Best Offer

[nlel1975]

When an eBay item has a make an offer option, what’s the difference between seller accepted, buyer accepted and just accepted?

[rabites-n-chocobos]

What? There is only one price. That which the buyer offered, which you as a seller either accept or decline...or just never reply, and let it run out like I do 90% of the time.

[luckythewinner]

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@nlel1975 wrote:

When an eBay item has a make an offer option, what’s the difference between seller accepted, buyer accepted and just accepted?

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When a seller accepts, it is because the buyer made an offer. The seller controls the timing of the acceptance, but the buyer controls the timing of the payment*.

When a buyer accepts, it is because the seller made an offer. The buyer controls the timing of the acceptance and the buyer controls the timing of the payment*.

I'm not sure what you mean by "just accepted". Who made the offer that was accepted? Or does this mean simply that a buyer purchased it at the asking price?

* eBay is currently experimenting with a system where the buyer provides payment information as part of the offer process, so that the payment becomes automatic upon acceptance. But I have no first-hand knowledge or experience with this.

[nlel1975]

I mean when you look at accepted best offers, sometimes it says seller accepted, buyer accepted or sometimes just accepted?

Seller accepted obviously means they accepted the offer and I presume buyer accepted means they accepted a counter offer.

What does simply accepted mean, is it the same as seller accepted?

[nlel1975]

I’m thinking seller accepted is when the seller manually accepts an offer and buyer accepted is when a buyer accepts a counteroffer.

Just accepted could be when the seller automatically accepts an offer? 

[redmodelt]

If the buyer makes an offer and seller accepts, then you have bought it and need to pay.

If the seller makes a counter offer, you do not have to accept, so do not have to pay.

If you accept, than you bought the item.

With a counter offer, if you do not like the amount, you can either let it time out, make another offer or click decline.

[nlel1975]

I understand all that, I just wanted to know what accepted means and how it differs from seller accepted. 

I now believe accepted means the seller automatically accepted the offer.

I have no questions as to when you have to pay or not I just simply wanted to know how accepted differed from seller accepted.

[downunder-61]

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@nlel1975 wrote:

When an eBay item has a make an offer option, what’s the difference between seller accepted, buyer accepted and just accepted?

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Really ??

Is this a joke post ?

[house*of*paws]

Hi @nlel1975 

It may not mean any difference at all … other than the difference in wording and/or where you’re seeing the words.

[redmodelt]

The only difference is "WHO" makes the offer.

[nlel1975]

At the end of the day when you look under best offers it often says either seller accepted or just accepted.

I know they both mean an offer has been accepted but why differ between seller accepted and just accepted.

This leads me to conclude that accepted offers are automatic and seller accepted are where the seller has manually chosen to accept the offer.