How many of you have had success with asking for a Buy It Now price from a seller.  What I mean is when they post an auction with no Buy It Now and you E-mail him asking for one.  I have done it a few times so far and its worked about half the time.

I also have had it done to me with a few auctions that I posted and I refused every time.(probably got some offers from Acaeum members themsleves methinks)

GraysonAC wrote:Never tried myself. I do a lot of resale, so imo, it wouldn't be ethical for me to try to chisel a cheaper deal than the market allows me to get

Same here - If I'm going to resell something, I don't need to sneak around and try to get an extra good deal before someone else does.  I also don't spoil a seller's BIN price if no one has placed a minimum bid (unless it is down to a day or so left to go).

Except for a few oddball items that I don't know how to price, I BIN everything I sell already - however, I get a question every now and then asking if I have a BIN price and I have to reply that the item already does have one . . . sometimes the questions I get make me wonder if anyone is really reading the descriptions to begin with.  :roll:

I have tried it a few different occasions, but I have only been successful at it twice. One time I thought I was successful was back in the spring for that Dwarven Glory/Misty Isles auction, but the seller never put the $60.00 BIN on until it was to late.

Reindeergamez wrote:

GraysonAC wrote:Never tried myself. I do a lot of resale, so imo, it wouldn't be ethical for me to try to chisel a cheaper deal than the market allows me to get

That's my feeling also. But of course I have no qualms about snatching up low BIN's that the seller posted on their own... =)

Ditto. I've got no moral quandries about snatching up a low BIN - if someone isn't aware of an item's value, they should be auctioning the item



I get a lot of my stock from folks that gamble on the low starting price, hoping it'll encourage more bidders. Sometimes it works.. and other times it doesn't