Last Minute Cancellation

ajia

How can someone cancel an auction at the last minute?
I understand if one has to cancel a few days before, something happened to the item or it gets sold outside the auction, but there should be a rule stating that it cannot be retracted (cancelled) within the last 6 hours....isn't that why reserves were added, in case the bid was less than the seller would accept?

Check out the auction close time & cancellation time!

Cancellation

Wolf359

Was there a reserve? Guess he didn't want his $100 coin selling for $15 bucks.

ajia

No reserve, if there was I would understand.....& he wouldn't have to 'cancel' his auction.
How do you report this to eBay, or can you?

Bochiman

I can understand how you feel and I hated when it happened to me too.
One thing though is that it is still that person's property.
They do have a right to sell it or not.

I just wish ebay would let you see how many times a seller has done this.
I wouldn't bid on items where the seller does this a lot.

ajia

What about this:

Note: Sellers are not permitted to cancel bids and end listings early in order to avoid selling an item that did not meet the desired sale price. This is considered to be reserve fee circumvention. Although there are legitimate reasons for ending a listing early, abuse of this option will be investigated.


Does eBay really investigate abuses?

Bochiman

Maybe they do...if it isn't a power seller.
I had that happen by a power seller that I later found out was notorious for doing it. They said they would investigate when I reported it.
Nothing happened and he kept doing it. And, this was on $8 proof sets with a bid around $4 that he would do this to.

If I were a seller and I didn't like the price it was bringing AND I was inclined to cancel the auction, then I would just say that I "already sold it", it is "no longer for sale", "I don't want to sell it anymore", etc.

Now, I have sold 2 items on ebay...1 didn't bring what I even paid for it....I still let it go and sold it...I am not the type to back out of a deal, but I know others will.

ajia

That's exactly why the 6 hour limit to back out.
Everyone knows all the frenzy happens the last 5 minutes, so sellers have to tell buyers outside eBay to log on & bid if they want it within the last 6 hours. Why would that be difficult?
I guess the excuse that they could use would be that they lost it!

But any excuse is hard to believe when the auction is cancelled at the LAST minute....literally.

ajia

I guess this is a buyers perspective, not a sellers

ElectricEye

<< <i>Does eBay really investigate abuses? >>

Yes, and they occasionally suspend a user for reserve fee avoidance, even powersellers (though the little bastage I helped get booted was only NARU'D for a week before being reinstated as a POWERSCREWER)

MSD61

I guess some sellers feel it is a spit the face and an insult when they put a coin up and it goes for nothing so they cancel the auction. I don't agree with canceling an auction it's not right. Regardless if it is still their property or not rules are rules. I was under the same impression that an auction, once bids were made, could not be cancelled unless it a reserve was placed on the item. I too have had this happen to me also and it's not a good feeling. But the way ebay enforces the rules I don't know if much will happen.

Russ

<< <i>Yes, and they occasionally suspend a user for reserve fee avoidance >>



Yep, if it's money coming out of eBay's revenue stream, they'll take action. Report shilling on a high volume Power Screwer, though, and the speed at which they do nothing is amazing.

This seller is another example of somebody too cheap to pay the reserve fee, and too nutless to let the auction run and the chips fall where they may.

Russ, NCNE

ElectricEye

let me give you an example of EBay justice ~ a powerseller competitor of mine has a recorded message imbedded in all of his ads giving a salespitch, his website address, a toll free number, and urging people to contact him directly for information ~ he lists a toll free number and web address in all of his ads ~ EBay sent me an email telling me they are aware of the infraction and will act ~ a day later, he still has the message on some of his auctions so I notify them again...if a non-power seller did this, they'd be NARU'D in seconds permanently

Prometheus183

Is'nt it funny how paybay awards their sellers based on quantity rather than quality (or ethics) in many cases?
OK, so my feedback is only 56 @ 100%, but the fact is, I deal with each person as an individual and their personal satisfaction, and I always will. I know you can't always please everyone, but I will damn sure strive to do just that.

I've had several auctions where I had currently been the high bidder, cancel within a couple hours or even minutes before the end, and can testify first hand as well, that the majority of these were, as Russ affectionately refers to them as "power screwers". What gets my nuts in a bunch is, some of these b@stards will actually state, "this is a true auction" or a similar statement, meaning, they set their minimum price and/or reserve, and anything over and above they're accepting as bid,... period. Problem is, close to auction end, all bids are magically cancelled, and the item is no longer available.

I had one auction I pulled because I was offered more for the item in person than I listed it for on ebay. Since then I have never, nor will ever do this again. My after thought was, it's just not fair for others who may really want what I have to offer. I had to put myself in the other guy's shoes. I can see where others may have, or may make this mistake and change their mind, but if they repeat the same practice time and again, it's no longer a mistake, it's just wrong. Especially if they're just out to top a dime.

Craig