Such a deal, let the bidding begin ... :-)

In article <200603082003520003.392820EC at 10.0.0.252>, "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes: As far as I know, the only rules are: - If its an auction item, then the first "best offer" is the only one that counts and it becomes the bidding price (which means the auction can end below your initial auction price) - If its a "buy it now" item, they can refuse your offer for any reason, including "I don't like you". I'm not sure if you're referring to ebay as a whole or just the "best offer" thing. The way I figure it, if I wanted to pay $45 each for the kbd and dials box, I would have done "buy it now". When I see a BIN item with a "best offer" option, to me that implies that the seller figures that their price might be a little bit high. Otherwise, why give people the option of offering less than your BIN price? In the end, it was silly for him because by refusing my offer he went from 2/3rds what he was asking to 0/3rds of what he was asking. So he didn't sell it. Unless his whole point was NOT to sell it by listing it (which seems weird, but you never know), then it seems to me that he lost out. As I say, this is pretty fringe stuff, not many people have an interest in it and even fewer have a use for it! -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline"-- code samples, sample chapter, FAQ: <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/> Pilgrimage: Utah's annual demoparty <http://pilgrimage.scene.org>