What does "Make Offer" mean to you?

[rykerw1701]

I tried this for the first time on Hot Toys Bespin Luke I've got. So far, I'm getting offers for 50% of the the going rate, which was my price in it. So I'm not too impressed with the option, but we'll see what happens.

When I've tried this as a potential buyer, I've offered about 90% or so of the price with limited success.

[Byrnes]

Yikes!! I better update my thread in the marketplace after some of these responses. I just figured you offer what you would pay for it, and if I like it or think it's fair I'd accept. Sounds like that's a turnoff if you are not familiar with the seller. I think/hope I can be fair. In my mind, make offer to me means if it's around the ebay selling value I'd sell it. If I lose a few oh well I don't have to mess with Ebay fees and and nasty attitudes.

[daz71]

Oddly enough, that sometimes work.
I have offered stuff at $20. No interest.
I went a little crazy and offered it as an auction starting at $100.
All of a sudden, they think this thing is pure gold, and a bidding frenzy starts.
Sometimes people seem to need that feeling, that's it's "rare, expensive,..."

If I go the "Best Offer" route, I'll accept something like 70-80% off my price, depending on how expensive the item is.
If I want $10, I'll ask $12, then knock two bucks off. That way buyer and seller both feel they "won".

that is pretty crazy, the seller keeps going from one price to the other but still no sale.

[MegoSteve]

If there's a Make Offer on something I'm interested in, I'll make an offer of what I'm willing to pay. If it's very low compared to the initial price, I'll just include a note and say something along the lines of "Hey, don't mean to lowball... this is what I'd pay and if you want to sell, great. If not, no harm done. Good luck."

So much of toy value is b.s. anyway. There are a lot of things out there that have no established market value or comparable previous sales, so I don't see the big deal of making a low offer if it's something like that, especially if it's something that's been on eBay for months and months without selling.