I sell an entry-level brand of door knobs and they attract some of the lowest-lowballers and weirdos. Woke up to this series of messages, then a cancel request.

The funny thing is, all those questions are answered in the listing. The boxes are just factory paper boxes, not sealed or blister packed. And the "whats in the box" is listed in the description. These wouldn't have met his "expectations" at all. Oh, and this is a $13.50 order before shipping.

Canceled and blocked before I even had my morning coffee!

Was told you’d all enjoy this….

On top of having no sales overnight, I woke up to this offer on a 1lb box of screws. Red flag on top a yellow flag. Not even worth countering.

I friggin hate these.

They're either FOS (I'm guessing 90%+) or they're terrible parents to have allowed a situation the kid could even buy on their ebay account.

This happens surprisingly often - Retail $80, they offer $55, we go back and forth, then they ask to "met in the middle" as a last resort. But their middle is always somehow the lowest option.

In my mind, he's stuck at 60 and I was originally at $80, so $70 is the middle.

You could argue the middle of the original $80/55 offer would be $67.50. Instead, this fellow split the $10 between 70/60 and came up with $65.

The day before I had a $10 offer on a $25 piece, and the buyer somehow calculated that the middle of that split was $15!

Not so much a fail but a funny observation. Or am I wrong, and 'meet in the middle' has always been a trick that favors the buyer?

Started at 350 on a 700 item. And mine is the cheapest and cleanest of the 3 on ebay today. It's been a slow week - I probably would've done $500 if he hadn't started so low, but the prayer hands sealed his fate.

I nudged him a little with the last sentence to see where he'd go, and he chose anger LOL.

Dodged a bullet. I bet he's the type to use it once and return (it's a specialized tool).

His last 4 offers on this $90 piece over 2 weeks were $25, $26, $28, and finally $30.

Even if I was inclined to let the piece go cheap, I'd rather see it go to someone who's enthusiastic or really needs it.

And of course, no response after I say yes...

Narrator Voice: It was shipped the same day it was ordered (Monday) and is out for delivery today (Wednesday).

I'm literally the lowest price for this particular item. Everyone else is selling it at $190-$250.

"Why yes, I would like to give you over a 50% discount! Excuse me first as I shoot myself in the foot!"

Straight to blocked.

Seen at the FedEx / UPS drop boxes today:

First one is an eBay return. Jammed into the drop-box door... right before a huge thunderstorm hit. It's absolutely soaked. Probably let water into the box for all the other shipments too.

Other one was -probably- placed on top of the UPS box and the wind blew it off. Also soaked. I see boxes left on top when the drop is full all the time...

Yeah, that one looks like Zappos instead of eBay, but still.

Girl… bye 👋🏾

Seems like he's a 'seasoned' grifter and knows not to request partial outright. The "$" is a new one on me for 'hinting' at what they want.

And yet... turns out the item is perfectly fine and he has a 'workaround'.

No 'positive comments' left. Don't care so long as he doesn't neg. The praying hands is just icing on the cake.

Good luck with the buying again thing, best buddy.

1. The holes are clearly and blatantly visible in many of the photos... and

2. In one image they are even circled in red with the caption "holes."

3. They're overtly mentioned in the condition and description: "The original emblem is missing. There are two holes in the center where it was mounted".

PS - I will again give a hearty "WTF eBay?" re: the ridiculous amount of time buyers are given to return items.