Ebay Question

[wolfway]

hello,

there's an auction i'm looking at (no buy now), and i asked the seller if there is a price, for which he would do a "buy now". he told me a price and i'm willing to accept it.

now my question is: will the seller just add a buy now function to the auction? in that case i have to be quick and the first to buy the item, before another person spots the buy now. or will he only give ME the chance for a buy now?

in the second case, hows that taking place? can i just buy now in the auction or do i get a special mail for it?

i didn't want to ask the seller because perhaps he thinks then "oh you're an ebay noob, nvm this deal" and i don't want that. it's just the first time i ask somethin glike this.

any help would be welcome, and i prefer as fast as possible

thanks

[even13flow]

Does the item have any bids? If so, he won't be able to add buy it now. Even easier than adding a buy it now price, he could even cancel or end the auction early, and then you make the deal outside of ebay if you trust him.

[CreepingDave]

Yeah as Jake said you can ask him to end it early at that buy it now price, but it would therefore have to be outside ebay control so it all depends on if you can trust him or not.

[wolfway]

there were no bids yet, auction was just 10 hours on ebay. the buyer added a buy now function to the auction and i bought it.

this person is (soon) a proud owner of a sealed whiplash vinyl. wanted that one for a long time, yay.