Cancelled Bids

[almost50]

I just received notice that a bidder cancelled bids on eight different items I currently have up for auction.  The reason given is "entered wrong amount".  I can see that happening on one item but on eight?  Is there anything I should/can do about this? Do I report this to Ebay or would they already have made a note of this.

On the items he cancelled he did, for awhile, expose the  top bid of the second highest bidder and may also have discouraged other bids by having a high price shown to other prospective bidders. 

I don't know what his endgame is but he has bids on several other of my items. 

Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks

[southern*sweet*tea]

Not sure if you can report a bidder who cancels bids as I rarely do auctions.

Be glad this clown flaked out now instead of after he won I guess.

If you want to get serious, you could cancel all of his bids on your other stuff and then block him https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin  so he can't bid/buy again.  In my mind, if he's going to play games now, he could play games if he won some auctions, and those kinds of games aren't very fun.

Hopefully someone else will come along who is more experienced with auctions and can better advise you.

[almost50]

Also worth noting is that the amounts were not all the same and it took three days for him to retract them.

[this*old*attic]

Sport bidder, experimenting at your expense.

Cancel his other bids and block.

No, Ebay won’t do anything even though what he’s doing is against policy.

[mam98031]

They possibility of why they did that are endless.  It doesn't necessarily mean they are a bad buyer and it may actually mean the exact opposite.

Maybe their schedule changed and they realized they would not likely be around the computer when the listings ended.  Maybe they got sick or someone close to them is sick and needs them.  Maybe extra bills came to light and they can no longer afford to spend money on the listings.  Etc. Etc.  Bad things do happen to good people too.

There is no vehicle in which you can report the buyer for this behavior and I don't know that I would encourage you to do so without knowing what actually is going on in this buyer's life.  

This happens from time to time on auctions.  You should be just fine.  I know it is annoying as a seller, but just part of selling on the internet.

I hope your auctions end well for you and you make the money you were hoping for.

Good Luck!

[sin-n-dex]

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@almost50 wrote:

I just received notice that a bidder cancelled bids on eight different items I currently have up for auction.  The reason given is "entered wrong amount".  I can see that happening on one item but on eight?  Is there anything I should/can do about this? Do I report this to Ebay or would they already have made a note of this.

On the items he cancelled he did, for awhile, expose the  top bid of the second highest bidder and may also have discouraged other bids by having a high price shown to other prospective bidders. 

I don't know what his endgame is but he has bids on several other of my items. 

Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks

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Block him so he can't place any more bids.

I had something like this happen to me (on a computer part, that was worth about $800). He called eBay to whine that he didn't want the item anymore after exposing the second highest bidder's amount. The second highest bidder was a computer parts reseller and I know selling to him would go off without a hitch. After the high bid got cancelled, I ended the auction because I could foresee issues of having this bidder's highest bid exposed, and he was the type of customer I wanted.

I won't run auctions on anything expensive anymore. I'll just list at fixed price (immediate payment required if necessary).

C.

[this*old*attic]

@mam98031 

You know how easygoing I am, but not here.

8 items? “Mistake in bid” on the Pick-a-lie form, which tells the person they must re-bid the correct amount?

If it were an emergency of some sort, I’d imagine an honest bidder would email the seller.... plus, they left other bids in place.

 I think they were fishing to reveal previous high bids and either changed their minds on those items, or plan on sniping back in.

[janet9988]

I would contact ebay and explain to them that this one bidder has messed with 8 or more of your auctions and see what they say. 

Some bidders may look and think YOU have another account and are messing around with your own listings to raise the price.

For that reason, it needs to be reported.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/selling-policies/unwelcome-malicious-buying-policy?id=4375

As a buyer, you're not allowed to bid on or buy an item in order to harm a listing or to leave negative or neutral feedback or low detailed seller ratings for the seller.

Make sure you follow these guidelines. If you don't, your account may be subject to a range of actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.

What are the guidelines?

Not allowed

You can't buy with the intent to disrupt a listing.

Here are some examples:

• You can't place a bid that greatly exceeds the value of the item in order to prevent a sale without intending to buy that item
• You can't bid on multiple items listed by a seller unless you intend to buy all of the items
• You can't try to buy or bid on an item if you're on a seller's blocked bidder or buyer list
• You can't use another account to buy or bid on an item if you're on a seller's blocked bidder or buyer list

As a seller, you can report a buyer who bids on a listing without meeting the listing terms.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/rules-policies-buyers/invalid-bid-retraction-policy?id=4227&st=12...

hat should I do if I think someone's manipulating the bidding process?

If you think another member is violating our bid retraction guidelines, you should contact us to let us know.

Read our full policy

Invalid bid retraction policy overview

A bid is a binding contract that's active until an auction-style listing ends. Once you place a bid, you need to pay for the item if you're the winning bidder. You're not allowed to retract bids to manipulate the bidding process, like trying to find out the maximum bid of the current high bidder or to find out the reserve price.

[almost50]

Thank you all for your help.  He ended up cancelling 20 bids in total.  I have done as you suggested and blocked him from bidding and cancelled his other bids.  This has dropped my total from this auction by more than $500 so it is very frustrating.   I will try reporting his activities to Ebay.

[mam98031]

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@this*old*attic wrote:

@mam98031 

You know how easygoing I am, but not here.

8 items? “Mistake in bid” on the Pick-a-lie form, which tells the person they must re-bid the correct amount?

If it were an emergency of some sort, I’d imagine an honest bidder would email the seller.... plus, they left other bids in place.

 I think they were fishing to reveal previous high bids and either changed their minds on those items, or plan on sniping back in.

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Well it got crazier for the OP.  Their most recent posts said it ended up being 20 cancellations.  That is simply outrageous.

[this*old*attic]

And there were still MORE the OP had to cancel!

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[mam98031]

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@this*old*attic wrote:

And there were still MORE the OP had to cancel!

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I feel really bad for the OP.  That is certainly not good at all.  And a horrible thing for that buyer to do to a seller to be sure.

[a_c_green]

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@this*old*attic wrote:

And there were still MORE the OP had to cancel!

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I feel really bad for the OP.  That is certainly not good at all.  And a horrible thing for that buyer to do to a seller to be sure.

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The deadbeat in question has 20 bid retractions this month and 28 bid retractions over the past six, in addition to however many got cancelled by the seller in the course of booting him out of the remaining auctions. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[mam98031]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@mam98031 wrote:

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@this*old*attic wrote:

And there were still MORE the OP had to cancel!

😱🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱🤯😱🤯

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I feel really bad for the OP.  That is certainly not good at all.  And a horrible thing for that buyer to do to a seller to be sure.

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The deadbeat in question has 20 bid retractions this month and 28 bid retractions over the past six, in addition to however many got cancelled by the seller in the course of booting him out of the remaining auctions. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

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Yep