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naeem · ‎03-24-2020

Ebay told us a couple years ago that we could sell to anyone we desired. We did not have to sell the the high bidder. We could sell to the third highest bidder if we wanted. We have an item for sell that has a bid and we want to offer it to others at a buy it now price. This because Ebay told us we could sell to anyone. Revise the item and in the revised notes, state that if anyone would like to make an offer that we could accept please let us know. We might get an offer much higher than the current bid. (?)

a_c_green · ‎03-24-2020

@naeem wrote:
Ebay told us a couple years ago that we could sell to anyone we desired. We did not have to sell the the high bidder. We could sell to the third highest bidder if we wanted.

No. The only exception to this is if the winner asks to cancel (or doesn't pay, and the Unpaid Item dispute is closed out), leaving you free to make a Second Chance Offer to one or more of the underbidders (depending on how many of the auctioned item you have available).

When making a Second Chance Offer, you are not required to go down the line in order of finishing, so for example, if your second-place bidder has lousy feedback but your third-place bidder is a regular buyer of yours, you're free to skip over the second-place guy and send your SCO to the third-place guy instead.

What you might be thinking of here is a relatively new option of listing an auction along with a Make Offer option. That allows interested buyers to make a BuyItNow offer to you, unless or until a bid is received, at which point the Make Offer option goes away, and the listing becomes a straight auction format instead.

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bonjourami · ‎03-24-2020

Say what? You were told wrong..you will receive a major defect for not selling to the winning bidder and it will cut short your selling career here quickly. And you cant revise a listing that has a bid.

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gracieallen01 · ‎03-24-2020

@naeem wrote:
Ebay told us a couple years ago that we could sell to anyone we desired. We did not have to sell the the high bidder. We could sell to the third highest bidder if we wanted. We have an item for sell that has a bid and we want to offer it to others at a buy it now price. This because Ebay told us we could sell to anyone. Revise the item and in the revised notes, state that if anyone would like to make an offer that we could accept please let us know. We might get an offer much higher than the current bid. (?)

ebay 'told' you? Is it in writing/policy somewhere? Or, did someone in CS just 'tell' you?

If someone 'told' you, I would get it double, triple and quadruple checked, and then still get it in writing.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

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animal-house-8 · ‎03-24-2020

Is this an auction? At auction end you are obligated to sell to the highest bidder it is a legal contract between you and the buyer. Why would you not sell to the high bidder but sell to a person who was the third highest for less ?

dk0 · ‎03-24-2020

I been doing auctions for over 20 years here, and eBay has never told us anything of the sort.

They do allow us to make "second chance offers" to underbidders in the event you have more than one of a particular item to sell, or if the winning bidder does not pay.

Whatever you heard, I am pretty sure you misunderstood the info. Not selling to the highest bidder will probably get you a nice red doughnut in your fb. And, as mentioned by another poster, you cannot revise an item after it already has a bid.

a_c_green · ‎03-24-2020

@naeem wrote:
Ebay told us a couple years ago that we could sell to anyone we desired. We did not have to sell the the high bidder. We could sell to the third highest bidder if we wanted.

No. The only exception to this is if the winner asks to cancel (or doesn't pay, and the Unpaid Item dispute is closed out), leaving you free to make a Second Chance Offer to one or more of the underbidders (depending on how many of the auctioned item you have available).

When making a Second Chance Offer, you are not required to go down the line in order of finishing, so for example, if your second-place bidder has lousy feedback but your third-place bidder is a regular buyer of yours, you're free to skip over the second-place guy and send your SCO to the third-place guy instead.

What you might be thinking of here is a relatively new option of listing an auction along with a Make Offer option. That allows interested buyers to make a BuyItNow offer to you, unless or until a bid is received, at which point the Make Offer option goes away, and the listing becomes a straight auction format instead.