eBay

bigg56-2012 · ‎08-31-2020

I had a potential buyer retract a bid using the excuse of entering the wrong amount? I don't understand how that is possible when they made the minimum bid for my item? Since no changes have been made to the listing and i was not contacted by the bidder, I consider this to be a blatant violation of this policy. I've watched other similar items to mine go for more than my starting auction bid so I don't understand. Just another case of a savvy eBay user violating eBay policies and getting away with it without consequences?

chapeau-noir · ‎08-31-2020

Retracting a bid before auction end is legitimate. It's nothing to take personally or even think twice about.

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bigg56-2012 · ‎08-31-2020

That may be true but be honest about it and contact the seller, don't lie and manipulate the eBay system to your advantage. If you don't intend to meet your obligation to buy an item after bidding, don't bid in the first place!

terrycece62 · ‎08-31-2020

I understand you are upset but chances are you have been saved the hassle of a return or a possible unpaid claim or buyer request to cancel transaction by canceling

The buyer is not interested anymore

You are free to relist right away

bargainnation · ‎08-31-2020

Look at the positive. It is best that the buyer retracted his/her bid now rather than win the auction and open up a INAD case because of buyer's remorse.

You still have the item and you're not out of any money.

gracieallen01 · ‎08-31-2020

Not everybody who retracts a bid is trying to pull a fast one. Unless things have changed, ebay doesn't have a 're-read description' or 'had second thoughts' or 'found a better item' reason for retracting a bid. And, unless someone is looking for a reserve price - which probably is one of the few real abuses of the policy, beside 'sport bidding' - there is a chance that you would be happier if they did retract, rather than buying and returning.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

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southern*sweet*tea · ‎08-31-2020

Bid retraction now, or a return later. One costs you nothing. One can cost you at minimum the return shipping, and can cost both the item and the money depending on how you handle it.

I know which one I'd prefer.

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ittybitnot · ‎08-31-2020

I don't understand how that is possible when they made the minimum bid for my item?

I don't think you can see the FULL amount of the proxy bid a buyer entered to know that 'only the minimum bid was made'. Unless there is evidence of excessive bid shielding going on, eBay is not going to do anything. With masked IDs and not being allowed to see anymore what an ID is bidding on, that is difficult for members to detect and report.

a_c_green · ‎08-31-2020

@ittybitnot wrote:
I don't understand how that is possible when they made the minimum bid for my item?

I don't think you can see the FULL amount of the proxy bid a buyer entered to know that 'only the minimum bid was made'.

Yes, the retraction notice on the Bid History page does show the full amount that was bid. On precisely one occasion I can recall, I had a guy retract a bid where he obviously did put in the wrong amount (he missed the decimal point) and actually corrected it with a re-bid.

Don't forget to add him to your Blocked Bidder List (here) if you don't want future nonsense from the same bidder. (You can also check his feedback page, on the Feedback as a Buyer tab, to see how many other bid retractions he's made in the past.)

ittybitnot · ‎08-31-2020

Yes, the retraction notice on the Bid History page does show the full amount that was bid.

Good to know, thank you! I was just referring to the regular "bid history" page and did not know this ^^^^^^. Nice to learn something new!

simba6 · ‎08-31-2020

It's still better they do that than file a false not as described case to return it at your expense. Place them on your blocked bidder list.

coolections · ‎08-31-2020

Ebay does not give enough choices to the buyer so they had to choose one available. It's not good for the seller but people can retract bids.

hknumismatics · ‎08-31-2020

I let people off if they do it once - but if it happens repeatedly as they are fishing to find out what the leading bid or similar is - then they go straight on to my BBL (Blocked Buyer/Bidder List).

There ARE legitimate reasons for retracting a bid (entering 5000 instead of 50.00), but retracting 550 just because you became leading at 510 when current was 460 when you placed your bid is not one of them...

In my opinion the process to retract bids is too easy for buyers/bidders, and it instigates fake bids as they can easily be retracted without repercussions.