Really, now- what goes through your mind when you do this?

[Betweenshades]

Dear uber-low best offer person on eBay-

I've listed the part for $120. You offered $10.

Ten. Fucking. Dollars.

And then, THEN when I counter with something reasonable, you counter with $20. I'm beginning to think you don't get it.

Stop wasting my time and either buy the part at list or haggle well. Hell, haggle BETTER. You've established that you don't want to pay what the board is worth, but I've established that I will not LOOSE money. So eff off.

-Your friendly local eBay lady.

[XCashier]

I hate those guys! There's always some jerk trying to low-ball us on our listings, offering $10 for a $80 item. Yeah, that's going to happen, I'm totally in business to LOSE money. Not.

Bastards probably haggle at the dollar store, too.

[Betweenshades]

I hate those guys! There's always some jerk trying to low-ball us on our listings, offering $10 for a $80 item. Yeah, that's going to happen, I'm totally in business to LOSE money. Not.

Bastards probably haggle at the dollar store, too.

and I love the reasonings they give- it's for my graaaaaaaandmaaaaa!!! I'm home sick! I neeeeeeeeeeed it!

[FiddleFaddle]

Judging by your post?

A poof of hot air goes through their mind XD

[Andara Bledin]

My work just outright puts these douchebags on the BBL.

If you give us an insulting and outright ridiculous offer on an item, you don't get a second chance.

^-.-^

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Judging by your post?

A poof of hot air goes through their mind XD

I'm guessing flies around the rotting, dead horse that is their brain.

[EricKei]

My roomie was trying to sell a snake w/aquarium, heat lamp, water bowl, tree bits to climb- er , slither up on, etc, for awhile....He had been trying for awhile, and had dropped the asking price down to basically the retail value of the snake (essentially giving away over a hundred bucks worth of gear with it...this is a $200+ snake o_O)...He got lowballers offering as little as $30-40 for everything. The empty aquarium alone would sell for more than that, even on eBay ... ~_~

[Andara Bledin]

He had been trying for awhile, and had dropped the asking price down to basically the retail value of the snake (essentially giving away over a hundred bucks worth of gear with it...this is a $200+ snake o_O)...He got lowballers offering as little as $30-40 for everything. The empty aquarium alone would sell for more than that, even on eBay ... ~_~

Terrarium.
</pedant>

Wow, if I was in the market for a snake, I'd have jumped on that. Reptile habitat gear is not cheap. Neither are reptiles, for that matter.

^-.-^

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Really, now- what goes through your mind when you do this?

The wind...

[Kisa]

and I love the reasonings they give- it's for my graaaaaaaandmaaaaa!!! I'm home sick! I neeeeeeeeeeed it!

Once a lady emailed my mom when she was selling her oliptical trainer on craigslist saing basically this:
"I was wondering if you could cut the price in half for me. My daughter was born with her intestines on the outside of her body. She has to go through many surgeries, so I bought her a kitten to cheer her up. Last week our house burned down, the kitten died and now we have no money and are living in my mom's basement while I work at mcdonalds to cover her medical bills. She may be dying soon and the oliptical is the ONLY THING SHE WANTS BEFORE SHE DIES! Please do me this one favor."
If your daughter is that sick, she can't use an oliptical trainer. If you are that poor, you don't need an oliptical trainer. Mcdonalds salary cannot cover huge medical bills. You are a liar. Have a nice day.
My mom, however, emailed her back saying she was very sorry for her predicament but she could not bring the price down that low.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

Once a lady emailed my mom when she was selling her oliptical trainer on craigslist saing basically this:
"I was wondering if you could cut the price in half for me. My daughter was born with her intestines on the outside of her body. She has to go through many surgeries, so I bought her a kitten to cheer her up. Last week our house burned down, the kitten died and now we have no money and are living in my mom's basement while I work at mcdonalds to cover her medical bills. She may be dying soon and the oliptical is the ONLY THING SHE WANTS BEFORE SHE DIES! Please do me this one favor."
If your daughter is that sick, she can't use an oliptical trainer. If you are that poor, you don't need an oliptical trainer. Mcdonalds salary cannot cover huge medical bills. You are a liar. Have a nice day.
My mom, however, emailed her back saying she was very sorry for her predicament but she could not bring the price down that low.

That's gotta be one of the most ridiculous made up sob stories I've ever heard. We often marvel at the lengths people will go to to make money but its also amazing to see what they will go through to save money.

I have to wonder if these lowball offer folks are sometimes just hoping the seller accidentally hits "accept"

[Dreamstalker]

I think some are. Gamestore owner once hit "accept" on one of those morons (another reason that only the designated ebay person should ever have the login info) and put it in my lap. I had no idea he did this until I get into work the next day and get yelled at...despite the timestamps saying that I could not have been logged in at that time, he made me deal with it.

The "offer" was far below the store's cost and would have gotten our account yanked by the vendor had I actually shipped it and word got out.

[greensinestro]

These must be the same people who come to our neighborhood garage sales. You're selling something for $50, and hey offer $2. Now I know where they come from!

[EricKei]

Terrarium.
</pedant>

Yeah, yeah, I know -- but when you buy one from the store with no amminul in it, they usually just say aquarium ^_^ stores do not (often) make the distinction unless they're selling it as a kit with the critter and/or gear specific to a critter ('aquarium' if it comes with rocks, a filter, and a cheesy little bit of scenery, 'terrarium' if it comes with rocks, a heat lamp, and a cheesy little bit of scenery) ^_^

PS Yes, I know better than to try and sell something on here. I was just using it as an example ^_^

As for yard sales -- yeah, I can pretty much guarantee that there are people out there who seem to spend their weekends doing nothing but going around lowballing people at garage/yardsales. If someone is offering a set of a dozen clean, unbroken dishes (that probably cost them better than $50 originally) in usable condition for five bucks, I'm not gonna barter; I'm either gonna buy it right then and there, or move on x.x

Hell, I once picked up a 12-foot component cable for $4 that way (and yes, there ARE people who will see this and try to dicker it down to $1.50) -- when I checked it out online later on, it turned out to be a cable that retails new for closer to forty, and even went for $20-30 used on eBay (at the time). Sounds like a deal to me! ^_^ It worked just fine, too.

[ShadowBall]

Geez, and I felt like an ass when I offered a "Best Offer" bid for a doll that was only three dollars lower than the listed price.

And much like anywhere where sales go on, eBay brings out some mighty special people. I don't sell too often, but I've had some interesting people - the problem ones are usually people who say, "Durrr, can you list this item with a Buy It Now price so I can buy it for my child?"

Nooooo, because I clearly say in every item description that I want everyone to have a fair shot at winning the item. You are not too special for the rules, so you can go fuck off if you think you are. The End. The last fucker who gave me the "Do this for me because I have children" sob story got a Buy It Now price listed for about five times the starting bid (in other words, absolutely not worth it). Needless to say, that same person just placed a bid like everyone else and ended up winning anyway.