Canceling an acution

[teame43]

Hello I ended a auction/listing but I want to know if I will get charged a fee? It’s my first time canceling one because there was an error with the amount of the bid, it was to low.

[nobody*s_perfect]

If the auction had not yet received any bids, there will be no penalty fee.  But I suspect that it did have a least one bid, since otherwise you could have just revised the starting bid (if the auction had more than 12 hours left).

When a seller cancels an auction after it has received bids, there is a penalty fee, equal to what the final value fee would have been if the item had been sold to the high bidder.   eBay policy used to state that the first such cancellation per calendar year would be excused.  That text has disappeared from the policy pages, but the policy might actually still be effective.  Check your account fees and you'll find out.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/creating-managing-listings/cancelling-listing?id=4146

[teame43]

My auction had 1 bid but it was the same amount as the  the starting bid that I had set, I canceled it. Will I get a fee?

[dryophelia]

@teame43 

Yea, there is a fee. 
I think there is also a defect. 

[nobody*s_perfect]

The amount of the bid doesn't matter.

Whether or not you are charged a fee depends on whether eBay still has a policy of forgiving the first such cancelation per year.  The answer can be found on your account fees page; if you are going to be charged, you will see the fee there.

[deltilogical]

Did you cancel it because it only got the single bid that didn't go above the opening amount? 

That is a bad reason to cancel auctions.   

Why would you start the auction at that price if you won't honor it?

[mam98031]

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@dryophelia wrote:

@teame43 

Yea, there is a fee. 
I think there is also a defect. 

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NO there is NO defect.  To know what creates a defect, just look at your Seller Dashboard.  That is where defects appear and it is very clear as to what can cause a defect.  Nothing else causes a defect.

[soh.maryl]

Not exactly an accurate statement: there was no "error with the amount of the bid".

The issue was that you, the seller, started the item at a level lower than you wanted.

If there was a bid, yes, you will most likely be charged a fee as if the item had sold and was paid for and you will have earned a defect.  

[soh.maryl]

Yes, of course.

[mam98031]

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@teame43 wrote:

My auction had 1 bid but it was the same amount as the  the starting bid that I had set, I canceled it. Will I get a fee?

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Were you expecting something else?  When you only have one bidder, it will always appear as the starting price YOU set was met, no matter how much the buyer said they were willing to bid.   If other bidders start bidding on the item is when you would see the price increase.

Did you set the starting price too low?  It should always be the minimum price you are willing to sell the item for.  

[teame43]

Where can I find the account fees?

[teame43]

What do you mean by I will earn a defect?

[teame43]

I am being miss understood, my question was different from my question, I didn’t know I had this decrease thing where it decreases the amount I set it as time goes by

[dbfolks166mt]

     It depends on the situation. See the information below. Never good to simply end an auction that has a bid on it. 

[teame43]

It was at $120 how much do you think I will have to pay?