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Re: a couple of great bid retractions...
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 7 Jul 2000 04:48:25 GMT
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John Radtke wrote:
> You definitely aren't alone. I've been lucky with only one retraction out of
> about 300 auctions but it was a lame 'no $' hours before close and cost me
> quite a bit. While browsing though I see more people and items with
> retractions than ever a year ago.
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> Instead of letting bidders do it themselves, a retraction request approved by
> eBay might be nice. The manpower would likely be prohibitive but then they'd
> know how it's being abused.
Well, this might be a crazy idea, but how about if e-bay automatically ended the
auction when someone retracted and restarted? Or maybe extended the auction by the
amount of time the retractor had a successful bid? I could see as a bidder it
would be disappointing, but since I wouldn't be winning the auction anyhow, it
probably makes me no worse off and actually might increase the chance I could win
the auction.
What if a sniper tries to retract a bid? How about when the auction ends and the
buyer doesn't come up with the $ for whatever reason? What happens then? I am
curious because I may start e-baying some stuff of my own.
Toki
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| (...) I am somewhat reassured and concerned that others are seeing this now... (...) I have not done much browsing lately, but I did see that I was high bidder a couple of times recently when the bid that beat mine was retracted. (...) I agree with (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) explaination (...) late ones hurt.. (...) You definitely aren't alone. I've been lucky with only one retraction out of about 300 auctions but it was a lame 'no $' hours before close and cost me quite a bit. While browsing though I see more (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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