EBay Hypothetical

19Lyds

I have a question which someone may be able to answer.

Say a person has a $26.95 BIN on an auction with a $9.99 start.

If someone were to bid on the auction (which effectively removes the BIN) and then later retract that bid, does the BIN come back or does it stay off?

pharmer

Off. Gone.

ArizonaJack

Yes, it's gone.

I can't even count the times that I have ran a full 7 day BIN with no buyers, only to relist at 99cents, and have the item sell for more than the BIN price. Something about a bidding war I guess.

jonathanb

If you place a bid, the BIN goes away.
If you later retract your bid and nobody else has bid, the BIN comes *back*. I was very surprised, but I saw another board member pull off that trick earlier this year. I suppose that eBay could have changed things, but I don't imagine that's high on their priority list...

notwilight

I thought ebay was leaving the BIN on after bids now. Wasn't that a change recently?

ArizonaJack

<< <i>I thought ebay was leaving the BIN on after bids now. Wasn't that a change recently? >>



only if the reserve has not been met yet. And, they must have changed the policy, I had a retraction and no BIN reappeared, go figure

Texast

Ebay is experimenting with a new type of Buy It Now in some categories, it is called Persistent Buy It Now, unlike a reserve it will still sell if a bid is placed like a normal auction but the BIN will stay until the item reaches a certain price level, I wish they would do that in the coin category, it believe it would help sales if the BIN would stay around a little longer.