Ebay is really pissing me off

[disneysteve]

I currently have 25 items listed on ebay as Buy It Now (not auctions). When you create the listing, they have Accept Offers turned on and you have to manually uncheck it, which I did for all 25 items. I don't want offers. I want the price I listed. It's annoying enough that the default has it on, but I can deal with that.

Then today I get an email about one of my items saying, "Your item can now accept offers". Sure enough, despite me specifically saying I didn't want offers, they went and changed the setting to Accept Offers. I had to go into the listing and turn it off again. And, of course, they had done the same thing to my 24 other listings so I had to go into each one. What if I had 100 items listed? Or 500? What a huge pain in the butt.

I suppose the only way to avoid this is to make the original listing accept offers but set the offer price super close to the real price, like a penny less if it'll let me.

I really wish there was a viable alternative to ebay but as far as I know, there just isn't. Not for collectibles at least. I have sold a number of items of Facebook Marketplace but not the same sort of items I put on ebay.

[moneybags]

I always forget to uncheck the accept offers. Not only is it automatic, but the limit they set is ridiculously low. I'm with you - if I list as Buy it Now, that's the price I want.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Thanks for the heads up, I will check mine's now. Only 2 items currently so will adjust my price up and accordingly to accept offers. I've been on a hot streak selling in the past 6 months about $600 in selling.

[Snydley]

I used to love ebay and now it's actually an effort to find used items! The first pages of every search are lined with new stuff from china a lot of the time. Then you have to search through the search list and check used..now this you are mentioning- annoying.

[bjl584]

I use Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Let Go is decent as well.

I don't deal too much with E bay

[disneysteve]

I use Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Let Go is decent as well.

The problem is those are only for local buyers. That's great if you're selling a bike or a lawnmower or a piece of furniture, but if you're selling a collectible item, you really need to cast a wide net to find interested buyers. And especially if you want to do it as an auction, ebay gives you the best odds of getting a good price.

[creditcardfree]

I hear you. It's not right and definitely frustrating. Worse case you get a ridiculous bid, you message buyer that eBay set the listing that way, but that you are not accepting offers. Keep playing the game, stick to your guns if you really want said price. Sometimes I'm willing to take a little off the listing price, just to get it sold.