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Re: a couple of great bid retractions...
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 6 Jul 2000 11:13:10 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> BUT,
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> As I am paying the rent with my Lego hobby til a new career develops, bid
> retractions are becoming more annoying. If the trend continues, it may be
> more costly. Bid retractions are increasing percentage wise in my
> auctioning. From 0% a year ago to 10-20% of my auctions. Granted I am only
> auctioning 20-30 items at a time and I am not selling super rare/expensive
> sets, but I am concerned. Does this mean if I start auctioning 100 lots
> that I am going to have 20-25 retractions per cycle?
John,
I'm paying part of my college ed with my ebay auctions. So I understand the
frustration you feel.
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> Probably not...
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> I would be interested if any other auctioners are seeing the same or similar
> trends...I wonder if it's anomolous or a trend.
After almost 400 auctions, I have only had 6 bid retractions. The explaination
given:
"Not a registered ebay user." Yet in 4 of the cases they had a rating.
I also got mine early in the auction cycle, so it wasn't to bad.
> I just think these kinds of retractions are ridiculous...I remember a long
> time ago I had one retraction because the person going to Asia on urgent
> business before the auction ended. He contacted me in a friendly/apologetic
> way and by chance a few months later bought similar parts from me...all my
> retractions after that experience have been ridiculous.
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> I wonder if there is an interest in lobbying eBay to change their retraction
> process...I have no idea how successful this would be; I guess the
> excusues/lies/cop-outs would just get better.
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> John
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> P.S. I just felt like venting/commenting on the days events = )
A little venting is good for the soul. :-)
Jodi
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| (...) Good luck to you = ) glad to see another person who understands...lol (...) I am nowhere near a 400 rating on eBay (yet!) Ironically I have conducted over 150 auctions with unique users, but I have not even hit 75 feedback... I do a bustling (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| I recently received an e-mail notice from eBay...and then another one a minute later...same bidder. Excuse #1 "don't have the money" I think if you are gonna play wih the big boys, you should pay. Excuse "2 "found it cheaper" Quite possible, but (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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