Of course they didn't buy the item.
It was buy it now, right? At a set price.
I can tell you exactly what that person meant. They wanted you to sell 'directly' to them but you can bet your boots they would want the item at a big discount. More than the ebay fee saving would come to.
Don't worry. It's a rogue gumtree buyer having a browse on ebay.
That or a scam, as clarry said.
