Buy now and offers during an auction

[longstd]

1: Why do offers get blocked once a bid has been registered?

2. What is the approved way of responding to a request for a buy it now price when auction bids have been received? I have used a work around by terminating the auction and readvertising at a fixed price, cumbersome and time consuming but perhaps I'm missing a simple solution?

[plpmr]

“1: Why do offers get blocked once a bid has been registered?”

Because offers etc are void once a bid has been received as eBay expect sellers to honour auctions.

“2. What is the approved way of responding to a request for a buy it now price when auction bids have been received?”

Either to ignore the offer or tell them to bid – a request for a BIN is no different to an offer.

[pixiesen2012]

1. once a bid has been placed the option to make offers is removed to make the auction fair.

2. if you cancel bids you are charged a final value fee based on the highest bid cancelled, and you get a defect on your account, so not good selling practise and the 'approved' way of dealing with a buy it now request after a bid is made, is to ask the person to bid along with everyone else.

if you prefer to sell through make an offer use the fixed price format set the price at the highest amount you think someone might pay and add the make an offer option

[61stephenuk]

There is no simple solution

Offers are available for early buyers to make before a bid is placed at which point offers are removed and an auction starts.

Once an auction has started seller cannot add Buy It Now price the auction has to complete,if you are cancelling auctions with bids on you will still be charged fees by eBay.

[**peaseblossom**]

In theory you can end early and relist for a particular buyer at an agreed price but you get a defect on your account for ending early after bids, and you'd pay a final value fee based on the current bid price.