Automated Responces To Best Offers

I have to say that automated responces defeat the purpose of the best offer system. Several times I have run out of offers on a best offer situation and been within 15% of the buy it now price. Isn't the point of the best offer system, the ability to work out a price with the seller through negociation. That being said why does ebay allow automated responces that just decline an offer without counteroffers that at least give you an idea of what the seller whants for the item. It's without a doubt the most fustrating, waste of time on ebay.|||Several times I have run out of offers on a best offer situation and been within 15% of the buy it now price. What is your first offer? 50%? I think most Sellers that do the Best offer are looking for "reasonable" offers. Have your first offer be 80%, second 85%, 3rd at 90% If they still don't accept, take the hint and pay full price if you want it. .Delivery Confirmation is confirmation of delivery, not tracking.|||It is BEST Offer. That doesn't mean trying to get the cheapest possible price. it means you offer the MOST you are willing to pay, and if that isn't enough for the seller, then you should walk away. You should never offer less than 90%.|||OP..please don't take offense to this, I am just doing it for your own good... RESPONCE is spelled response NEGOCIATION is spelled negotiation||||||James... Ecaxtly is spelled EXACTLY!! LOL!!!|||Isn't the point of the best offer system, the ability to work out a price with the seller through negociation. nope, it's a forum where you can make the best offer and seller can accept/reject/counter offer. but it's not a place to waste a sellers time. most i know have it set to auto reject low offers. make your best offer the first time and if rejected walk away. and correcting some's spelling is never "to help them" , lol. it's always to rub their nose in .......it i'm the worst speller around ,|||and correcting some's spelling is never "to help them" , lol. it's always to rub their nose in .......it if nose rubbing is what you want to call it, then go ahead...I just said what everyone is thinking...It drives me crazy when adults can't spell. Personal pet peeve of mine and I have no problem letting the world know....I'm sure you have pet peeves too and have made them known to others as I have here.|||easier to just ignor than "correct" others. unless you think it makes you look better. but to most on these boards it's get you either ignored or your posts reported. I just said what everyone is thinking i'd doubt 99.999999% even saw it. And no one else complained. most will ignor , it's not something anyone i know on these boards would comment on.|||From the other side of the table, the automated response is useful because as a seller I can provide buyers who send offers an immediate response. If the offer is within a reasonable range, you win right away. If all offers had to be replied to personally, it could be a few hours before I even see your offer, since eBay is a part-time venture for me in an otherwise hectic schedule. (I think this is true for many sellers, BTW.) FWIW, I don't necessarily agree that you always need to offer 90%, 80%, etc. of an asking price. If I can still profit, and especially if I've had the item listed for awhile, I'm likely to accept an offer. However, selling mostly used items, the point where I can still profit varies a lot from one item to the next. Some sellers, and some categories, are going to have a thinner margin to work with. You also need tp consider the time spent acquiring inventory, listing it here, and covering all the fees from eBay and Paypal. It can easily cost several dollars just in fees alone to simply list an item. That said, I don't think it hurts to make a lower offer, however, if you ONLY send reallylowball offers, your odds of having them accepted are probably not going to be as good whether they're declined automatically or they're declined manually.|||It's without a doubt the most frustrating, waste of time on ebay when bidders don't make their best offer the first time. If ebay goes back to the original 1 best offer instead of 3 try to kick me or insult me offers I might use it more.||||||I guess I don't agree that your best offer should be within 90% of the BIN. What about the "sale" practice where an item is reduced 30% or 50% by the seller. Last week I made a best offer on an item I have been watching for weeks. The had only one more day on the 3o day listing and had been unable to sell it. Item was 11.99 with 9.95 shipping, both high amounts for the item IMO. I offered $5.25 and my offer was accepted.Whatever will be will be ..|||Yes, sometimes the best offer function is ridiculous. I did one (made an offer) one time on a $45.00 item. It did not accept my offer until I was within $1.43. On the other hand, I have made $80.00 offers on $140.00 items and been accepted. Just yesterday I counter-offered a $75.00 offer on a $109.00 B.I.N. I had running, and accepted $85.00.|||I agree on this with you OP. I usually bargain before i buy and %90 of the sellers price doesn't mean good bargaining. However if the sellers price is honest, i don't bargain at all.