As the seller for an item of that value, I would personally do the deal as OP mentioned. But the negotiation process ranges for all buyers and sellers. There is no way to force their hand if they are unwilling.
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I likely would too as most my eBay prices have wiggle room to begin with even the ones not having the best offer option. But OP definitely is not/was not taking into consideration many of the good points that are being brought up here. No seller should feel compelled to have to do so at all. eBay offers an amazing service and 99%+ of my sales are though there. About 100 a week. I have a weekly routine that is easy due to the repetition. I have made time in my schedule for it as it is a permanent fixture. Doing a Paypal deal is straying from that routine.
I only sell off eBay maybe once a month or so and it does take a fair bit more time. Going to Paypal, printing the label in a different place, all the notifications are listed elsewhere on top of the fact that follow through on these offers is not 100% and sometimes all that time is pure waste. I don’t always have that time. For forum members, friends etc. I always find the time. For some random stranger who is trying to take 100% of the savings, what is my incentive? There isn’t any. Especially if the buyer is coming from a place of entitlement thinking they are entitled to 100% of the savings. Accept the sellers terms or move on.
On top of all the above there are moral considerations that nobody seems to give a crap about, but if eBay is where you found that item then eBay is entitled to that fee. You are violating their TOS if you go off site which is immoral to begin with.
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I would highly encourage you guys to look into what your typical auction houses would charge you to list/sell your items and the terms you have to abide by are. Cancel orders? Nonpayment? Haggle offline? Buyer’s remorse? 10% fees? Wow, no way. Actually, they would never take your Pokeman business. eBay is a dream. Let’s support them.
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I think this has been answered already, but I’ll just post my response anyways.
It still guarantees a sale for the seller, that’s the benefit! The seller gains exactly the price the wanted, but of course at the cost of extra time due to the extra steps needed to prepare the deal.
Of course, that’s why I said it’s honestly up to the seller, because different sellers have different opportunity costs.
If you want to just get rid of the card, the buyer’s offer is a great benefit to you.
If you want more ebay transactions, the buyer’s offer may be worse because you won’t get the feedback.
If it’s some very small items, the cost of time doing an outside transaction will not be worth the effort of fixing up your ebay listings.
I would do it because if I would sell, I would just be a small time seller. But if it’s a bigger store, it may not be worth it anymore.
*Edit: Preferably though, unless it’s E4 members I would try to keep it on ebay.
I used to sell jewellery at local auction houses and I sometimes ended with less than the scrap gold value. lol
They charge you to take a picture, you have to pay 1-2% insurance, you have to pay to even register an account with them then you pay 20%+ fee unless it’s a $10,000 item or whatever. Then your buyer pays 20% buyer premium as well so you know they’re not going to bid top dollar.
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