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Buyer asking for a Buy It Now price

I got an email from a perpective buyer about something i'm selling on eBay asking if I have a buy it now price. I want to keep it as a normal auction so what should my response be?

Many thanks.
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  • frenchman_2
    frenchman_2 Posts: 140 Forumite
    :doh: :whistle:
    kellyt1981 wrote: »
    I got an email from a perpective buyer about something i'm selling on eBay asking if I have a buy it now price. I want to keep it as a normal auction so what should my response be?

    Many thanks.


    NO!!!! :eek:
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  • marky_p
    marky_p Posts: 188 Forumite
    Just politely say you'd be unwilling to accept a BIN and that you'd rather let the auction run its course.

    easy
  • kellyt1981
    kellyt1981 Posts: 80 Forumite
    Thankyou, that's what i'll do.
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    Just say 'I would rather let the auction continue but wish you luck if you decide to bid. Many thanks.'
  • hjb123
    hjb123 Posts: 32,002 Forumite
    I had this the other day on one of my auctions and it already had a bid, I simply replied and said that I had put it on an auction and was leaving it that way, and they were welcome to bid on it if they liked!
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  • blue_haddock
    blue_haddock Posts: 12,110 Forumite
    Generally if someone offers you £X for an item to do a buy-it-now type thing you can almost certainly guarentee that it is actually worth more than they have offered you for it.
  • I'm ever so cheeky - if there is something I'm interested in I always ask if there are no bidders on it - at the end of the day if you don't ask you don't get and if they say no then nobody's died have they? I am so unlucky at winning auctions, my max bid ALWAYS gets overtaken in the closing SECONDS. I have had people ask me to do BIN when I have been selling something and if I haven't wanted to do it I sent a message along the lines of 'Hi there, many thanks for your interest but I would prefer to see the auction out until the end on this occasion. Best wishes.'
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    I am so unlucky at winning auctions, my max bid ALWAYS gets overtaken in the closing SECONDS.

    The trick is to bid more :D
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  • steveo3002
    steveo3002 Posts: 2,731 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    i had a offer of a buy it now price and said id let the auction run...it ended up selling for peanuts

    unless you know for sure its deffo worth alot it might be worth responding with a price you would be happy with if they can make imediate payment
  • The trick is to bid more :D


    Tried that too!:D
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