What would you do with this eBay buyer?

Yeah that's usually how it works for me. If you offer less the seller goes the other way. Or proceeds to explain that they have buyers lined up at a higher price than my offer already.

 

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I agree with resisting the urge to make a snide comment. Instead of doing that, I posted about it here to get it off my chest.

 

I purposely don't "allow offers" in my listings because I don't want to encourage people to lowball me. Sometimes someone will message me anyway with an offer and I'll consider it but I honestly want them to pay the asking price and most people do. If you allow offers you're probably going to get them.

 

The last few times I sold, I did allow offers. I got really lowball offers for a couple of coins. It didn't cost me anything to decline them - except a very little bit of time and attention; I value those highly, but at the volumes I was selling, the burden was negligible.

 

Update as of 5.30.26...I have not said anything since this thread was made and today see a new message offering 125. Maybe if I continue ignoring, there will be an offer of 135

 

Just reply back that $135. Is the lowest price that you will go. I’m sure you’ve considered shipping costs but if this guy buys the coin you should ship it so he signs for it. A lot to keep most cost but safer and easier to prove he got it. Regular tracking just shows it was delivered.

 

Let's try an Experiment
Lower your price to $140.
Post up the item number, a few people on here will put it in their carts...give the person that made an offer a week of looking at the item with it showing it's in multiple carts and they'll bite the bullet and buy it.
Call it marketing
IF that doesn't work out the price back to $150.

 

I would just ignore for now. If this person becomes a repeat offender then I would block.