Received an offer on ebay to sell before end

jjef

Just looking for some advice here,

I am a novice ebayer and have today received an email from a buyer offering a good amount for somethng which I have listed at the moment for an auction sale.
I would like to accept this bid but as I have already listed the item and have one bid against can I accept his offer and is so how do i do this?

Thanks for help

freeoffers

What yo ushould do is ask the buyer to bid the amount he wishes to play for the item and once you see that amount you can end the auction early. i think you can still do this. try it.

cyberbob

id think about it you might get more if you let the auction run. Some people target new ebayers to try and get things cheaper than if they let the auction run.

Jacks_xxx

Yep tell them to make their bid but you feel it's wrong to end the item early when it has other watchers. It's only a matter of days after all - not decades!

mrcol1000

I would just tell them that due to Ebay rules as the item has a bid your not allowed to end the auction early but they are quite welcome to bid their highest price and wish them good luck on their bidding. You may lose out you may get a bigger price.

Brooker_Dave

jjef wrote: »

Just looking for some advice here,

I am a novice ebayer and have today received an email from a buyer offering a good amount for somethng which I have listed at the moment for an auction sale.
I would like to accept this bid but as I have already listed the item and have one bid against can I accept his offer and is so how do i do this?

Thanks for help

Cancel the bids, end the auction, and have your buyer pay you in a non reversable way (ie not paypal), or have them come and collect and pay cash.

Brooker_Dave

mrcol1000 wrote: »

I would just tell them that due to Ebay rules as the item has a bid your not allowed to end the auction early but they are quite welcome to bid their highest price and wish them good luck on their bidding. You may lose out you may get a bigger price.

Why pay ebay fees when there is no need?????

mrcol1000

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Why pay ebay fees when there is no need?????

As they could report you if you offer to sell outside of Ebay. Also its a bit unfair on the bidder if the item is suddenly swept from under their feet without even a chance to bid their best price.

Jacks_xxx

If you are happy with the price they are quoting you could end the auction early after they bid and click the option to "sell to the highest bidder".

davemorton

I must admit, I find it wrong to sell to someone before the end of the item, it just seems unfair.

jjef

Thanks everyone for your help, I have ended the auction and the buyer is coming tonight with cash - I have received far more for the item that I was expecting or have seen previous similar items sell for so dont think I would have received more had I left it to run for a couple more days.