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reta-9102 · ‎06-27-2022

I decided to bid on 3 of the same items but from different sellers but what if I win all three? Am I forced to buy all three?I just wanted 1 (in case I lose or the auction is dead.) I’m worried a ton of money will be lost for 3 items.

will there be a confirmation to complete purchase? Is there a way to remove 2 and keep 1?

titipeo · ‎06-27-2022

You are supposed to pay for all bids that you win. With that said, if you don't pay, you will have a strike issued against you, 2 strikes, and that will make a bit difficult for you to participate in eBay as some sellers can set their preferences to filter out bidders that have 2 non-paying strike in the last year.

With that said, is someone selling the item as a BIN? Can you see what the item has sold for in the past just to get an idea?

kathiec · ‎06-27-2022

I would gently suggest that you really needed to read up about buying on eBay before you plunged in. Yes, every time you win an auction or commit to a Buy it Now, you enter into a legal agreement to buy the item. You should never bid on an auction unless you intend to complete the purchase if you win.

If you do win all three auctions, you can ask the sellers to cancel two of them. But the sellers are not obligated to do so. If they don't, your options are to pay or to get a non-payment strike for each win you don't pay for. As mentioned, many sellers on eBay block bids from members with two or more strikes, so you may find yourself blocked from buying much for as much as 12 months.

If the auctions still have more than 12 hours to run, you can also ask a seller to cancel your bid. But again, the seller is not required to do so.

mudshark61369 · ‎06-28-2022

@reta-9102,

"I decided to bid on 3 of the same items but from different sellers but what if I win all three? Am I forced to buy all three"?

When you place a bid you enter into a contract to pay if you win the auction, just as you would if you bid on a live auction. So if you win all three auctions, you would have to pay or you could end up with 2 unpaid item strikes.

What you should have done was add each auction to your watch list, (you can set your watch list view to show listings that are ending soonest) Then bid on the one ending soonest. If you didn't win you could move on to the next one after it ended. Read about bidding on ebay auctions in the link below.

https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/bidding?id=4003

"I’m worried a ton of money will be lost for 3 items".

Because you are a new member ebay places a limit on the amount you can spend at one time, so you can't be out a ton of money. (read the info in the link below) Depending on how much time is left on the three auctions you may be out bid, if there were several days left in them.

https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/buying-limits-restrictions/buying-limits-restrictions?id=4012

"will there be a confirmation to complete purchase? Is there a way to remove 2 and keep 1"?

Of course there will be a notice sent telling you if you have won an auction, along with an invoice to pay. You will have 4 days to pay, or the seller can cancel the transaction, which would result in you receiving an unpaid item strike for each one.

You may also receive a notice saying you have been outbid, but that does not mean you still cannot win the auction. Another bidder could Retract their bid(s) or a seller could cancel someones bid(s) leaving you the winner.

There is info about Automatic bidding in the 1st link above, along with Tips for winning auctions. One of the tips is to only place one automatic bid for the most you are willing to pay taking into account the shipping cost if there is one, and to place that bid late in the auction. That way you will know quickly if you have won or not. If you lose you could move on to the next auction, and have an idea how much the item is worth.

If there are 3 of the same item up for auction now, chances are there will be more in the future.

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whorunbartertown · ‎06-28-2022

A similar thing happened to me, when I was new to eBay. I bid on two nearly identical guitars. I had lost a bunch of bidding wars, so I was hedging my bets. Of course, I won both guitars. I don't remember exactly how much they each cost but I ended up spending between 500-1000, for the two of them. I was barely able to pay, but I did. I learned not to do that again.

woodland_gnome · ‎06-28-2022

When you have more than one auction where the item suits your need and you need only 1, you make a list of them sorted by end time (soonest first) and bid on them in that order, waiting for the first to end before moving on to the next if you lose (or not moving on to it if you won the first). Snipe services (do a websearch, there are reliable and secure ones that are free for limited use--mine allows 4 wins per month for free) often have "bid group" tools that do that automatically.

1tuna · ‎06-28-2022

you should figure out how ebay works because you dont know what you are doing.

you can cancel the bids you dont want

I would stop bidding until I have read the MBG

I am worried you are going to be a bad buyer because you are not familiar with ebay

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janet9988 · ‎06-28-2022

@reta-9102 wrote:
I decided to bid on 3 of the same items but from different sellers but what if I win all three? Am I forced to buy all three?I just wanted 1 (in case I lose or the auction is dead.) I’m worried a ton of money will be lost for 3 items.

will there be a confirmation to complete purchase? Is there a way to remove 2 and keep 1?

You were never forced to buy anything. You CHOSE to bid on all 3 listings. Your bid is a binding agreement that you made freely of your own will. Ebay even gives you 2 screens to verifiy that you want to commit to your bid.

You also read and agreed to all of ebay's policies when you became a member of this site. You also reaffirmed your commitment every time you placed that binding bid.

So NO ONE forced you to do anything.

Pay for all of the items you win so you don't force the sellers into losing time and money and you can save your account from restrictions.

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7606dennis · ‎06-28-2022

If you bid on three items being offered in different auctions and win them all, you are duty bound to pay for them all. Under the auction laws of most states you could be sued for not fulfilling your obligations under the terms of an auction in which you bid and won. While it is not usually economically feasible to do so, it can be done. However, since you agreed to pay for all purchases made on your account when you accepted the UA, each item that you fail to pay for would be a policy violation.

What is most likely to be the result of your bidding and winning three and only paying for one would be that you receive two unpaid item strikes against your account. This would get you blocked form bidding or buying from sellers that have their preferences set to block buyers with two or more such strikes on their account. This could definitely impact your ability to buy on the site. Of course, by virtue of your posting this thread you may already have found your way onto some seller's BBL's.

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