Made an offer, got a reply then item dissapears

[davidc4430]

so, i'm doing my usual ebay scan of new items, i see a model radio control car kit i'm after with $188US buy it now or make an offer.

so it works out at about $244AU, i'd be happy to pay up to $200au

so i work out the correct price in US dollars and put in an offer, not expecting it be accepted.

i get a reply with a counter offer $5 less than i offered? with 'respongd now.

when i hit 'respond now' it tells me the item is no longer available....

What The...!

i know the guy is in japan but still, hes running a store so he should have his you know what together.

why reply with a counter offer just to delete the thing before i can respond?

[enigmabear]

I don't know. Odd indeed

Maybe they have Friday gremlins too? (not trying to be funny)

Or maybe he hit the wrong thing and did'nt mean to accept offer,panicked and ended the item?

[kopenhagen5]

Maybe he had a walk-in buy it in his store.

[davidc4430]

yeah, i can think of a lot of reasons but its just the sending me a counter offer less than id allready offered has me scratching my head.

he hasnt relisted. i thought maybe after sending the offer he realised hed made a mistake.

i'll keep looking, see it it gets relisted.

[lm-entertainment]

maybe he realised he'd sent a counter-offer that was less than what you offered so he decided to remove the item from sale? 

[melbourneclearance]

Somebody else could have bought it with BIN. Who knows? Ask the seller, maybe he'll explain.

Most likely he converted Yen to USD wrong and realised it.

[davidc4430]

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@melbourneclearancewrote:

Somebody else could have bought it with BIN. Who knows? Ask the seller, maybe he'll explain.

Most likely he converted Yen to USD wrong and realised it.

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i did have that thought too, maybe someone did Buy It Now, but his starting price wasnt the cheapest listed for this model.

iwas only prepared to buy at a cheaper price than was allready selling for. i wasnt making a stupid offer.

as i said i was prepared to pay $199 for a kit he listed for $244.

it doesnt matter, its a new release kit, there will be plenty more hitting ebay now.

i missed out a few weeks ago when a seller in australia had 4 of them listed for $180 including free post. by the time id figured out it was a great price they had sold.

quick and the dead lol

[digital*ghost]

Just check his completed listings - that will tell you if it sold, or was ended. 

[davidc4430]

he used the 'the item was ended because there was an error in the listing' option

its not been relisted as yet.