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$245 BIN or ...best offer.......

topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

I offer 210. It's declined and I get a fabulous discount offered of ......$235 :)
but
Free Shipping goes away. :D

Da noive! :D:D:D

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,401 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Did it work? As in, did you buy it ;)

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:
    Did it work? As in, did you buy it ;)

    Nope. But I told him that my offer was a standing one if he came down to Earth.
    Coinfacts indicated that 175-200 would be appropriate.

    the $210 was an ....offering. :D

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    How was the eye-appeal?

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    How was the eye-appeal?

    Better than 175 Worse than 245 ;)

    I know that exact feeling ..... I price everything based on eye-appeal.

  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,398 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The seller must be a rocket scientist with a good business acumen.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have an Oman silver crown listed at $39.99 Someone offered $20. I countered at $35 - which is break even price for me - the bozo countered at $22. I may just block him and be done with it.

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  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    I have an Oman silver crown listed at $39.99 Someone offered $20. I countered at $35 - which is break even price for me - the bozo countered at $22. I may just block him and be done with it.

    Counter again at $37. Maybe he’ll catch on then although blocking is probably the best idea🙂

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 6, 2019 11:50PM

    My Mom would call it an Indian giver ......... hope not get in trouble for this statement :s:#:D
    I am sure Toppy would not be out foxed and BTW may we see what the fuzz is all about?

    @topstuf said:
    I offer 210. It's declined and I get a fabulous discount offered of ......$235 :)
    but
    Free Shipping goes away. :D

    Da noive! :D:D:D

  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I offered $190 for a raw 1876-CC half in EF40 listed at $300 or best offer several years back. The dealer rejected the offer claiming the coin was worth over $300. He listed it on Ebay again with no reserve and I purchased it for $179.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Let's see.....block because the offer is perceived as too low?
    Nothing bad said in a message or anything. No rudeness. Person obviously values the item at a much lower price, or feels someone may HAVE to sell, so makes an offer they are comfortable with.

    But, block them because one doesn't like the offer? Who knows if they would pay asking price on anything in the future?

    I've made offers to sellers when I have thought they were more than a might too high. I've been successful and I've been unsuccessful. On some of the unsuccessful ones, I've kept them as a watched seller and there have been some purchases from them later.
    I must not have had one of the jumpy sellers, as they didn't block me just because they didn't like my offer price(s).

    I'm half kidding. But since the initial foray, he's countered me at $24 and $25. It's simply a waste of my time to deal with low ball offers on a coin that has a $50 catalog value.

    You are viewing this as one person making one offer. Scale it up to dozens of people making dozens of low ball offers and you'll see why it is an annoyance. And if I refuse repeated offers, someone will just start a thread complaining that I'm being unreasonable.

    There are two sides to every story. You don't have to buy the coin, whether fairly priced or not. But you are wasting my time with repeated low ball offers.

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  • jafo50jafo50 Posts: 331 ✭✭✭

    I'm half kidding. But since the initial foray, he's countered me at $24 and $25. It's simply a waste of my time to deal with low ball offers on a coin that has a $50 catalog value.

    You are viewing this as one person making one offer. Scale it up to dozens of people making dozens of low ball offers and you'll see why it is an annoyance. And if I refuse repeated offers, someone will just start a thread complaining that I'm being unreasonable.

    There are two sides to every story. You don't have to buy the coin, whether fairly priced or not. But you are wasting my time with repeated low ball offers.

    You can save yourself some aggravation by setting up 'automatically decline amount' under the best offer section in the auction. You won't even see those low ball offers when they are made.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jafo50 said:

    I'm half kidding. But since the initial foray, he's countered me at $24 and $25. It's simply a waste of my time to deal with low ball offers on a coin that has a $50 catalog value.

    You are viewing this as one person making one offer. Scale it up to dozens of people making dozens of low ball offers and you'll see why it is an annoyance. And if I refuse repeated offers, someone will just start a thread complaining that I'm being unreasonable.

    There are two sides to every story. You don't have to buy the coin, whether fairly priced or not. But you are wasting my time with repeated low ball offers.

    You can save yourself some aggravation by setting up 'automatically decline amount' under the best offer section in the auction. You won't even see those low ball offers when they are made.

    I know. The only reason my auto decline is set so low is because sometimes someone will come and offer on 10 or more coins and then I will cut them a deal on the one, even if I'm losing money.

    Today's "favorite" customer is another one of you cheap MFers who offered on a complete set of Unc Ike $s - 32 coins including the silvers. Currently being auctioned with a low opening bid of $69 - barely face + silver. One of you - fess up! - offered me the King's ransom of $65 to end the auction early...even though I was NOT taking offers at all.

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  • Aspie_RoccoAspie_Rocco Posts: 3,775 ✭✭✭✭✭

    “I know. The only reason my auto decline is set so low is because sometimes someone will come and offer on 10 or more coins and then I will cut them a deal on the one, even if I'm losing money.” @jmlanzaf

    I understand this statement. I also have lower auto decline for when one person makes multiple offers.

    Constantly getting lowball offers can be annoying, what is worse is when you accept a bad offer and they cannot bother to leave feedback. To me that is reprehensible. I have had at least 5 buyers whittle down the price for large groups or higher priced items, only to find they did not have the basic courtesy to leave feedback.

    I do not block them, but I do not accept additional crap offers from them ever again either.

  • jafo50jafo50 Posts: 331 ✭✭✭

    Feedback is a real sore point with me. If I sell something I ship it the next business day and I leave the buyer positive feedback. Fifty per cent of the time the buyers do not leave feedback. This also happens with buyers that have thousands of their own feedback. Very annoying.

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  • AlexinPAAlexinPA Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭✭✭

    On the only 'Best Offer' deal I tried the guy wanted $235.00 for the coin. I offered $200.00 and the 'person' came back with $235.00! Blocked that seller most quickly.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,924 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 7, 2019 2:36PM

    @Aspie_Rocco said:
    “I know. The only reason my auto decline is set so low is because sometimes someone will come and offer on 10 or more coins and then I will cut them a deal on the one, even if I'm losing money.” @jmlanzaf

    I understand this statement. I also have lower auto decline for when one person makes multiple offers.

    Constantly getting lowball offers can be annoying, what is worse is when you accept a bad offer and they cannot bother to leave feedback. To me that is reprehensible. I have had at least 5 buyers whittle down the price for large groups or higher priced items, only to find they did not have the basic courtesy to leave feedback.

    I do not block them, but I do not accept additional crap offers from them ever again either.

    Sometimes I just want to raise all the prices to see who offers me the original.

    I had one guy offer on a canada proof set I had had for months, so I took it. He now negotiates, or tries, the price of EVERYTHING.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,605 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:

    @topstuf said:

    @oih82w8 said:
    How was the eye-appeal?

    Better than 175 Worse than 245 ;)

    I know that exact feeling ..... I price everything based on eye-appeal.

    ...that reminds me of "what does that coin grade?" ... answer: "...about $200..."

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have made offers on items on ebay... some declined, but even more accepted. I try to be reasonable when I consider the price too high....some sellers just do not want to negotiate though... Cheers, RickO

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