Buyer asking for a Buy It Now price

kellyt1981

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.

frenchman_2

: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:

marky_p

Just politely say you'd be unwilling to accept a BIN and that you'd rather let the auction run its course.

easy

kellyt1981

Thankyou, that's what i'll do.

FloFlo

Just say 'I would rather let the auction continue but wish you luck if you decide to bid. Many thanks.'

hjb123

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!

blue_haddock

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.

manicstreetpreacher

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

manicstreetpreacher wrote: »

I am so unlucky at winning auctions, my max bid ALWAYS gets overtaken in the closing SECONDS.

The trick is to bid more

steveo3002

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

manicstreetpreacher

frivolous_fay wrote: »

The trick is to bid more

Tried that too!:D