Some one to block on e-bay, like's to Retract bids!

jabba · June 15, 2006 1:07PM

mmfb2543 had placed a Reasonable bid on one of my auction's then did a bid retraction almost 24 hours later for wrong bid amount. Normaly this would not be a problem but I see he has done it 11 time's? That seem's a little high to me so save your self a bider problem and block this nut!
Bid Retractions (Past 6 months): 11
I reported it to e-bay asking why some one can do this 11 time's in 6 months and I blocked him.

koynekwest · June 16, 2006 4:42AM

Member Profile: nebr1964 (21)
Bid Retractions (Past 6 months): 62

Here's one that has a few more than that. Why hasn't this clown been NARUED?

mcheath · June 16, 2006 5:43AM

wow, and here i was worried because i hit the wrong key and now have two. Oh well only 60 more for the next six months. I hope i can make it.

ziggy29 · June 16, 2006 5:52AM

Egad. And the think I felt guilty when I ONCE retracted a bid by adding an extra zero at the end...

koynekwest · June 16, 2006 10:53PM

I've had one retraction in eight years on ebay. The seller I posted above took $80 from me and never sent the coin. I didn't notice all those retractions at the time; you can bet I will notice it from now on.

psxchelly · June 16, 2006 11:25PM

Not that I am defending anyone because it is wrong to retract a bid 24 hours later...... but I personally have had an issue when trying to raise my "highest bid". It actually happened to me again yesterday.

What happens is this:
I log in and bid for some stuff and just put the highest bid in that I think I want to have it at. A day or two later I decide I *really* want it, and try to change my highest bid... I click the button to enter a different amount for my highest bid, and it will actually RAISE the auction price *even though I am currently the top bidder*.

Now, I dont want to get into a bidding war with myself, so when that happens I just go and retract my bid... and bid again when the auction is about done.

I have no clue why that happens to me, but maybe it is happening to him too? Maybe you can message the guy to see what is happening with his account.

JrGMan2004 · June 16, 2006 11:32PM

<< <i>Not that I am defending anyone because it is wrong to retract a bid 24 hours later...... but I personally have had an issue when trying to raise my "highest bid". It actually happened to me again yesterday.

What happens is this:
I log in and bid for some stuff and just put the highest bid in that I think I want to have it at. A day or two later I decide I *really* want it, and try to change my highest bid... I click the button to enter a different amount for my highest bid, and it will actually RAISE the auction price *even though I am currently the top bidder*.

Now, I dont want to get into a bidding war with myself, so when that happens I just go and retract my bid... and bid again when the auction is about done.

I have no clue why that happens to me, but maybe it is happening to him too? Maybe you can message the guy to see what is happening with his account. >>

Hi Chelly

Most like explanation, would be that your high bid didn't go a full increment over the next highest bid. For example, say we have an auction with a starting bid of $0.99. Bid increments are $.25 and I open the bidding with $4.99. Now, the high bid is only $0.99 at the moment. Say you come in, and you put in a bid for $5.00. It'll raise the bid to $5.00, even though it's not a full bid increment, you bid higher (While still making at least the increment over the current high bid). So at this point, you are winning, but only by 1cent. So now you come back, and you big $6.00. It will raise the bid to the next full increment over the last bidder, $5.25.

Hopfully that explains it for you

If not, feel free to PM me

tincup · June 17, 2006 12:27AM

There is another glitch with eBay to watch out for. One that has caught me a couple of times when I was not paying very close attention.

When you enter your bid amount at the bottom of the auction page and hit return, you get to the bid verification page; which you then click the button to enter your bid.

BUT... on the auction page, if you accidentally enter a COMMA instead of a decimal point on the amount, you will get get yourself in trouble. (and entering a comma seems easy for me to do when I am in a hurry). If you enter a comma, and hit enter and go to the bid verification page, it will NOT flag you that there is a format problem. And if you do not look very closely, you will not see the comma on the verification amount.

Guess what? If you then 'ok' the verification page, eBay will accept the bid.... EXCEPT it is NOT the amount that you thought you entered. Instead, it enters a totally bogus, bizarre amount as your max bid. For example, I once placed a max bid of $40 or so, with a few cents entered with it. And made the 'comma' mistake'; eBay entered it as a bid over $1000!!!! fortunately, I caught that one and retracted the bid.

Another time I was not so fortunate and did not catch it in time. And unfortunately, my super high 'mistake bid' ended up winning the auction.... and of couse it was an auction that got bid up stupid high..... I was the 'lucky' winning bid on a common MS65 Walker for over $200!! The seller was not very sympathetic.

My fault... of course. But eBay does not make it easy to see the 'comma' on the verification page, nor do they flag you. (the bid amount shows ok; you just cannot see the comma easily)

So watch out for those traps....

Bobk · June 17, 2006 12:45AM

tincup, I learned that one the hard way. I placed a bid at 150 and a comma. Well it turned out the bid was

entered at 1,500. I wasent lucky enough to catch it untill the bidding ended. I now own a 150 coin that

cost me 200. bobk

tincup · June 17, 2006 1:41AM

Bobk, I ended up taking the hit on my coin also. But it sure seems like a person should be able to make the argument that the bid eBay entered for you was NOT the amount that you bid, so the bid should not have to be honored. But.... how would a person ever prove that you did not enter that bid?? Since eBay shows that is the amount of your bid, right or wrong....

It sucks. I wonder if eBay is aware of this.... probably is, but allows it to take place since the result is higher winning bids and more revenue for them.....

MAD4MORGANS · June 17, 2006 11:03AM

I had bidders remorse and retracted a few bids a couple years ago.

Now I use a bid sniper program and can modify my bids without penalty or messing up someone's auction.

That guy needs a serious butt whoopin though.

RBinTex · June 17, 2006 11:09AM

Another possible explanation for retractions is someone that bids on a lot of scammers stuff just to screw with them & retracts it to not only further mess with them but to TRY to signal others there might be a problem with the seller (as one would most probably choose "cannot contact the seller" as the reason & others might take that as sorta fishy).

I hear it's really fun to "bid shield" a scammer with a friend (so that no one else can place a bid at anywhere near a reasonable amount) that has a different eBay account (obviously) & a different IP (address (perhaps NOT so obviously to all) & then both retract a little over 12 hours before the auction end.

Of course I have NO idea why the one talked about in this thread retracted HIS bids but if you were not harmed (can't really see how) - who cares.

Some one to block on e-bay, like's to Retract bids!

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