Make Offer Question

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Make Offer Question

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I have a knife to list that I have absolutely no idea for a price and no real way to research it.
If I list it with a high dollar price and include the "Make offer" Can I say some like:
"After this knife has been listed for 7 days I will accept the highest offer." ?
Or do offers automatically expire like on eBay? (48 hours there)

Thanks in advance!
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One way you may be able to get a feel for the market value of a knife is to do a search of completed listings on ebay for your knife. (To the right of the ebay search bar on top, click on "advanced", then on completed listings.)
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Re: Make Offer Question

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herbva wrote: Fri May 21, 2021 12:53 pm One way you may be able to get a feel for the market value of a knife is to do a search of completed listings on ebay for your knife. (To the right of the ebay search bar on top, click on "advanced", then on completed listings.)
I've been a seller on eBay for 20 years so very familiar with that process.
Here is a thread about the knife in question and you will understand my dilemma.
[url][https://www.allaboutpocketknives.com/kn ... =71018/url]
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Re: Make Offer Question

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Like was described earlier. Try to determine what you think is a fair price.
Describe the condition of the knife the best you can with lots of clear
pictures. If you are way off, nobody will bid on it. You can always
lower the starting bid for the new auction after the initial auction goes to expiration.

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Re: Make Offer Question

Post by texoma »

I don't think there's a rule in our AAPK knives for sale or trade forum with what you're trying to do, but.
I'm not in favor of auctions ::td:: and don't want to see this on AAPK.
Why not just list the knife with a price and include or best offer or just list your knife on eBay.
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