trading help

i have no idea wat b/o or c/o means on the trade forum, if sum1 could translate that would be great

b/o = buy out
c/o = current offer

b/o- buy out. the price that u pay now n u have reserved that item for u so u get it for sure.

c/o-current offer. the highest offer of money at the moment.

And the most believable c/o (current offers) come when the seller lists who made that offer. In my experience, c/o is sometimes simply used as a minimum selling price when there is no offer on the table at all. For good or for bad, it's often a way to avoid dealing with extremely low offers.

How do I know?

There have been two or three times when I've made offers below the stated c/o and had them accepted. Since both buyers and sellings realize that the c/o term is abused, some sellers identify the person making the offer. (By the way, as a former trader, that can be dangerous. Other sellers then know someone who is willing to pay the amount of the c/o for that item. I've seen cases where another seller contacted that person directly and offered the same item for less to take the sale away.)