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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 23:16:27 GMT
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On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 06:13:08 GMT, "Carrie Whitcher" <ExitG@aol.com>
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> Let me tell all of you about retractions...Very interesting thing that
> occured to me on Tues. Now the guy who retracted (2x mind you!) is
> bidding on ANOTHER large lego lot...
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> Be wary of this guy, good feedback or not. When he retracts because
> his wife is having pregnancy problems and can't pay $4000
> but then turns around and bids $2200+...sounds fishy to me.
[...]
Well, if this it were me, and I knew this guy as a bid-canceller who
had done so on other auctions, at different times (several cancels in
a short time period could be due to a real problem he had), then my
reaction would be to cancel his bid myself with a reason that I didn't
want folks bidding who repeatedly backed out. This would get his bid
off the books before the clock ran out, if indeed that's suspected as
the game being played, giving others a chance to post real bids.
Let *him* pursue giving me grief with eBay. If the matter came up, I
would reveal to eBay my suspicions about his actions and point out the
consistent pattern.
Don't know what action eBay would take against a seller in a position
where they were trying to protect the fairness of their auction in
this way, but would be interested to know if anyone finds out
empirically.
-gus
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| Let me tell all of you about retractions...Very interesting thing that occured to me on Tues. Now the guy who retracted (2x mind you!) is bidding on ANOTHER large lego lot... Be wary of this guy, good feedback or not. When he retracts because his (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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