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If I have a bid on an item can I buy it now to someone else?
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If I have a bid on an item can I buy it now to someone else?
woodland_gnome
·2 years agoOnce there is a bid Buy It Now and Best Offer are ended in most circumstances. If you got a "Message from a member" containing an offer, there is a way (if there are least 12 hours left to run) but it is usually not in the seller's best interest to accept such unsolicited offers. They are frequently made by scammers but even at best are made because the offeror a) doubts that the amount would win if the auction goes to the end and/or b) is 1) chronically and/or 2) situationally impatient. To accept it you have to cancel all bids and end the listing early without a winner (ticking off your existing and prospective bidders and incurring an extra fee) and then relist the item in a manner that allows the offeror to buy it properly at the correct price, with no guarantee that s/he will do so (it is not unlikely that s/he has made multiple such offers).