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Post by RetroMonde on Apr 18, 2019 23:28:10 GMT
So I researched the heck out of my Burberry & Hermes tie; I'm very comfortable calling them both authentic. Listed them at $70 each about an hour ago. Just had a tie seller offer me $15 on one and then added the other to a bundle. WDYD with people like these on Posh? Ignore? Counter? Block? The dude shows 3650 listings so he's no newbie, unlike myself after only 2 months selling there. Am I supposed to contact him and dicker? Good grief!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2019 0:06:16 GMT
With offers that low I usually just decline. If it's halfway decent I'll counter, but I won't play games with lowballers.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Apr 19, 2019 0:41:03 GMT
Decline and ignore - he thinks you're a ditzy female who will add to his bottom line. I've been through this on Etsy. I would not counter - I would have nothing to do with him.
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Post by sunsetpainter on Apr 19, 2019 3:36:33 GMT
Agree with shop and chap. That low of a lowballer just gets declined.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Apr 19, 2019 4:13:03 GMT
And it's not just that - I've countered some real lowball offers and found that they've just used it as an opening gambit and their next counter is much higher, but this person just has an agenda - experience speaking here.
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Post by RetroMonde on Apr 19, 2019 4:14:47 GMT
Well thankfully the problem solved itself by selling to another person for a $60 offer. Worked for me. The lowball buyers are everywhere but I wasn't sure if there's some best practices on Posh or anything goes. Thanks all!
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Post by chapeaunoir on Apr 19, 2019 4:33:40 GMT
Excellent!
I've talked to more experienced Poshers about it, and now it just depends - I'll counter a low ball in most cases with what I want - some start nibbling a dollar or two at a time - those I just decline because they waste my time with this nickel and dimeing. Others get much closer to what I'm wanting (I build extra in) on their next counter, and I realise (and have had some more experienced poshers mention) that their opening was just that, an opening - they're willing to haggle reasonably. Sometimes someone has a semi-low ball, I'll counter and never hear from them again. There's no real etiquette.
So my philosophy is to always counter (unless I'm fine with the offer), save with people obviously wanting me to subsidize their profit (I don't mind people flipping, I do it myself, I'm just not there to increase their profit margin).
ETA: Also, if I've had something sitting there and it hasn't sold on relist, I'm very open to lower offers.
What I don't do is make remarks on people's MTPs or on the item about their lowball (some do and I don't think it's a good idea) or put offer grids up or anything.
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