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Originally Posted by bnorth
It has cost me before when the offer was way higher than the winning bid. It has also worked out for me. Recently I was offered $1200 to end a listing. Without a bid already I would have cancelled the listing and sold it for that offer. Since it had a bid I let it run and it ended at almost twice the offer.
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Yeah, it works both ways.
I've had offers I've turned down, where I know damn well, I'm not going to get that price by the end of the auction. It hurts a little, but it is what it is.
I usually respond to them, "Good luck, you'll probably win it for less then what you just offered me for it".
What's infuriating is when the item DOES go for much less then they offered, and you notice, they didn't even bid on it when it ends.
Also on the flipside, if you've ever put an item up and you get multiple people messaging you to try and end the auction early, you better NOT end that auction early, because it's going to get very interesting by the time the last bid is put in.