Re: 5 offer limit? Quote:
Originally Posted by henryfalmore How do you all feel about the 5 item limit as a buyer and how can you get around it?
I made 5 offers on a Panasonic Ultra HD blu-ray player and all 5 of my offers were rejected (too low) now my only other option is to pay full price for it. | I'm in favour, it's primarily designed to discourage serial pain-in-the-ass buyers and to panic the genuine buyer into upping their bids as their offer count is depleted.
But there are sellers who semi-abuse it. They use it as a promotional tool to attract interest when in reality they have no intention of accepting what would be seen as reasonable offers. The Chinese do it all the time.
Take an item at $100, they have no intention of accepting anything below $99. They just want to attract interest and get buyers to waste their time chasing a product which is only going to get sold if you're pretty much going to pay asking price. At least many of those who use this baiting tactic usually have the decency to make a counter offer and spell it out but it's still frustrating as a buyer to be strung along.
As a buyer, if you have made 5 reasonable offers and, I assume, no counter offer has been made as you've ended up using all five offers, then walk away, they don't deserve your trade. If you've been stupid with your bids then you've only yourself to blame and I refer you back to my opening paragraph.
If you really do want it then TGMT2 has given you the solution.
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