Bid Retractions (1 Viewer)

[uksubs]

You're not supposed to be doing that Scott, unless you have one of the reasons.

What would we have if everybody didn't follow the rules and everyone did what they felt like.

The harm is you're affecting the price.

Brad

Also could look like shill bidding by trying to find out the highest bid ! Personally I block buyer like that as there wasting people time , it take a lot of time and work selling on ebay to be wasting time with people like that ,also don't forget people can see that you retract bids as well in your profile and people will block you

 

[Ivanhoe]

Where does it list the number of bidder retraction by user?
Ray

I do not know if there is a listing, if you go to an auction and click on 'bids' then click on a bidder it will show "Bid retractions (6 months):"

Examples:

On this auction the bidder with feedback rating (as of the time of this post) of "c***i(3103)" has 7 Bid Retractions in the last 6 months;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Conte-Stanf...313476?hash=item33aba90744:g:~CsAAOSwwbdWLW7d

On this auction the bidder with feedback rating (as of the time of this post) of "y***a(2133)" has 6 Bid Retractions in the last 6 months;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-19...452303?hash=item25afeecb0f:g:sKwAAOSw14xWKBBg

 

[gk5717]

Not that it is ethical but from reading this thread it looks like bid retractions are not that big a deal. I was under the assumption you could loose your ebay rights by retracting a bid. Doesn't appear that way at all.
Gary

 

[Mike97]

Due to the number of hospitalizations occurring immediately following a successful bid (causing the bidder to go silent for a week), the CDC should look into eBay as a health risk!

Sounds like the making of a country song:

My dawg has been hit by a truck
My momma now needs that new hip
Guess that means, as much as I want
That the eBay purchase I commited to must slip

(copyright mike97, 2015)

 

[johnnybach]

Sounds like the making of a country song:

My dawg has been hit by a truck
My momma now needs that new hip
Guess that means, as much as I want
That the eBay purchase I commited to must slip

(copyright mike97, 2015)

Second verse for you Mike ( penned by the seller!)

Yore just causin' me a heap of pain
So buddy, I'm gonna bust yore ***,
Don't come back and bid me again
Cos if you try, - you won't get past.

( all rights protected - as if we ever get to copyright protection - we may need to negotiate whose name goes first!:wink2jb{sm4}

 

[Mike97]

Second verse for you Mike ( penned by the seller!)

Yore just causin' me a heap of pain
So buddy, I'm gonna bust yore ***,
Don't come back and bid me again
Cos if you try, - you won't get past.

( all rights protected - as if we ever get to copyright protection - we may need to negotiate whose name goes first!:wink2jb{sm4}

{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
Too funny !

 

[arnhem44mad]

My bad. It's just a fact of life, and of ebay.

Scott

 

[uksubs]

My bad. It's just a fact of life, and of ebay.

Scott

Very true

 

[jazzeum]

My bad. It's just a fact of life, and of ebay.

Scott

And this means what? That's it ok to retract a bid.

If so, can I have you ebay user id as I don't want someone who constantly retracts bid bidding on my auctions.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

My bad. It's just a fact of life, and of ebay.

Scott

Is it just me? Because as a seller this pisses me off. One retraction and you would be blocked. If I noticed a pattern of this behavior I would contact eBay. But again that's just me

 

[mikemiller1955]

I have to agree...

anyone that retracts a bid on anything I have listed...

goes straight to my blocked list forever...

I am not gonna deal with that problem twice from the same guy if I can help it...

 

[kogu]

I retract bids a lot. If there was only one bidder and they retract then is it really going to make much of a difference?

And in the same league; if there are 10 bidders top bid - £/$50 and the high bidder retracts their bid which results in it going back doen to say £/$49 then in the end does it really make a difference?

Scott

I think of this as a rather poor attitude.
You want an item, you place your bid, stick with it.

 

[Retman57]

I've bid impulsively and bid too high but it never occurred to me to retract my bid. However, if I honestly made a mistake, I would use the feature.

I have wanted to retract a few times but it was only because I foolishly bid more than I probably should have bid. Maybe I found the same item for much less later. I haven't retracted though because there has always been a bigger fool than I was that has saved my hide.

I have cancelled a bid when it was pointed out to me that my item was not properly described. I thought a box of toy soldiers in an Imperial box were Imperial when they were a mish mash of about 3-4 different makers. I try to look closer now but some things are not easy to discern at times.

 

[arnhem44mad]

It's just something that happens. Think people just need to get over it. And if you don't like it then delete your ebay account haha! Problem solved my good fellows.

Scott

 

[jazzeum]

I think you're the one that needs to show a little maturity.

For those who couldn't have guessed his eBay user id is the same as his forum name. As soon as I've finished the chores I'm doing he will be on my blocked list.

 

[mikemiller1955]

I retract bids a lot. Scott

Scott...

I'm curious...

why do you retract bids a lot?

 

[arnhem44mad]

I think you're the one that needs to show a little maturity.

For those who couldn't have guessed his eBay user id is the same as his forum name. As soon as I've finished the chores I'm doing he will be on my blocked list.

Ooohhhh please no!:rolleyes2:

You talk about maturity? Look at your last post.

Haha I've never bought anything from you over ebay Brad so it won't make any impact on my life, but you go ahead if it gives you your jollies.

Scott

 

[arnhem44mad]

Scott...

I'm curious...

why do you retract bids a lot?

Haven't had to for a few years mate, but was usually because I found the same or similar item for less price elsewhere. Or a couple of times i have heard bad reviews in person about the seller.

Scott

 

[johnnybach]

I have wanted to retract a few times but it was only because I foolishly bid more than I probably should have bid. Maybe I found the same item for much less later. I haven't retracted though because there has always been a bigger fool than I was that has saved my hide.

I have cancelled a bid when it was pointed out to me that my item was not properly described. I thought a box of toy soldiers in an Imperial box were Imperial when they were a mish mash of about 3-4 different makers. I try to look closer now but some things are not easy to discern at times.

Well............I have never retracted a bid ............but I quite agree with some of what you say. There are MANY occasions, when sellers describe things incorrectly - such as "BRITAIN'S, TIMPO OR SIMILAR". Then try and get away with "I'm an amateur with these items - but look like some of these" - or some such terms added after " the description" ( which would be laughable - if it wasn't such a lazy way to describe something).

Then, once you have seen this - "Let Buyer Beware" - is my advice. Try and find out a bit more about what you will be bidding on - (books or internet searches advisable) - and THEN - the best bit of advice of all - decide what is the MAXIMUM you are going to bid for the item - and stick to it!!

It's not that hard. jb

 

[Running-Buddy]

The maddest I ever got with a bid retraction was when I was a bidder not a seller. Crown Toy Soldiers had a John Jenkins Item I wanted and The statring bid was $100.00. Some bidder had placed 4 bids on the item but only his bids were lisited. So I bid the item up to $200.00 and he still had 2 bids higher than mine.

The day before the auction closed he retracted all his bids so I was the high bidder at the $100.00 starting price. Than just before the bid closed the next day he bid $199.99 and I was stuck with the $200.00 price. He already new what my high bid limit was and he placed a bid 1 cent less than my high bid to intentionally stick me with that price. He had no intention of out bidding me.

He should have not been allowed to rebid on an item that he retracted on. Well I filed a complaint with EBay that went nowhere but after talking to Nicholas about it he honered his starting bid and I got it for $100.00. Crown is a class act.

Howard Hulsebosch
Buck Private(DO YOU HEAR ME)