Be able to make offers in auction house and shard exchange

[Bertum]

Be able to make offers in auction house and shard exchange lower than the initial price.

Have a checkbox allow bidding offers.

If someone else has made a higher bid they are rejected.

The seller can decide to accept the offer at the end of auction or perhaps anytime.

If an offer is outbid or rejected it is refunded.

It could be a problem if the seller doesn't check their mail after the auction expires. I guess refunded after 3 weeks.

Someone might be selling something too expensive, buyer might not have enough coin. Someone else might be selling the same item cheaper.

[mikarddo]

Be able to make offers in auction house and shard exchange lower than the initial price.

Have a checkbox allow bidding offers.

If someone else has made a higher bid they are rejected.

The seller can decide to accept the offer at the end of auction or perhaps anytime.

If an offer is outbid or rejected it is refunded.

It could be a problem if the seller doesn't check their mail after the auction expires. I guess refunded after 3 weeks.

Someone might be selling something too expensive, buyer might not have enough coin. Someone else might be selling the same item cheaper.

Everything you suggest is already covered by the selling being able to set the minimum bid lower if he is so inclined. No need to complicate things at all.

[Enoach]

Keeping in mind the following...

1. The minimum amount set by the seller is the least amount minus posting fee they are willing to make the trade for
2. When maximum amount is set that is the amount minus the posting fee the seller believes the item is worth

If the item is over priced it won't sell, the seller then makes a decision based on that. Which at that time could be posting it for lower amount, the same, not putting it back on the AH.

Keeping in mind that I am a believer that trade should be between two parties with the idea of WIN-WIN (each getting something they consider to be more valuable then what they traded). Your suggestion potentially sets up a WIN-LOSE, where the buyer wins and the seller loses. That is a great way to kill off the Auction House quickly.

[Annex]

In The Lord of the Rings Online, auctions show the name of the listing character. On a few occasions, someone sent me an offer for one of my auctions via in game mail. Perhaps something like that would work here?

[Enoach]

In The Lord of the Rings Online, auctions show the name of the listing character. On a few occasions, someone sent me an offer for one of my auctions via in game mail. Perhaps something like that would work here?

Now this suggestion would be one I could agree with. Maybe a twist in that once there is a bid the name doesn't display to prevent someone asking for something someone couldn't withdraw from auction. And to limit potential of unnecessary harassment