Originally Posted by
Drillium Dude
Or it works the other way:
Gios Torino pantographed NR seatpost, opening at $5.99. Contacted buyer and asked if he'd considered or would consider adding a BIN. The reply was a polite no, which I accepted. On the final day of the 7-day auction there were still no bids. With two hours to go, the first bid was placed and the second with about 45 minutes remaining - we're up to $10.95 or so at this point.
I put in my max bid of $175 at 30 seconds. I won the post at $56 and was absolutely floored. Since I am in the pupa stage of getting stuff together for a future GT build, I could deal if my $175 was topped. I guess you could say I was testing the waters, although I do know that Gios panto stuff is like gold on Ebay and has been for some time.
The bottom line was that I would have offered the guy $175 if he'd have put a BIN on it, and I was willing to pay that much at auction. In this case, it worked out in my favor that the auction went to the end. Again, I try not to overanalyze Ebay anymore than I have to.
As a seller thats the chance you take for being an honest seller with integrity. I've declined many 'Buy Now' offers, most of the time its worked to my benifit but on occasion I've sold an item for less than the 'Buy Now' offer. What irks me is when the cocky m'***r emails me and says, "ha ha, should have taken my offer". Whatever. I take pride in how I do buisness and respect the rules, regulations and fee structure of ebay and paypal. Both Ebay and Paypal are providing me a service, the least I can do is play their rules.