posted on April 3, 2007 09:38:39 AM new
I can't believe I actually have to explain this to people but here goes.
If a seller is offering an item for $39.99 with BO, that does NOT mean she is going to sell it to you for a dollar.
I put up a $300 (actual retail) sterling silver Byzantine chain necklace for $39.99. Dingbat offers me $1. I decline, manfully not including any comment as to the IQ or mental health state of the offerer. She comes back and offers me $10. Again I decline, and this time I put her on my BBL.
So I get this email: "I'll pay $39.99 plus shipping for that necklace but eBay won't let me bid because I've made offers already (that's what you think, dingbat!). I'm at work; call me at 1-800-xxx-xxxx so I can give you my credit card number."
Oh yeah, I'm all over that like white on rice.
The necklace sold later that day for full price.
Looks like it's time to re-enable auto-decline on all my Best Offers.
posted on April 3, 2007 11:10:14 AM new
Don't you just love it that it sold right after that.
This has happen to me a few times as well - someone offers $20 for a listing of $450 and then the next day someone offers $350.
I love Best Offers but it can bring out the bottom feeders.
posted on April 3, 2007 11:56:38 AM new
Generally I don't have a problem with bottomfeeders, since on things that start at 99 cents somebody has to make the first bid.
But people like Dingbat need to be spanked and I'm going to let eBay do it for me for a while.
Got a similarly-insulting offer a couple of months ago and that one I did send a comment on, along the lines of "Did you seriously expect I would accept this?"
The response was "I'm a single mother, just trying to get by." Yeah. And as we all know, jewelry is an utter necessity of life.
posted on April 3, 2007 01:12:52 PM new
Don't feel too bad Fluffy. Before I set up auto-decline on my BOs, I actually had some x$#L& offer me $20 on a $1600.00 BIN item. My response to him was "Try again when you are willing to honor my investment in this item".
