John,
      HOw about a little thought into this....  How fare is this?
The person that gets to you at the right time and place
learns what your highest bid is and gets to over bid....
right?    Like I said ...let me know what that is,
and then I'll decide if I want it or not,,,,,,.!  Your missing the
boat.....  you have to put some time constants on it.  Hey,
I've  seen lots of people lose big money only because
no one wants to be the sucker to be over bid.
       I'll tell you what I've done with people like you in the
past.  I've given them a reasonable offer, but I've told
 them  it is only good right now, take it or leave it.
 This is the only way to deal with a "best offer".  Now
if you would have said sealed bids being excepted until Dec.
30th, your in the same ball game.  No hard fellings, but
this never makes sense to me, and I've had tons of people
say this in adds.   Maybe someone else can explain
having a  "best offer"  without any time constrants.
                                           Eric

John Connors wrote:

>Eric:
>
>Okay Eric, this is pretty simple.  "Best offer" means "best offer".  This
>terminology has been around for a while so I didn't think an explanation would be
>necessary.  I know where you are going with this but had you asked me in a
>different manner I would have replied differently.  I stated "best offer" in my
>post because I do not know what to ask for my van with a blown engine so I
>would rather have someone email me with what they would be willing to pay after
>they hear the full details of the van.  My intentions, contrary to your post,
>are not for some kind of bidding war.  Lighten up a little there tiger.  Any
>more questions, just ask.
>
>John
>86 Syncro
>
>I love it when people say stuff like this!
>"best offer for this van"  What does this mean?
>  I'll tell you what, when your done getting
>offers, E-mail me, and I'll give you my offer!
>                        ERic
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