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Fair to change ad from sale to auction?

I am asking for input to know whether an ad placed in the for sale section at a too low offering price, which gets a dozen rapid offers to buy, could be changed to an auction, to best allow the interested parties to resolve the issue of whom to let have it?
Why is the first responder the one you HAVE to sell something to?
And if indeed you get a large number of offers to buy, why not make it an auction?
I know the 'standard' here IS to have to sell to the first request to buy that fulfills the sellers conditions, but why? If I LIKE someone elses offer, and their style, why am I 'supposed' to sell it to someone I get the impression of as a jerk?
Not trying to stir up trouble, just wondering...
elizabeth

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agaffer
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I recently sold 6 items on Audiogon and almost every response I got on every item was asking for a lower price (on every item I was already lower than any other similar item on Audiogon).
So, if the buyers all want to turn it into a auction to lower the price, why is it not o'k for a seller to do the same if he sees that he can raise the price. By the way, I had 3 different buyers ask me to hold on to a item while they either returned from vacation, raised more funds, sold something of theirs. All then came back offering a lower price after turning down other offers thinking the first was legitimate.
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