I have someone saying he wants to offer more than current bid but I'm limiting bids?

[dawnie7856]

I have a potential buyer who is saying that he wants to offer me more than the current bid of £85 on an item I'm selling, but I'm limiting bids? Can someone please explain what this might be?

His exact words ' Have a limited bids? Don't you sales this????

Then a futher message - 'I want offer 95 but you limit bids I don't understand if you wish y buy another directly a seller?

Please help.......

[dawnie7856]

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Thank you!

[john1297576]

He cannot make an offer as you have bids. All he has to do is bid £95 and wait to see if anyone else bids.

In my opinion it will sell for a lot more than that,which is why he expects you to let him win.

Another foolish buyer who does not understand how bidding works and expects you to amend the system so he can buy at a bargain price.

I am afraid I would add to my Blocked Bidders List, trouble some buyers can be more of a problem than they are worth.

By the way you need Special Delivery, economy is only for items up to £20.

[papso22]

My guess would be that the point he is making is that you don't have best offer set up, so you are limiting the sale to bids. Tell him to bid with everyone else.   It may well go for over £95.

[dawnie7856]

Thank You. That’s what I don’t understand, why doesn’t he just bid the £95 that he wants to pay? I wondered if I have a limit on the item as I haven’t sold this type of item before?

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[papso22]

He wants to secure it now, for £95, if he bids then he might not win. You can't have a limit on it, it doesn't work lije that.  Personally,  I would block him, he sounds like he could be trouble.

[dawnie7856]

Thanks, I see. Well I guess he should just bid and keep his fingers crossed?

[pixiesen2012]

if it is the zero or one feedback bidder he may have reached the number of bids ebay allow newbies to make,

there is nothing you can do to change this

they should have placed one maximum bid instead of lots of small bids

[**peaseblossom**]

That's eBay's incremental bidding system.   He cannot bid a price up on his own without someone else bidding against him.

[dawnie7856]

The current bid is £85. What's stopping him bidding £95? I'm sorry I just don't understand.......

[m25jet]

Personally I reckon that Papso22's earlier comment was right with regards to the buyer's reason for sending you that e-mail. Given that a lot of auctions tend to see a sudden flurry of activity in the final couple of minutes I'd say that there's a decent chance of the item selling for more than £95.00 anyway, especially when you consider the fact that it's currently at £85.00 with a couple of days still left to go before the end of the auction.

[dawnie7856]

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Great, thank you that's put my mind at rest!