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  Re: Interesting way of sabotaging an auction - if the seller is overseas
 
(...) Yes yes. But my point is merely that if one has a bid withdrawn from one's auction, factoring out all else such as that it would be nice if the clueless bidder mailed you rather than withdrawing, better that it be early rather than late. When (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Interesting way of sabotaging an auction - if the seller is overseas
 
(...) s/he (...) Your point is evident. Bid retractions are not a big problem to me, but I do think ebay should tighten up the system. A while ago I saw a bidder who had 18 logged retractions - too much in my opinion. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Interesting way of sabotaging an auction - if the seller is overseas
 
There may have been a good reason - IF these retractions were all at the same time, the person may have suffered some kind of personal tragedy (job loss, illness/injury) that would have prevented him from following through on making payment. OTOH, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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