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Posted By: barrysloate

David- I understand your point but in a perfect world, if a buyer made an offer, he would be turned down 100% of the time. But ebay allows it to happen, and if a seller says yes, what can you do? I get asked to close lots on ebay pretty regularly, and I turn the buyers down every time because my policy is not to close. But I likewise know I could if I wanted to without breaking any rules. The whole thing stinks, I know.

Could you imagine someone calling the Mastro people during one of their auctions and asking "what would you want to sell me lot #28 outright?" It's preposterous to even comprehend, but on ebay it's business as usual.