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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:09:37 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> Mike Poindexter wrote:
> > Maybe you don't even catch the barb on hook... you can't leave the retractor
> > feedback because you do not complete a transaction!
Domn't you have to justify a bid retraction, or has this changed? When I read
the eBay TOS lo these many moons ago I thought it was pretty definite that you
couldn't pull a bid for just any reason. There's no recourse in going to eBay
management?
> I hope eBay does something about bid retractions. Ultimately, the
> problem is with the fixed ending time. If there was not a fixed ending
> time, a bid retraction could just be handled as a status change,
> resetting the G1-G2-Sold clock.
Alternately, have the option to have it end at a 'random time' within a
specified period. Messes up the snipers *and* the retractors, and if the
retractor doesn't pay his $400 bid you leave a nice big fat BAD BOY stamp
on his account.
> The way eBay could handle it is that if there is a bid retraction,
> especially one which makes a significant change in price, the seller has
> the option of re-listing the item, or extending the auction.
That could work, too. Does eBay have a 'don't let person X bid in my
auctions' command? I've never sold there so I have no idea, but that
would also be a help I suspect.
J
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| (...) A similar pricing problem happens if someone fails to come through on their win, and the seller offers the item to the next highest bidder. The next highest bidder shouldn't necessarily have to pay their bid amount, but also shouldn't get the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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