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Hey guys I've bad experiences on Mojave Outdoors esp.on a certain flea-bay site,they always have a "make offer" section,and I must have put over 10 best offers some with as little as 2 dollars less than their asking price,and never more than 7 dollar difference and they have never accepted any of my offers?, I honestly don't know what gives with this outfit doing this if its their standard practice ,which it seems to be they, will not be getting any of my business in the future. I know they do have some nice exclusives ,but why the heck have a phony "best offer" option if their intent is never to honor it???just a heads up so you all don't waste your time with them
 
Them not accepting your lower offers is a bad experience? Your threshold must be quite low. I understand that you think they should just eliminate the Make Offer option; but maybe there is a reason that they include it.

If it bothers you that much, I think you made the right choice in deciding not to give them your business. Shame it took you so many tries to figure it out, though.
 
BITEME said:
Hey guys I've bad experiences on Mojave Outdoors esp.on a certain flea-bay site,they always have a "make offer" section,and I must have put over 10 best offers some with as little as 2 dollars less than their asking price,and never more than 7 dollar difference and they have never accepted any of my offers?, I honestly don't know what gives with this outfit doing this if its their standard practice ,which it seems to be they, will not be getting any of my business in the future. I know they do have some nice exclusives ,but why the heck have a phony "best offer" option if their intent is never to honor it???just a heads up so you all don't waste your time with them
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That just gives you a shot at making a lower offer. They do not have to honor it.
 
Some sellers on there have the make offer option but they will not accept a lower offer that is below a certain percent of the original price. A seller didn’t accept my offer once so I asked them what would be their best price and they explained that I could make an offer of 5 percent less than the original price on any item they sold and they would accept but would not accept any offer below 5 percent.
 
Yeah I guess you guys are correct if someone is selling a knife for $80 or best offer ,and you offer $78 and he declines your offer... it's probably your fault for even considering it.. thanks a bunch for the help 👍
 
The only thing that's "your fault" about it is being bothered that your offer wasn't accepted. That comes with the territory when you decide to haggle.
Well, that and the fact that it took you so many refusals to stop trying.
 
BITEME said:
Yeah I guess you guys are correct if someone is selling a knife for $80 or best offer ,and you offer $78 and he declines your offer... it's probably your fault for even considering it.. thanks a bunch for the help 👍
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And exactly what help would you have liked us to offer?

Here's my helpful advice then.....I love getting a deal, maybe more than the next guy or gal but to get this bothered over $2? My man, that isn't even worth the time to type out and hit the make offer button, much less come here to bitch about. And, if I were in your shoes, and somehow got so wrapped up in this thing as you have, and made all those chump change offers that all got denied, I sure as shit wouldn't tell anyone. It's embarrassing. Take the loss and move on.

Now don't get me wrong, I would have likely just accepted the offer at the $5 mark. The seller sounds stubbornly cheap. That said, just because the seller acts foolish, doesn't mean you need to return the favor. $2 man, don't let it get to you.
 
craytab said:
And exactly what help would you have liked us to offer?

Here's my helpful advice then.....I love getting a deal, maybe more than the next guy or gal but to get this bothered over $2? My man, that isn't even worth the time to type out and hit the make offer button, much less come here to bitch about. And, if I were in your shoes, and somehow got so wrapped up in this thing as you have, and made all those chump change offers that all got denied, I sure as shit wouldn't tell anyone. It's embarrassing. Take the loss and move on.

Now don't get me wrong, I would have likely just accepted the offer at the $5 mark. The seller sounds stubbornly cheap. That said, just because the seller acts foolish, doesn't mean you need to return the favor. $2 man, don't let it get to you.
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Its not really about the $ ,when a seller posts best offer I'm thinking he/she wants to get rid of it ,and I have a few knives already so i'm thinking hey if i could save $5 on a knife anything helps ,but its not the case with this seller i've offered $5 he didn't take it, then I offered $3 less still didn't accept -so really what a total waste of time even posting -the truth is i've spent too much of my time even posting about it usually I just move along and let people be who they are....so thats what i will be doing going forward..thanks guys for your comment,much appreciated
 
I admit to having a character flaw where I bristle when someone feels shafted or at least unfulfilled because they didn't get something below asking price. As a business owner, it rubs me the wrong way. I know many places have fat built in in order to engage in haggling so that they consumer feels that they got a deal even if they did not.

I don't do it that as i am of the mindset that if i could take less then i would have priced it as such, and I admit that getting defensive when someone asks me to come down off my price shouldn't be taken as a swing at my personal character.

My guess is that they just keep "make an offer" on there as a back-up in case they need to move them...but only if they NEED to move them. If I have 10 Doodads that I can easily sell for $50 with $10 in profit, why would i take a $48 offer? Yes, it's only $2, but why should I give up $2 and only make $8 if I don't have to. If I have 20 Doodads priced at $50, but I have only sold 5 and I really need to clear another $30 in profit to make an order of the newly released Thingamabob, then maybe I'd be cool taking the $2 hit if it moved them quicker.

I wouldn't feel upset if my business policy upset anyone, though. My job is to turn a fair profit, as much as is ethical and legal, not worry about offending someone if they lowball me, even by a little.
 
often times the "Make an offer" is only accepted on bulk orders. save 5% on 3 knives or 20% on 10, that sort of thing. and if it's an auction, the idea is to offer something higher than the current bid.

I know I'm not offering up any groundbreaking info, but maybe OP just doesn't use the bay very often.
 
BITEME said:
Its not really about the $ ,when a seller posts best offer I'm thinking he/she wants to get rid of it ,and I have a few knives already so i'm thinking hey if i could save $5 on a knife anything helps ,but its not the case with this seller i've offered $5 he didn't take it, then I offered $3 less still didn't accept -so really what a total waste of time even posting -the truth is i've spent too much of my time even posting about it usually I just move along and let people be who they are....so thats what i will be doing going forward..thanks guys for your comment,much appreciated
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Sounds like the assumption was wrong. A lot of sellers add the offer option just to get more eyes on their product.
 
I made an offer a week or so ago for a knife, my offer was $75 over the asking price, which was turned down by the seller. Moved on but I did check back later when the sale closed just out of curiosity.

Final outcome - original list $225, my offer $300, sold for $232. Probably by far the less likely outcome but I guess it works both ways. ;)

I had the same thought, seller just listed as 'make offer' to get more eyeballs.
 
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