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request for buy now price
fairly new seller - had a request on an auction item - for buy now price . buyer made bid & inquired on buy now price . gave said price , cancelled listed item and made it a buy now item - buyer never bought . is this some common scam ?? now im charged $$
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woodland_gnome
·3 years agoIt 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 likely s/he has made multiple such offers).
That especially applies those who bid first, killing any BIN that was there (so others can't use it) and making it so you can't revise to add a BIN, and then request you sell it to them for a fixed price making you incur the fee for ending early without a winner and keeping other potential bidders/buyers from doing so.