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Jeff O"If ebay wants every auction to goto completion they should not allow sellers to end auctions early."
Ah yes, the old "well, the system lets me do it, so its OK to do". I suppose the fact that it's against the rules, the rules you agreed to at the time you listed your item, to sell it to someone who solicits you as a result of your eBay auction doesn't really matter. After all, the system lets you do it. eBay is set up so that you can shill too. Is that also fair game?
"I agree with Jeff L, ebay is the wild west and I think it is fair game to make and receive "buy it now" offers on ebay listings."
Perhaps then you should have set a BIN and let the person win it for that price. Then eBay would have received their fees, which you would have paid them had the auction run its course and you got the same amount as the high bid.
You want to use eBay to find customers, but don't want to give them the fees for the service they provide.
Jeff