Well, this is my second bad experience with Best Offer in about a month, only this time, it's with me as a buyer. I had previously ranted in here (thank god we have this subforum to blow off steam!) about accepting a best offer from a potential buyer within the 48 hour period and having them contact me days later (after I sent an invoice, etc.) to tell me that I took too long to accept their offer and they can't pay for the bag because they already spent the money (WTF?!)
This time, I submitted an offer yesterday (a very fair one, I am a seller too, and people that lowball with insulting amounts really tick me off) and the seller sent me a counter-offer this morning. I thought it was fair and was going to accept. Now, I've been away from my computer a lot the past couple of days (a very good friend of the family was found dead- I suspect murder because all of his cash was gone- in his home yesterday morning), so I was all set to accept today. When I went to check my email, I notice that the counter-offer had been retracted and I looked up the item to see a new BIN (with no counter offer option) price, which was lower than the counter offer I received on the item. I was even more stoked and went to hit the BIN, only to find that the item had ended. Turned out, the seller had been dealing back and forth with another potential buyer, even though she had counter-offered ME! UGGGHHHHHH! What in the world is wrong with people? She said she didn't think I'd accept since it had been "so long". WHAT? It was just this morning! Do people really think everyone has time to be on ebay all day long? I have a job and other personal issues! I get back to people AS SOON AS I CAN, but geez, why doesn't anyone have any patience or respect for the rules??
*sigh*
/rant over.
This time, I submitted an offer yesterday (a very fair one, I am a seller too, and people that lowball with insulting amounts really tick me off) and the seller sent me a counter-offer this morning. I thought it was fair and was going to accept. Now, I've been away from my computer a lot the past couple of days (a very good friend of the family was found dead- I suspect murder because all of his cash was gone- in his home yesterday morning), so I was all set to accept today. When I went to check my email, I notice that the counter-offer had been retracted and I looked up the item to see a new BIN (with no counter offer option) price, which was lower than the counter offer I received on the item. I was even more stoked and went to hit the BIN, only to find that the item had ended. Turned out, the seller had been dealing back and forth with another potential buyer, even though she had counter-offered ME! UGGGHHHHHH! What in the world is wrong with people? She said she didn't think I'd accept since it had been "so long". WHAT? It was just this morning! Do people really think everyone has time to be on ebay all day long? I have a job and other personal issues! I get back to people AS SOON AS I CAN, but geez, why doesn't anyone have any patience or respect for the rules??
*sigh*
/rant over.