How does obo work?

Does the buyer have to wait for me to approve their offer?

asked over 10 years ago

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Yes, the buyer does have to wait for you to approve.
Once the offer is approved or countered (then the buyer has to approve) then the buyer will have to return to complete (pay) checkout.

At the bottom of the listing there is an instant offer price
If you put the minimum price in this box (please include any shipping also), supposedly if the offer is above this price, then the sale will go through without you having to approve.

I have this filled out on mine but so far I have had to approve all offers.

answered over 10 years ago

ccmom
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xxloversleap says: January 29, 2014

Thanks, ccmom!

Why would the instant offer price have to include s&h?

Say the item price is $100 with $10 S&H or $110 delivered. If you want the instant offer price to be $60 ($50 + $10 S&H), you are saying to put $60 as the instant offer price and not $50 that will automatically add the $10 for s&h???

Also, if you have set the “instant” offer price, why would you have to manually accept it? Isn’t that the whole point of “instant”, that it accepts it automatically?

answered over 10 years ago

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