Best Offer frustration

[katiefloy2003]

Anybody know when ebay stopped showing the best offer that was accepted? I am finding this very frustrating in trying to figure out if an asking price is reasonable for highly valued pins if I can't see what the last several actually sold for.

 

[Story]

This has absolutely frustrated me too!! I have no idea why they do that. But if you have eBay on your phone, you might be able to see what it sold for by checking the completed listings from there. It has worked for me on occasion that way.

 

[HandA]

I hate it too, but I just put it in a list with a bunch of other sold items regular Buy it Nows or auctions and sort by price. It will put in order using the accepted offer price, so you can usually get a good range that way.

 

[starry_solo]

change
ebay.com

to:
ebay.ca

and you can see what was accepted as the best offer

 

[HandA]

change
ebay.com

to:
ebay.ca

and you can see what was accepted as the best offer

OOOooo ... I like THAT way much better!! Thanks!

 

[katiefloy2003]

Yes. Thank's Starry! That way is so much easier. The things you learn...

 

[Psycho Pixie]

they really need to fix it so you can see the best offer accepted so that people get a realistic view of what items are selling for.

suggestion: everyone with ebay account send a polite short messege asking them to please fix that. They are rolling out some changes and policy adjustments in May anyway. they can add that to it.

 

[imp]

change
ebay.com

to:
ebay.ca

and you can see what was accepted as the best offer

Yes, I do this all the time, but I assume that they'll eventually "fix" this on ebay.ca

I just can't see any reason to keep it secret except to help the sellers mask the true market value.

I wish they'd also show the amounts and dates of previous offers that were turned down, so I know whether I'm wasting my time. They don't need to show even the x...x (24) userID of the bidder....just the amounts and dates.

 

[imp]

I hate it too, but I just put it in a list with a bunch of other sold items regular Buy it Nows or auctions and sort by price. It will put in order using the accepted offer price, so you can usually get a good range that way.

oooh....I didn't know about this!

 

[enchantedrose92]

i just saw what my favorite pin went doing this and i think ill never own it sigh

 

[Molly]

If and when the change is made eveywhere you can get a rough idea of what the selling price was by doing a search of completed whatever pin you are searching for and have them listed in order high to low or low to high. That will place those best offers in the midst of pins that actually sold and you can gauge it that way. If it is a rare pin that rarely comes up?.. No luck on that one.

i agree its lame but I understand why they are doing it also, they want both the buyer and seller to pay top dollar as that is how they make their cut so showing that anything sold super cheap is avoided if possible.

 

[dawny]

Li is so smart. I hate ebay. damn you ebay