I did not accept a buyers bid but it was accepted anyway.

[hdavidfrancis1]

On the item I was sellling, I offered the buyer to bid below the starting price if they also purchased a camera that used the lens I was selling.  I checked the selling items this morning and I noted that a bid had been accepted for the lens but this bid had been placed less than 24 hours until the lens being sold.  I had never accepted or rejected the bid!  Can I re-list the item or do I have to complete the sale?  It is a matter of only $15 but thus has never happened that a bid completed the purchase without my accepted or rejecting it.

[*_forum_id_*]

No one can bid below the starting price.

I am not seeing the sold item. 

With all sold items, once eBay says to ship, you would ship to the address listed on the payment page and include tracking.    

[janet9988]

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@hdavidfrancis1 wrote:

On the item I was sellling, I offered the buyer to bid below the starting price if they also purchased a camera that used the lens I was selling.  I checked the selling items this morning and I noted that a bid had been accepted for the lens but this bid had been placed less than 24 hours until the lens being sold.  I had never accepted or rejected the bid!  Can I re-list the item or do I have to complete the sale?  It is a matter of only $15 but thus has never happened that a bid completed the purchase without my accepted or rejecting it.

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I am going to assume you mean you sent the buyer an OFFER just as you state because you can not send a buyer a bid.

Your offer did not need you to accept it as you are the one that sent it to the buyer (that IS your acceptance). All the buyer  had to do is accept it.

You would need to send offers on all items BUT that does not mean that the buyer would have to agree to all of them.

[lacemaker3]

@hdavidfrancis1 ,

Sorry, but you have misunderstood.

You accepted a best offer for the auction-format listing, or you sent the buyer an offer, and in that case, you don't get a chance to reject the purchase if the buyer accepts your offer. You also can't put restrictions on any purchases, and you can't require a buyer to make other purchases.

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/294622169578?item=294622169578&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

If the buyer has paid, then you need to ship the item.

[kensgiftshop]

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@hdavidfrancis1 wrote:

thus has never happened that a bid completed the purchase without my accepted or rejecting it.

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Are you talking about a bid or an offer?

An offer, you can accept or deny.

A bid, who ever has the highest bid at the end of the auction wins and there's no accepting it.

[hdavidfrancis1]

The buyer has not paid and I can't imagine how the amount was posted as a purchase when I did not reject or accept the bid and besides it was less than 24 hours after the bid was posted.

[stainlessenginecovers]

You have NO items shown as 'sold' or 'completed'. Therefore, nothing is posted as a purchase.

Also, 'bids' and 'offers' are 2 different things. 

[lacemaker3]

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@hdavidfrancis1 wrote:

The buyer has not paid and I can't imagine how the amount was posted as a purchase when I did not reject or accept the bid and besides it was less than 24 hours after the bid was posted.

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@hdavidfrancis1 

You are still misunderstanding the situation.

It was an offer, not a bid. You either sent the offer, or you accepted an offer from the buyer. Those are the only possibilities. You don't get to reject an offer after you have sent it; if the buyer accepts it, then the item is sold.

What does 24 hours have to do with this? I can see that the auction listing was  active for almost 30 hours when the offer was accepted (whether by the buyer, or by you, isn't shown) It was started 10 Dec 2021 at 6:00:56am PST, and the offer was accepted 11 Dec 2021 at 11:42:24pm PST, which is one day and almost 6 hours later. An accepted offer is a sale, no matter how long the listing was active.

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/294622169578?item=294622169578&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

[lacemaker3]

You will see the offer price that was accepted in this link, everyone but the buyer and seller sees the starting price instead.

https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/294622169578?item=294622169578&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

[jayjaspersgarage]

 No surprise you are struggling with this type of sale since it is confusing and unenforceable.  You list items separately thus they have nothing to do with each other regardless of how much you write in the listings.  End of story.

[evry1nositswindy]

Once paid, ship it.  There is no other option.

[7606dennis]

I'm not understanding what it is that you're saying that you did.  If the item is being offered for sale at auction the minimum starting price is the lowest bid price which can be accepted.  However, you mention that you made an offer to a buyer to sell below that minimum that you set.  I'm not sure why you would do that.  It makes no sense to do so.

I noticed the one listing that you currently have running is an auction style listing with a Best Offer option.  That would mean that a buyer could make an offer before anyone placed a bid and you would have to accept it before a bid was received otherwise the offer would become void.  However, in such cases most sellers would not consider accepting an offer below the minimum starting bid.

Are you saying that you, the seller, sent the buyer an offer to sell for less than the price you set as the starting bid amount?  If so, what possible reason would you have for doing that?  Of course, if you made the offer and the buyer accepted your offer before a bid had been received, the listing would end and the item would have been sold for the amount of your offer.  No further negotiations would be required.

Frankly, if you're selling at auction, it would be wise to set the starting bid at what you would consider the amount of reserve you would place on the item. (The least amount you're willing to sell the item for.)  To then make an offer to sell it for less to a buyer makes no sense at all to me.  

By the way, bids & offers are not the same thing.

[7606dennis]

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@hdavidfrancis1 wrote:

The buyer has not paid and I can't imagine how the amount was posted as a purchase when I did not reject or accept the bid and besides it was less than 24 hours after the bid was posted.

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If you made the offer or a counteroffer to one made by the buyer, you would not have the opportunity to accept or reject it.  That would fall on the buyer.

[7606dennis]

I recommend that you review the differences between auctions, fixed price listings and making & receiving offers.

[paper.incarnate.books]

My issue is with a fixed price listing that I put up within the last week.  A buyer made a 10- offer on an 80- book.  I didn’t respond.  The offer was set to expire in 41 minutes which was odd because I regularly check the site.  This was days ago - then I gett try a notification for a 10- sale.