auto decline of best offer why?

[masparkes]

I have an item on auction.   buyer made a best off of £32 but this was autodeclined before 23 hrs up and same buyer then made a bid on site for £14.95.

why was offer closed ?  seems you can make  ahigh offer then put in a lower bid which cancels your higher offer.  Am I right & how is this good business for either Ebay or me?

thanks

[double_o_heaven]

Once an item has a bid on it, the best offer option is removed.  Or it wouldn't be fair on people bidding.

The same person who made that offer which you had told eBay (via your settings)  to decline, may well have put the same figure in as his maximum bid - you won't know until someone else bids too.

[masparkes]

Fine I understand that is how they work but this is an auction so the
offer was for £32 but the bid was for £14. In a normal auction this
means the bid moves to £32 to then move on. Here the offer is auto
declined and I have to accept a lower bid of £14.

Does that make any sense please?

[pixiesen2012]

bids and offers are completely separate things, once a bid is placed all offers are cancelled

[double_o_heaven]

The bid will only move to £32 if somone else has bid £30 (or whatever the increments are at that level).

If not it will stay at the starting price until someone else bids more.

You say the same person who made teh offer placed the bid, so if only one person is currently interested in it, they will get it for the starting price, irrespective of any offer they made - that won't ever reflect on the current auction price.

[masparkes]

not certain you understand my point but we move on as bids are now at £66

thanks anyway