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I'm auctioning a bunch of sets on Ebay and have now had two cancelled bids by people. This is getting annoying and could potentially cost me some bidders. In the last case, the cancelled bid lowered the high bid by about $20, giving as his reason (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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If you're not willing to sell at the price that the lot ends up at, set your starting bid high enough, or have a reserve in place that's high enough, that you take what you get and are happy. I see a 4559 going for 175 right now. I only got 150 for (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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It is just something you have to live with... it happens. Be thankful the bids are retracted before the auction's end. There are bidders who do it deliberately try to manipulate the system. The worst example of this I have experienced was when a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yes, of course. That's not the point. In the case at hand, the bid retraction almost gives people the same kind of information as inside traders on Wall Street. It's not that I'm going to be mad if I don't get a high price for my goods (as (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I would advise against posting neutral / negative feedback, as the bidder may well choose to do the exact same back to you... warranted or not. Scott A -- Scott A My Lego Site : (URL) List : (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <388DB0DC.9F29A441@v...er.net>... (...) It probably won't show canceled bids, but you can search by bidder, and you don't just see auctions where they have the high bid, and you can see their recent auctions (up to (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) typed (...) explained (...) Speaking of these things, what can I do with this guy? (URL) bid the opening bid, then immediately retracted it and as the reason put: "Min Bid is too high for opened product; new product is available at near same" (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Subject line is wrong: we're talking bid retraction by the buyer here, not bid cancellation by the seller. I'd say all the reasons given in this thread for the bid retractions are against the eBay "allowable reasons" for it (see the TOS (URL) and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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This is one where a followup or response saying "list is 129.99" may be warranted. 99 is an OK price for a set that lists for 129.99, IMHO. And I agree with Alan that retracting bids, when done in a way that manipulates the auction DOES deny the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I had an auction where the high bidder retracted his bid--as he had won two of my lots already, I fully expected that it was finances, and this was in fact the case--but not because he was not "with it." Rather, he had an automobile accident, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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