Nobody really likes ebay, they just like cheap gear (to buy) or the exposure it gets for selling.
It's got nothing to do with liking ebay at all.
Everyone wants to buy low and sell high, if someone comes around and makes a solid cash offer why wouldn't you take it?
It certainly takes the hassle out of dealing with a dreamer on ebay who might not pay or who insists paying with paypal and costing you more fees.

So then put a buy it now up with make offers option and if someone wants to buy offline, do it... putting up an auction and then cancelling everyone's bids to sell offline is bad form IMO.. YMMV of course.. whatever ;-)