Gun parts on eBay

[Phauxtoe]

I've never had luck with auctions so I do buy it now and usually have a make an offer tab
So I put a brand-new Ruger 1022 trigger assembly on for $45 which includes shipping, I get half a dozen offers for $20.

WTF?
$20 including shipping what are they thinking?
I don't even respond

 

[Target]

They're thinking that they'll get a great deal for $20.
People are looking to spend as little as possible and so why not low ball you?

I'm in a similar situation . I have an item on the 'Bay in which I show the receipt for $56 . I got 3 $20 offers.

I recently bought an item that was priced for $25 w/ free shipping. I offered $21 and it was accepted. He paid $6.49 for shipping.
After the 10% fees from Ebay, 3% from PayaPal, & shipping, he's lucky if cleared $10. Doesn't sound like its worth the hassle.

 

[Darth]

Counter offers.

I low ball on eBay too. The worst they can do is say "no." Many offer me a slightly higher counter and we all go home happy.

 

[kev74]

I don't bother with the 'make an offer'. I've had the best luck starting the bidding a $0.99 and let it ride. The low starting bid gets more people to watch and the price usually jumps in the last minute or two.

 

[cgrutt]

You can try a few things. 1. use reserve price in auctions, they can low bid but nothing is binding until reserve is met. 2. Start auction with minimum bid that you're willing to take... less activity but only serious buyers will respond. 3. Use fixed price auction with best offer - can set automatic reply to offers below your minimum price. 4. Use fixed price with no option for best offer... only people who are willing to buy at your price will respond.

 

[togmaster]

The problem is 10/22 stock trigger assembly's are a dime a dozen. Everyone seems to upgrade their trigger and they look to offload the stock one.

 

[Mk44]

You'll get a bunch of people on eBay looking to score something for next to nothing.
I don't use the "make an offer" tab to avoid the ridiculous offers.
Sometimes I'm shocked to see the bidding wars when there's a low starting bid. Other times, no one else bids on the item & the buyer gets a great deal.
Supply & demand- depends on the item up for sale & how many people want it.
good luck on the sale

 

[ArmedCorgi]

What I usually do is if I make an offer is to subtract the shipping from the asking price of the item so that I'm getting free shipping. If free shipping is already included I'll usually offer 5 or 10 dollars less. The lowest I've offered is $25 below asking price.

 

[Eddie Gunks]

Next time set it to automatically reject low bids. This way you dont see the asshole low bidders.

So if you list for $45. Set and auto reject at, say, 39.5. So u never see the $20 offers.

Bavk when i sold on e bay, anyone that low balled me got on my ban list. Those cheap fucks will be nothing but problems if they ever buy. Not worth the risk. I sold in a tiny niche market selling 125+ year old camera equipment. It was not like there was 100 guys selling what i had.

 

[Phauxtoe]

I thought I set the automatic low Baller deflection tool but I guess I screwed up so I got all the $20 bids

 

[camper4lyfe]

I gave up on ebay when someone charged me an arm and a leg for shipping on something that cost like $5 to ship. I just don't have time to deal with the hassle of bidding and all that.

 

[Phauxtoe]

Sometimes you can get amazing deals

 

[Frankly]

I have 1600 eBay feedbacks (all good) over 20 years but I hate using it. It isn't worth it for cheap stuff unless you can control your shipping costs, because companies are able to ship new product for ~half of what you pay at the Post Office. How do I sell a spring for 99 cents with free shipping when the stamp and envelope cost more than half of that? And what about the bastards who complain? Or want it for 69 cents? F-that

Larger more exotic items are usually better sold on forums like these, paid with a USPS Money Order. And you can make a better deal. Figure that total eBay and PayPal fees are going to be 20% of the sale price. So sell it here for 20% less than what it would be on eBay and everybody wins. I like it even better because it deprives eBay and PayPal of revenue.

Even better than that is not to buy so much stupid shit in the first place, I return a lot of new things I buy rather than put up with something that isn't perfect. I know when the Mother in Law finally hopefully dies and we have to get rid of her lifetime of crap we're not going to eBay it but take pennies on the dollar from some auction shill because it is too much of a headache. RIP.

 

[Phauxtoe]

I know what you mean, stuff from china is cheaper than the cost of only postage here!
great for us buyers, bad for us sellers!

 

[Glenn B]

I don't sell gun parts on Ebay nor do I use PayPal to pay for gun parts. I much prefer a pro-gun site for selling firearms related items, like GunBroker.com.

 

[C3D]

There's always Craigslist

 

[Shadow2]

You think eBay is bad try some of the other sites 10x worse with Rediculous offers and BS scamers trying to get who the hell knows what. I've been trying to get sell allot of stuff recently, I post locally but even with shipping charges and eBay fees I have been doing better with eBay the local offers have been that low.

List it as an auction for the lowest your willing to take or as a buy it now for what you want and forget about it, you'll drive yourself nuts negotiating.

 

[Celt]

When i list an auction i rarely do best offers, but if i do i set it to automatically decline offers below a set amount.

 

[Automan21]

Ebay is the best. I'm a vulture and usually wait till the last minute to put in a bid.