Annoyed .....

[canucksfan007]

ZzzzZZzzzzZZzZzzZZzzzzzZZ

Theres nothing like throwing in a decent offer for a card your watching

Getting counter offered too high .....

Watching the next offer come in at the same offer as your original ..... and having the seller insta accept it.

Yikes .....

Just my card rant of the day

[manthis]

hum
that must suck..

[Sharky94]

A lot of EBay sellers think that any offer should automatically be countered, no matter how close to the original you are. Like it's a rule that they are entitled to half the difference.

I usually offer exactly the most I would pay. I can count on one hand the number of times I have accepted a counter. And there have been far more times when I turned down the counter, and then they come back with, "OK, Ill take your original offer." One time I even told the guy to forget it because it was clear he was just trying to squeeze me. I think the original price was something like $75, I offered $60, and he came back with $65. Like $65 if OK, but you wont take $60? I told him to forget it.

[subban7677]

I always get a sense of satisfaction when I decline a seller's counter offer, and then grab the same card on auction for less than my original offer.

[edler4114]

I always contact the seller before wasting their offer. I find I can find an offer through messaging rather than the discreet counter re-counter format

[creasecollector]

A lot of EBay sellers think that any offer should automatically be countered, no matter how close to the original you are. Like it's a rule that they are entitled to half the difference.

I usually offer exactly the most I would pay. I can count on one hand the number of times I have accepted a counter. And there have been far more times when I turned down the counter, and then they come back with, "OK, Ill take your original offer." One time I even told the guy to forget it because it was clear he was just trying to squeeze me. I think the original price was something like $75, I offered $60, and he came back with $65. Like $65 if OK, but you wont take $60? I told him to forget it.

This what I usually do as well. I'll offer with what I'm comfortable paying. Some sellers, depending on the card, are okay with this though from some of my experiences. It's a case-by-case basis, obviously. Some sellers counter offer super close to the original asking price.

[30ranfordfan]

Not me :)

I generally offer less than I'm willing to pay. As has been pointed out... sellers like to counter, and I'm okay with playing the game.

You're asking $75 ? I think it should be worth $60 dlvd ? I'll offer $50, and see what happens. You can come back with $65, I'll re-up for $57, you hit accept, add in a $3 charge, and everyone's happy :)

For the original post though... that sucks. When I sell... I generally ask a little more than I'd accept. I know what I want. If you offer it, I don't haggle. If you offer less, then I counter... so to decline one member's $50 and then take another's at the exact same price? That's weird.

[michaelpatko]

I love getting the last laugh. My 2011-2012 NHL Ink Teemu Selanne was the toughest one to get. Seller has it listed for $200, I offered the most I was willing to pay, $135. Countered for $175 or something. I waited maybe more than a year. Sniped it in an auction for $69. Years later that jerk STILL has the card listed, but for $95. Yeah, shoulda took the $135 when I offered it jerk.

[atruong317]

I love getting the last laugh. My 2011-2012 NHL Ink Teemu Selanne was the toughest one to get. Seller has it listed for $200, I offered the most I was willing to pay, $135. Countered for $175 or something. I waited maybe more than a year. Sniped it in an auction for $69. Years later that jerk STILL has the card listed, but for $95. Yeah, shoulda took the $135 when I offered it jerk.

A lot of sellers don't realize the first reasonable offer will be their best offer. Always greedy.

Funny thing is, if they list a reasonable price w/BO, usually somebody will just buy it outright without an offer. I know a lot of people list 50%-100% higher than what they actually want, but listing at 10%-20% higher gets you more offers and more chances for outright purchases.

[Sharky94]

A lot of sellers don't realize the first reasonable offer will be their best offer. Always greedy.

Funny thing is, if they list a reasonable price w/BO, usually somebody will just buy it outright without an offer. I know a lot of people list 50%-100% higher than what they actually want, but listing at 10%-20% higher gets you more offers and more chances for outright purchases.

So true. If a card is listed way too high, I wont even attempt an offer because I know the seller is either clueless or he is simply trying to screw people.