Offers pending

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Sorry if this is a simple question.
If I make an offer can someone else still nip in and buy it at the full price or is the item 'on hold' until the offer expires?
Thanks
If I make an offer can someone else still nip in and buy it at the full price or is the item 'on hold' until the offer expires?
Thanks
Love living in a village in the country side
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The item is only allocated to you once your offer is accepted.
• The poor only have expenses.
• The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.
I have posted about it before on here but some buyers believe it holds the item and I have had on more than one occasion an angry email from a buyer asking where my item has gone as they were negotiating for it and I am obviously crooked or scamming them by selling it underhand to another buyer.
All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
I had someone just yesterday offer £12!
I counter offered with £18.75 and messaged him to say this was the lowest I was able to go.
He came back with a second offer of £13
I counter offered with £18.75 again and another message that this was the lowest I was able to go.
He came back with a third (and final) offer of £14
I counter offered with £18.75 again and another message that this was the lowest I was able to go.
He declined my offer.
Now tonight he is messaging me saying it won't let him make any more offers, and what he do as he really needs the item!
My reply was, "You can easily just "Buy it now" for £22.
• The poor only have expenses.
• The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.
All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
I had an item up with a BIN of £1399.99 (NAS Drive)
Postage would cost £75 if it was fully insured etc, but I know people would consider that and be put off, so I put postage at £19.99 and thought I'd just cover the rest from the sale price.....
I received an offer of a whole £400!! Yes, £400!
I just decline it and do not even consider - with someone offering this its highly unlikely I can get them anywhere close to sale price.
Sold it locally in the end, cash sale at full asking price!
Generally if I receive a silly offer that is very far from the BIN price, I just decline.
If its an offer thats reasonable, I will counter offer closer to the BIN price. I also send a message alongside the counter offer to state its the lowest I can go, and that I would offer a quick dispatch!! In other words, come across as though you are providing a little extra.....
Cheers mate, why don't you just throw it in the air when you arrive an you can watch my urchin family and I jump up and down like performing monkeys trying to grab it!
For me, everything I no longer need gets listed on eBay as a BIN / Best offer, then put in my special "listed items only" eBay cupboard.
I don't need the money, I want rid of my clutter, and I don't care if it takes 3 days or 3 years to sell, just so long as it's listed there for when the right person comes along!
• The poor only have expenses.
• The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.
All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.