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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.theory
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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.
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> 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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| (...) 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] (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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