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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3331209, member: 85693&quot;]The &quot;make an offer&quot; sort of confused me when it first showed up on eBay for non-&quot;buy it now&quot; auctions.&nbsp; If I am understanding it correctly, it is supposed to be higher than the listed starting (not &quot;buy it now&quot;) bid.&nbsp; The theory behind this is that the starting bid is pretty low (say $30) on a $100 coin; as a bidder you are supposed to offer $100 and thereby get the coin before you have to compete with other bidders (when it might go higher).&nbsp; I&#039;ve rarely used this option because the starting bids are usually too high to begin with. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, on &quot;buy it now&quot; auctions with &quot;best offer&quot; options, I have had some success.&nbsp; The seller will usually knock a couple bucks off the &quot;buy it now&quot; price.&nbsp; A $20.00 &quot;buy it now&quot; coin with &quot;best offer&quot; option can be had for $18 or even $15 sometimes.&nbsp; On the other hand, I remember being turned down on a $9 offer on a $10 buy it now!&nbsp; Not sure what the seller was thinking on that one...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is low-price bottom-feeding stuff, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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