Originally Posted by
miamijim
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.
You are of course correct about the cocky side of some people - that's just being an a******. Since he politely declined, I didn't push (I would've given him a number had he opened a dialogue) - but I did want a shot at the post. It just so happened on this occasion I got my shot at much less than I had 'budgeted' for.
Any time I've ever requested this I have always requested that he ADD a BIN - not conclude the auction off-Ebay. That way, both buyer and seller are covered and Ebay gets it's pound of flesh. Sure, some other lookers that might/might not be buyers might howl, but I have to think this happens an awful lot out there. Some people might not want to wait 7 or 10 days (not to mention the dreaded 30 - who has time to remember to check up on a 30-day auction?) and if both the seller and buyer come to an agreement, keeping to Ebay rules, no harm/no foul.