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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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Date: 
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 03:59:28 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
If the auction has NOT ended, and someone retracts their bid, you are
mildly screwed. If you notice before the auction ends, you can retract
your bid, and then, unless someone who cares has a completed auction
with you that they haven't yet given you feedback for, they can't give
you negative feedback. If you don't notice until the auction is over,
you're at the mercy of the seller, and could get negative feedback if
you don't satisfy them.

Bizarre.  So what's to stop someone from creating a one-time foofoo bidding
account on eBay to get themselves out of a mess like that?


That won't help much, if you notice in time, the only black mark you can get
is the fact that you retracted a bid. The danger in creating the fake
account is that you are legally tied to it (or you used someone else's
credit card illegally - remember, to get an account on eBay now, you need a
credit card, and I'm assuming they check to see if you've already used a
particular card number [wonder how they deal with spouses]).

Frank



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  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) Christopher Lindsey said earlier today that he had "just created a throw-away account"[1] using a free email address and that the registration page at eBay said you don't need a credit card. Are there two types of eBay accounts?? --Todd [1] (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) OK, that's fair. (...) Bizarre. So what's to stop someone from creating a one-time foofoo bidding account on eBay to get themselves out of a mess like that? --Todd (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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