I assume the seller might get to pay a lower eBay commission, that for $110, rather than a whole lot more for a price over a thousand, say. But then I suppose the seller also run the risk that the seller might not follow through, of come back to demand the $110 price.
I have in the past made early offers to sellers. But it seems that the sellers then assume that they would get at least what you offer if the auction lasted -- you would bid your offer in the end. So it never worked out. On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Mike Nosal wrote: > Note that the auction was closed early. eBay rules allow a seller to do > this if and only if they then sell the goods to the current high bidder at > the time. They do not have to sell the item at the current bid price when > they close the auction. > > I would imagine that the high bidder made the seller a reasonable offer, > and the seller decided they didn't want to wait for the auction to end, > only to discover there wasn't enough bidding to drive the price up to the > level the buyer offered. > > --Mike > >
