Item pulled from auction just before ending time

[at3172011]

I noticed one laptop being auctioned was pulled and no longer visible with just 20 minutes left til ending time. Does the seller have the right to do this? 

[rock.star]

If there are no bid yes.

[at3172011]

There were 8 bids on this laptop, yet was pulled. Wonder what happened.

[woodland_gnome]

If it totally disappeared (can't find with the item number) that means eBay removed it for some issue with the seller and/or the listing or possibly a bidder.  If the seller ended it it will be findable by item number (paste it into the URL: ebay.com/itm/*************) and will be searchable with the Show Only: Completed Listings filter (though the latter will take some time after the auction is ended to show up there).

A seller cannot end an auction that has ever had a bid after the 12 hour deadline except to sell to the then highest bidder at the then current bid amount.  eBay's software prevents it.

[at3172011]

Thanks for the reply. Later in the day I noticed the result was listed as being sold to the highest bidder at a certain price. Strange thing remains though...it ended about 15-20 minutes before the stated end time. Been recently watching the bidding to get familiar with the action before I start delving into it myself. Cheers!