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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 16:59:36 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Arthur writes:
> It is just something you have to live with... it happens. Be thankful the bids
> are retracted before the auction's end.
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> There are bidders who do it deliberately try to manipulate the system. The
> worst example of this I have experienced was when a bidder claimed to have • typed
> "$54" by mistake rather than "$25". However, the bidder mailed me and • explained
> the situation:
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> "would it be OK if I just left the wrong bid in place, and we could sort the
> matter out afterwards"
Speaking of these things, what can I do with this guy?
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=243353322
He 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"
Then he e-mailed me and said he will bid again WHEN I relist the item for a
lower price because it will not get any bids.
Another guy e-mailed me about this same item saying that he will buy it for
much less when the auction closes with no bids.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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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)
| | | Re: Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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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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| | Re: Cancelled bids on Ebay--what to do?
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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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