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85thdiv · ‎06-03-2021

I put a pre-owned designer handbag on for auction last week. Price drifted up from $10.00 to 50-something by last few hours. Looked the next day and it sold for $167.50. Winning buyer immediately sends message that she had bid the day before with a mistaken amount of $21.00. After inspecting all 66 bids, I noted that when she stated the mistaken bid, price was higher than that. Record showed she put in winning bid, but price had been run up by the second place bidder, which looked like automated bids. She then sends one more message that she wants to cancel the sale. I agree to that and send 2nd chance offer to second place bidder. No response from him. I'm thinking this might just be an attempt to hack my account.

postingid7659 · ‎06-03-2021

No, not a hack, just somebody doesn't want to pay $167.50 and is lying to get out of it. As long as she initiates the cancel with eBay you're fine. You're better off to cancel than to insist they pay, because it's likely she wouldn't pay and if she did it's very likely she'd then turn around and return it making up who knows what excuse.

It's common for people to run up a bid like this in an auction, then quit when it's too much for them. They don't respond to the second chance because they know odds are if you list it again it will not be bid so high.