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Re: Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:19:08 GMT
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LPIENIAZEK@NOVERA.avoidspamCOM
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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 my last one
(and I still have one for Scott R, just haven't closed the deal).
To me that's the same kind of pain as having retracted bids. Different
degree, but same kind.
Now, I'd say that if there is a pattern, or if there is signs that there
are shills bidding stuff up to protect the real bidder, go to eBay and
ask for Id cancellation or commission refunds. They'll laugh at you but
you'll feel better.
As to posting negative feedback, I wish there was an easy way to
determine what a person has bid on to see if there's a pattern. Not
everyone is as together about their money as you or I so I'd cut SOME
slack but if there is a pattern, blast them.
Alan Demlow wrote:
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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 his finances didn't allow it or something
> like that. If people have been paying attention, this obviously could cost
> me a lot of bidders unless they're willing to pay $20 more than the
> current asking price.
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> So what do people do in situations like this? Negative feedback for
> cancelled bids is the first thing that comes to mind. Also, is it
> possible to cancel bids up until the last minute? I'm afraid that if
> people do this toward the end of the auction, I could get stuck with bids
> getting lowered and the price having no chance to recover, then being
> forced to sell at prices which are uncompetitive (from a seller's
> standpoint).
>
> Alan
>
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> Alan Demlow |demlow@lightlink.com |www.lightlink.com/demlow/sale/trade.txt
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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