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I have used this feature as a Seller...
In Response To: Question for Ebay sellers ()

While I have not used it with chips and other casino-related collectibles, I have used it for other things I've sold on eBay.

The feature is an extension of a Fixed Price offering and not for an Auction. Note also, it is not, a "Or Best Offer" type of sale.

When the Seller opts for a Fixed Price sale, without the added feature of entertaining offers, then the Fixed Price sale is listed as a Buy-It-Now (BIN) sale. If the Seller opts to accept less than the fixed price amount, then he/she can set the threshold where an offer is automatically rejected by the system, and a threshold where he/she can consider the offer and then reject it, accept it or make a counter-offer.

I have done this for items that I have picked up for a couple of dollars and offer at $25 or more, and will entertain an offer at $20. I do this because there are Buyers out there that just can't stand to pay the asked amount and like getting a discount or a negotiated price. (It takes all kinds, but they are out there!)

But the bottom line here is that the feature to allow an offer to be made, is not a cast in concrete deal that the Seller MUST accept (unless the offer made is equal to or over the minimum threshold set by the Seller. Then the offer becomes a negotiated Buy It Now. You can see the result of these in a SOLD or COMPLETED listings where the price is a Buy It Now and numbers are lined through, yet appear in a green to show it sold, but for a lower amount.

Jim

Messages In This Thread

Question for Ebay sellers
Best offer should be the best.
Re: Best offer should be the best.
Quite fair
Re: Question for Ebay sellers
Re: Question for Ebay sellers
I have actually had NO response!
Just had that happen this week!
I have used this feature as a Seller...
Re: Question for Ebay sellers Best Offer
Re: Question for Ebay sellers
How to list a "Best Offer" in eBay listing -- pict

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