
The name is LEE!
me: and im guessing you expect me to unblock you after your tantrum ? to be honest, I don't WANT "customers" like you. if the price is too high, find another one. YOU don't price my items I DO. ill be happy to block all of your "ebay" friends as well. if they aren't already blocked. im the jerk and you are resorting to name calling and acting like a child that didn't get his way, perhaps I should share this with all my ebay friends and let them decide for themselves if they want you as a customer or would rather just block your dumb ass. ***
him: I have another one! In Fact Three!!! You will just end up with no customers at all! Or maybe just "unhappy ripped off ones"!?! You are the idiot! Have you seen my perfect buy record? When your friends see $239.00 for your Holed Junk Dime they will no longer be your friends! You Say I am the one having the tantrum? It is YOU who is having the Tantrum! You are the Baby who tries to block people for "Calling You Out" Remember all I did is Bid $10.00! You Blocked me for that! What a Baby you are. Now you want to Tattle to your Friends? go right ahead! You will never have any success with your poor attitude and lack of knowledge! You Still Suck by the way! ***
me: I didnt "try" to block anyone. as for my success, you worry about your feedback, and ill worry about my own. ***
him: What a Liar! You are telling me that you don't try to block anyone and yet you blocked me! I do not need to worry about mine as I do not try to rip people off by overcharging people like you do!!! When you say you do not want customers like me just keep in mind that 95% of us are all like me! When you say like me you mean A 100% Positive Feedback Fast Paying Red Star Buyer Like Me? I Spend Several Thousand Dollars on Coins Every Year. I am the Buyer that Sellers Compete Against Other Sellers To Get My Business! You Just Have No Clue! ***
me: it is what it is, you offered some douchebag low ball offer and I blocked you, I didn't "try" to block you I DID block you, I don't want to do any business with you, and I wont do any business with you. the coin is priced too high for you than perhaps you should look elsewhere rather than low balling me. YOU are throwing the tantrum, and perhaps you are just not smart enough to see that ,either way, refrain from your name calling and leave it alone or I will report your childishness to ebay. ***
him: LOWBALL??? My Offer was MUCH More Fair Than your $239.00 BEND OVER THE BUYER AND R_PE ATTEMPT! How about being a MAN instead of a "BOY" and try Auctioning if Off!!!???!!! We Will See Who is Right and who is the Scam Artist Douchebag! Looks Like No one else wants to do business with you either!!! You are just too much of a Chicken Sh it to do it! That is because Deep Down You Know That I am RIGHT! If You Block Everyone who gives you a low offer then you will have no one left to sell to! $10.00 is a Lot More Than ZERO! Which is what you are! A Big Fat ZERO! By The Way You "Still Suck" MR. 98.1% and Probably Dropping!!! ***
this is why i block low ballers after the initial BS offer. because 99% of the time, this is the mindset of the low baller.
<< <i>may we see the auction in question? >>
+1
It would seem that my prior post was actually right on the money in this case.
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<< <i>I don't understand why you blocked the person, instead of just declining. >>
There are plenty of buyers on eBay, and eBay puts them on a high pedestal at the expense of the sellers. Blocking is one of the last tools sellers have there to keep the BS down. I'd block the guy also. >>
Isn't it to your advantage when the offers total up in your ebay auctions?
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
<< <i>him: "You are a Jerk for blocking me for a low offer for your overpriced coin that you will NEVER SELL AT THAT PRICE!!! I am a Great fast paying buyer that you lost as a customer I will tell all my e-bay friends about you as well. They will not buy from you either!!!! I bid $10.00 because the coin may be worth $20-30.00 and wanted to show you that you were overpricing your coin! If you cannot accept constructive criticism then you will Fail as a seller! YOU SUCK!!!" ***
me: and im guessing you expect me to unblock you after your tantrum ? to be honest, I don't WANT "customers" like you. if the price is too high, find another one. YOU don't price my items I DO. ill be happy to block all of your "ebay" friends as well. if they aren't already blocked. im the jerk and you are resorting to name calling and acting like a child that didn't get his way, perhaps I should share this with all my ebay friends and let them decide for themselves if they want you as a customer or would rather just block your dumb ass. ***
him: I have another one! In Fact Three!!! You will just end up with no customers at all! Or maybe just "unhappy ripped off ones"!?! You are the idiot! Have you seen my perfect buy record? When your friends see $239.00 for your Holed Junk Dime they will no longer be your friends! You Say I am the one having the tantrum? It is YOU who is having the Tantrum! You are the Baby who tries to block people for "Calling You Out" Remember all I did is Bid $10.00! You Blocked me for that! What a Baby you are. Now you want to Tattle to your Friends? go right ahead! You will never have any success with your poor attitude and lack of knowledge! You Still Suck by the way! ***
me: I didnt "try" to block anyone. as for my success, you worry about your feedback, and ill worry about my own. ***
him: What a Liar! You are telling me that you don't try to block anyone and yet you blocked me! I do not need to worry about mine as I do not try to rip people off by overcharging people like you do!!! When you say you do not want customers like me just keep in mind that 95% of us are all like me! When you say like me you mean A 100% Positive Feedback Fast Paying Red Star Buyer Like Me? I Spend Several Thousand Dollars on Coins Every Year. I am the Buyer that Sellers Compete Against Other Sellers To Get My Business! You Just Have No Clue! ***
me: it is what it is, you offered some douchebag low ball offer and I blocked you, I didn't "try" to block you I DID block you, I don't want to do any business with you, and I wont do any business with you. the coin is priced too high for you than perhaps you should look elsewhere rather than low balling me. YOU are throwing the tantrum, and perhaps you are just not smart enough to see that ,either way, refrain from your name calling and leave it alone or I will report your childishness to ebay. ***
him: LOWBALL??? My Offer was MUCH More Fair Than your $239.00 BEND OVER THE BUYER AND R_PE ATTEMPT! How about being a MAN instead of a "BOY" and try Auctioning if Off!!!???!!! We Will See Who is Right and who is the Scam Artist Douchebag! Looks Like No one else wants to do business with you either!!! You are just too much of a Chicken Sh it to do it! That is because Deep Down You Know That I am RIGHT! If You Block Everyone who gives you a low offer then you will have no one left to sell to! $10.00 is a Lot More Than ZERO! Which is what you are! A Big Fat ZERO! By The Way You "Still Suck" MR. 98.1% and Probably Dropping!!! ***
this is why i block low ballers after the initial BS offer. because 99% of the time, this is the mindset of the low baller. >>
I bid on items from my 2yr old android that has a life of it's own and mistakes happen.
Just say no thanks. But I will admit I bocked a yoyo for a $20 offer on a $500 item. I too was annoyed. Thankfully that was the last I heard from him.
I would not have let it turn into a debate.