OT: Amazon takes on eBay

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For those who may be considering selling on amazon, thought this might be useful. One of the reasons I started was I knew they were rolling out the make an offer ability. What I didn't discover until this week is that an offer is by no means a commitment to buy. I received multiple offers this week, when you accept the offer it merely lets the buyer know you are willing to accept that price. They are under no obligation to buy, even though you have "accepted" the offer. You can't even tell who is making the offer. On one item, I suspect it was the same buyer, they just kept making offers, $25 lower each time, but had no interest in following through almost like they were just playing around seeing how low I might go on the card. I was somewhat excited about this option on amazon but so far have been really disappointed.