ebay "increase your offer" message

Aaron28 · 09-15-2019, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by disconnekt

and the seller agreed to my offer.

kewl beans!

disconnekt · 09-15-2019, 08:19 PM

Yeah it is! It was just one of those things where I was like "You know what, fork it! Lets see what's see what happens." 😁

vonBaloney · 09-15-2019, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

The fact of the matter is, once a seller posts an item at a specific price, it cannot be adjusted in any way.

If you post an item as "buy it now", you can change the price (and many other details) anytime you like until someone buys it. I do it all the time.

**Tonytee** · 09-15-2019, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by disconnekt

Oh yeah, update on this. The lens (a Ricoh Rikenon XR 35mm f2.8) the person was selling was priced at $37, I made an offer of $25, which the message of "psst, the seller may like it if you upped the offe amount" which I ignored, and the seller agreed to my offer.

My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer?

thnx,

tony

**UncleVanya** · 09-15-2019, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer?

thnx,

tony

No. The for sale items on eBay fall into two large groups. Bid items and buy it now fixed price items. These can overlap but let's pretend they don't. Buy it now items can be setup to get offers also. These if accepted by the seller are like but it now in that no one else can bid and the sale is concluded as if a fixed price sale had occured.

disconnekt · 09-15-2019, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer?

thnx,

tony

The "Make an offer" option is pretty much the seller saying "I'm selling this at XYZ price, but I'm willing take less money on it to sell it".

A bid is "techically" an offer but you're pretty much in a free-for-all going up against everybody else's wallet who wants said specific thing, and only if you win it is it an offer (very confusing, I know.)

stillshot2 · 09-30-2019, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by vonBaloney

I'm sure it is just ebay throwing statistics at you, knowing the success rates for offers rejected, etc. Just ignore it. They do the same when you list stuff for sale if they think it is too high, and tell you to lower it based on average prices, etc etc.

This. Just a suggestion from ebay so they can get more money from final value fees

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09-15-2019, 07:54 PM	#31
Aaron28 Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Huntsville, Al Posts: 7,131	Originally posted by disconnekt and the seller agreed to my offer. kewl beans!

09-15-2019, 08:19 PM	#32
disconnekt Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: SoCal/I.E. Photos: Albums Posts: 1,699	Yeah it is! It was just one of those things where I was like "You know what, fork it! Lets see what's see what happens." 😁

09-15-2019, 08:28 PM	#33
vonBaloney Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 6,029	Originally posted by Tonytee The fact of the matter is, once a seller posts an item at a specific price, it cannot be adjusted in any way. If you post an item as "buy it now", you can change the price (and many other details) anytime you like until someone buys it. I do it all the time.

09-15-2019, 09:08 PM	#34
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,461	Originally posted by disconnekt Oh yeah, update on this. The lens (a Ricoh Rikenon XR 35mm f2.8) the person was selling was priced at $37, I made an offer of $25, which the message of "psst, the seller may like it if you upped the offe amount" which I ignored, and the seller agreed to my offer. My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer? thnx, tony

09-15-2019, 10:20 PM	#35
UncleVanya Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2014 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,404	Originally posted by Tonytee My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer? thnx, tony No. The for sale items on eBay fall into two large groups. Bid items and buy it now fixed price items. These can overlap but let's pretend they don't. Buy it now items can be setup to get offers also. These if accepted by the seller are like but it now in that no one else can bid and the sale is concluded as if a fixed price sale had occured.

09-15-2019, 10:28 PM	#36
disconnekt Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: SoCal/I.E. Photos: Albums Posts: 1,699	Originally posted by Tonytee My little pea brain is having some difficulty distinguishing between taking offers and taking bids. Isn't a bid an offer? thnx, tony The "Make an offer" option is pretty much the seller saying "I'm selling this at XYZ price, but I'm willing take less money on it to sell it". A bid is "techically" an offer but you're pretty much in a free-for-all going up against everybody else's wallet who wants said specific thing, and only if you win it is it an offer (very confusing, I know.)

09-30-2019, 09:43 PM	#37
stillshot2 Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Phoenix, AZ Photos: Albums Posts: 1,070	Originally posted by vonBaloney I'm sure it is just ebay throwing statistics at you, knowing the success rates for offers rejected, etc. Just ignore it. They do the same when you list stuff for sale if they think it is too high, and tell you to lower it based on average prices, etc etc. This. Just a suggestion from ebay so they can get more money from final value fees