Where do you respond to offers ?

[rainstick10]

I am getting offers and can see no where to respond to them ?

I go to my ebay \ bids/offers and my listing is not there.

I am getting emails of offers I want to respond to but cannot ?

Where how do you do it ?

[pixiesen2012]

there should be a respond to offer link in the offer message if it is a proper offer

[rainstick10]

cant for life of me even respond to an answer. hell ebay is hard to use.

is it because i have a reserve higher than the offer im given ?

[pixiesen2012]

no, it's because you don't have the 'make an offer' option on your listing!


you have received bids so the offer option has been removed and all offers cancelled


you've had three bids already and the listing hasn't been live for very long,


just let the auction run it's course


don't be too quick to take an offer

[rainstick10]

whats mean i do have thre make an offer on the listing !!! people are making offers !!!!!! iv had 3.
I cant respond even if i had to ? how do you responmd to offers ?

[rainstick10]

i see .. hold on they are bids not offers ?

[pixiesen2012]

that's right,

you have listed as an auction,

you have received 3 bids,

you don't respond to bids, you just wait for more bids, then when the auction reaches the end of it's time the item sells to the highest bidder as long as the bid has reached the reserve you have set


if the reserve isn't reached you can offer it to the highest bidder at their bid, but they don't have to accept

[rainstick10]

just checked i have put allow users to make offers ? but on the listing on site there is no option for that ?
why not ?

i dont get it why ? i have offers but i cant respond to them ?

[pixiesen2012]

I have already told you,

once a bid is placed the make an offer option is removed and all offers are cancelled

[rainstick10]

how useless is that ! wow ebay is so hard to use thats why i dont sell on here. Have 3 bikes to sell but simply cannot understand this mad process on here.

[pixiesen2012]

you have a choice


you can either list as a fixed price with make an offer, - if you choose this option you can accept any offer up until the item sells


or you can list in auction format with make an offer added, if you use this option you can only receive and accept offers until a bid is placed, once a bid is placed you have to let the auction run.

[rainstick10]

i want to let the auction run. But also want for 100% good car restorer accept their offer.
it is not always about money !

Now i am stuck in an auction (unless i change ) to the other method.
i did this and it sold within 2 minutes to a scammer which i had to stop and re list.
So to stop scammer i had to use the second method.

[pixiesen2012]

there is a third option and that is to list it as a classified ad,

if you use the classified option the listing stays live until the buyer actually pays you, then you cancel the listing