Doesn't the seller agree to the purchase before I send my money?

[konaneil]

I sent in a $60 offer on a $75 pair of shoes. As the sale had been going on for some time I thought there was a pretty good chance the seller would accept my offer or at most bumped me up $5. Instead, I got no response from the seller but I received several communications from eBay that all say: "you have committed to buy this item please pay now".

Shouldn't they be asking me to wait until the seller agrees to the sale before I send my money? Is this something new? Is this some kind of new fraud? I've been dealing with eBay for many years. I've never run into this before.

[myangelandmyprincess]

It sounds like the offer was accepted. You need to check and see if the item is in your purchase history.