How long before I cancel a best offer

[coty8876]

Guy made an offer on a card on Ebay and hasn't paid yet granted only been 24 hrs but just wondering what's a reasonable time to allow payment on a best offer before relisting the card.

[bowlinbob]

Technically he has however many days you have setup for an unpaid case to open and then 4 days afterwards to pay just like an auction..

[shrevecity]

If you cancel and he never asks then he could neg you. He has a minimum of 6 days

[coty8876]

Ok thanks for the info guys. Looks like I'm at the buyers mercy. I'm just used to paying as soon as I win a card or buy one. So when someone offers I'm assuming they have the money to pay for it. Especially this was a 1000 dollar card only reason I accepted is because I could use the cash.

[ThoseBackPages]

shouldnt be more then a week i dont think

[Chucky]

You can set up your listings to auto start a NPB after 2 days. But here is how I’ve resolved this issue. I simply send a message that I’m willing to accept their price and I will adjust the listing so they can purchase it. Then change the price of your listing and require immediate payment. Has worked well for me.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by Chucky

You can set up your listings to auto start a NPB after 2 days. But here is how I’ve resolved this issue. I simply send a message that I’m willing to accept their price and I will adjust the listing so they can purchase it. Then change the price of your listing and require immediate payment. Has worked well for me.

Then a watcher gets the message you lowered the price and snags it and the original buyer is pissed because you did not honor your "agreement."

[Chucky]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Then a watcher gets the message you lowered the price and snags it and the original buyer is pissed because you did not honor your "agreement."

A chance I’m happy to take to not have to deal with non or slow payers.

[Parkerplenty]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Then a watcher gets the message you lowered the price and snags it and the original buyer is pissed because you did not honor your "agreement."

This is very thing happened to me a few years back. I was so disappointed, but it really wasnt the sellers fault. I kid you not, it was literally a matter of seconds (not even a minute), and someone snagged the card before me. It would be months before I'd see another one.

[coty8876]

Update on this. Yesterday morning the guy messaged and asked If i could cancel the order so he could rebuy and use his ebucks. I knew this was bs so I asked him to request the cancel himself. He insisted he couldn't and I had to do it. So I canceled I'm not gonna argue with a guy when I'm about to make a 1000 dollar transaction. I let him know it was canceled and to resend his offer and that was the last I heard from him. At this point I'm not accepting any offer he sends. Complete waste of time. His Ebay is bitcoin18.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by coty8876

Update on this. Yesterday morning the guy messaged and asked If i could cancel the order so he could rebuy and use his ebucks. I knew this was bs so I asked him to request the cancel himself. He insisted he couldn't and I had to do it. So I canceled I'm not gonna argue with a guy when I'm about to make a 1000 dollar transaction. I let him know it was canceled and to resend his offer and that was the last I heard from him. At this point I'm not accepting any offer he sends. Complete waste of time. His Ebay is bitcoin18.

A buyer loses the ability to cancel themselves after a few hours. After that the seller is the only one who can actually cancel


Just block him or he could hit BIN and cause you more issues.