I have stopped auctioning items due to having some buyers not pay for four days, or not pay at all. Similarly, I don’t have ‘allow offers’. I just do buy it now listings. But today I learned the hard way that when eBay prompts you to send offers to interested buyers, it’s possible for a buyer to accept but not pay. Exactly like an auction. So now I have to wait a minimum four days before I can cancel due to non payment and relist the item. So I will never be making offers again either. Have you...

It's a complete mystery to me why any buyer would accept an offer if they don't actually want the item.But then, there are none so queer as folk, I guess, and you get all sorts using ebay. Whether that should stop you from ever making offers, I don't know. I hope not. Perhaps continue to have your Buy it now listings, but if you do get the occasional prompt to send offers, give it another go. Not all of us are non payers & if someone is watching your item, then an offer might be just th...

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