On 5/2/18 9:55 AM, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote:
On May 2, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
On May 2, 2018, at 8:58 AM, Cory Heisterkamp via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
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Chuck makes a good point about the Make-Offer feature, and it should be
noted that sellers have this option available to them within the eBay
messenger system even if the button isn't present in the auction, so if you
have your eye on something and feel the price is too high (or your search
of completed auctions shows the item has been relisted several times with
no takers), there's no harm in sending the seller a message with a dollar
amount in mind. -C
YMMV. There is a type of system that I am interested in adding to my
collection. An eBay seller has a bunch in a number of BIN/Make Offer auctions
over months. I asked an expert on the systems his opinion on the auctions,
including what he would offer. I offer 50% more, but it was still 2/3rd the BIN
price. They countered by taking a bit over 10% off. I countered by splitting
the difference but they didn’t go for it. The auction closed and I looked at
the auction history. I saw that the systems had previously been offered at a
price less than my split-the-difference offer. When they came back up for
auction again, I offered the split-the-difference price and noted that the
lower price in a previous ‘no-takers’ auction run. They countered with a higher
price than their counter to my initial offer. They went unsold again and I
waited for the next auction run. I offered the split-the-difference price again
and they countered even higher. I got the message and have stopped bidding.
That was a couple months ago and they still have sold any of those systems.
In case it wasn't clear from the context, I meant to write "still have
**not** sold any".
I’ve also found that if a seller has a number of the same item for sale, I’ll
offer to take the entire lot at a significant discount. A number of the
sellers will go for that (e.g. they can unload all of the items in one
transaction).
I am still passing through the systems that came from Pete :)
Actually, I only have two of them left ...
alan
TTFN - Guy
