Ebay offers

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by jchcollins

I've never understood the ability to make an offer on an auction, and not only on a fixed price listing. Doesn't that interfere with the integrity of the auction if a seller can suddenly decide to sell to a random offer-maker when there are already bids? Or does the "Make An Offer" option go away as soon as the item gets a bid?

I would also be tempted to think the offer is a way to lowball the starting bid, but that's just me I guess.

I always put Best Offers in all my listings, auction and fixed price, nothing wrong with having choices. I've had lowball offers which usually decline right away.

[buymycards]

If you have an auction-style listing with Best Offer, bear in mind that:

If you receive a bid
Current offers and counteroffers will be declined automatically, and buyers won't be able to make any additional offers on your item
If you had received an offer that was higher than the current bid, the buyer who made the offer will need to place a bid, as their offer was declined when the first bid was placed
If a bidder retracts their bid, the Best Offer feature will be re-enabled