Re: Ebay "buy it now"

Dan White wrote:
"Champ" <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:gnugi3lr43bddioch4lkhn7031199mn9ld@xxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:41:18 -0700, antonye <antonye@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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It has always been this way, you just never noticed.
I guess my memory is playing tricks. When I sold my GSX-R 1000,
someone did a 'buy it now' with about 2 hours to go. I was sure that
there were already bids on it, but perhaps not.

It most definitely has *not* always been this way. I used to flog load of stuff with an "optomistic" BIN price and allow bids too. Often I would have bids come in, then somebody would decide not to risk it and buy it early with BIN. I saw it had changed about 4 months ago when I tried to sell something with a BIN price. It pissed me off that I had to pay an extra listing fee to use BIN, then find the fucker disappeared the moment some muppet put a 99p bid on.


Are you not becoming a bit confused with the change to the £50 minimum reserve?

It used to be that you could put a reserve on anything and the BIN stayed until the reserve was met. Now the minimum reserve is £50 so it's not possible for cheaper items.

I've been selling on ebay since about 1999 and the current BIN situation has been this way for as long as I can remember.
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