When seller has item in a auction why don't they give the seller the option to refuse the final bid

[crshe-5710]

Why when you have a item to sell that goes into auction, they don't give the seller a option to refuse the final bid when the bids are way to low???

[soh.maryl]

Would certainly like to see proof of that statement.  What would be eBay's motive for doing such a thing?  

[donsdetour]

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@crshe-5710 wrote:

eBay is changing the opening bid for the auctions and lowering it way down!!! I'm not going to put anything in auctions anymore because of that!!!!

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No they are not.

Some one retracted a bid and it went down.

Advice to you is to use a fixed price, until you learn how auctions work. That goes for the Original poster as well.

[crshe-5710]

eBay is lowering the price of the opening bid way lower then what I have put down. For example, I had a diamond ring starting price $1,000 in auction, they said it was sold to a buyer for $200!! How can that be when the starting auction price was $1000??  

[soh.maryl]

Are you referring to the item you started at 99 cents?

[soh.maryl]

Are you referring to the item that YOU started at 99 cents?

Good to hear you're not going to list anything more since you evidently failed to read anything about how eBay works.  

[rschissler]

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@crshe-5710 wrote:

eBay is lowering the price of the opening bid way lower then what I have put down. For example, I had a diamond ring starting price $1,000 in auction, they said it was sold to a buyer for $200!! How can that be when the starting auction price was $1000??  

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Did you have a Buy It Now price in the auction listing, that you weren't aware of?

[crshe-5710]

eBay is lowering the starting price of the auction. For example, I had a diamond ring starting price of the auction $1,000 and I get a response from eBay and a buyer that the ring sold for $200!! How can that be when the starting price of the auction was $1,000??

[glasser]

Don't sell at auction if you don't have a tolerance for risk. Auction results can exceed your expectations but also sometimes fall short.

If sellers were allowed to end an auction because they didn't like the result, buyers would leave in droves.

And for posters who say start the biding at the lowest amount you are willing to take. I disagree,

The key to selling at auction is knowing your market. I start items all the time a 9.99, 29.99 etc that I know will sell for a few hundred dollars. I know the market for what I sell and have confidence in a result. Is it always the price I hope for, no. OTOH, some item sell for multiples of my estimate.

Auctions don't work for every item or category.  Do your research, know your market, and maybe so af ew test sales via auction with lower priced items to get a better feel about how they work, how to write titles and descriptions, and market overall.

[soh.maryl]

Are you talking about the ring that you started with $44?

Did you think you started it at 1K? You didn't.  

When you set up a listing, just before you click to finalize it, you are shown EXACTLY all the details, including your starting price.  Are you not checking that? 

And, BTW, if I had bought that ring, shipping to me would have been $4.40.

Again, you probably need to stop listing until you have learned more about selling here.

Or, if you aren't willing to invest some time in educating yourself, maybe just take a break from eBay for awhile.

[crshe-5710]

eBay is lowering the starting price of the auction!! For example, I had a diamond ring, I set the starting price of the auction at $1,000. I get a response back from eBay and a buyer that the ring sold for $200. LOL 🙂 !! How can that be when the starting price of the auction was suppose to be $1,000??

[soh.maryl]

Your methods work for you, an experienced seller who obviously puts a lot of research and thought into your listings.

The OP is the exact opposite of that.  Furthermore, he is willing to lay blame everywhere except where it belongs when he does not receive the figure he evidently had in mind in his head.  

[crshe-5710]

Yes, that is good advice and I will take that advice. I will put everything buy it now!! I have found out that eBay is lowering the starting price of auctions. For example, I had a diamond ring, I had the starting price of the auction at $1,000. I get a response back from eBay and a buyer that the ring sold in the auction for $200. LOL 🙂  How can that be when the auction beginning selling price was suppose to be $1,000??

[soh.maryl]

crshe-5710 IS the original poster.

[crshe-5710]

I did start the auction at the starting price I wanted and eBay lowered the starting price of the auction. Example: I had a diamond ring for sale starting price of the auction was $1,000.  I get a response back from eBay and a buyer that the ring sold for $200!! LOL 🙂 How can that be when the starting price of the auction was $1,000?? 

[crshe-5710]

I did start the auction at the price I wanted but eBay then lowered the starting price of the auction!! Example, I had a diamond ring I put up for auction. I had the starting price of the auction at $1,000. I get a response back from eBay and the buyer that the ring sold for $200!!!  LOL 🙂  How can that be when the starting price of the auction was $1,000???