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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
here is a message I just received from a bidder on ebay "Hello I wish to retract my bid. According to the ebay policy, I can retract if the bid ends in more than 24 hrs. I no longer wish to buy this item. sorry for the inconvenience. thank you" is it just me or does it seem wrong to just bid on whatever because you can just retract your bid later? |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2133 Posts |
Perhaps he can no longer afford it - for example, his wife has just told him she's pregnant ?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1980 Posts |
sure but his bid is 99 cents with free shipping
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3049 Posts |
With the way ebay supports the buyer in almost any dispute... would you really want this individual as a customer? whats the item numbers listing? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1192 Posts |
As the seller, it is very much in your best interest to just cancel the bid. That dollar is most definitely not worth the headache/likely neg that you'll receive if you try to hold the buyer to their bid.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1980 Posts |
i never had any intentions of making him honor his bid it just shows me his bid has no honor
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1751 Posts |
Coming I think in oct, a winner will have 1 hr to cancel their purchase. The goal is to cut down on unpaid items. It's better to have a bidder retract than win and not pay. This gives a chance for someone else to bid. How many times do people change their minds in a store. They either leave their shopping cart, or later return the item. As a seller, I'd rather have a bidder retract a bid, then have them not pay or return for refund. At least he had the courtesy of contracting you, with his intention.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5394 Posts |
Just let it go ! This happens to us a few times a month. On a scale of importance 1- 100 probably neg 1
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7621 Posts |
Not worth the worry. If he had won it, refused to pay, or worse had paid and then wanted to return it, you would have had a lot more hassle to deal with. It's just part of life on ebay which just gets worse each year. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
IS it really worth it to start a dispute for 99 cents? Anyways I think 99 cents with free shipping is not worth your while so just accept his retraction and try to get a better price for your coin.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2366 Posts |
From the bid list you should be able to get to a screen that shows you the person's bid history. If they have a lot of retractions then block them as well as cancelling the bid.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2133 Posts |
I can't see any other retractions and he seems to be buying other items.
I'm sure I wouldn't bother retracting a bid for 99c, but I can't bid since you don't ship to the UK.
So, I can't see why he would retract but surely you expect to get more than 99c for it ?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
.99 cents?.. I hope for your sake it sells for more than that, especially with free shipping.
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Valued Member
Canada
496 Posts |
Maybe just ask him why he cancelled,it will
set your mind straight. I'd easily big a few
bucks on that ,but I'm banned for 60 days.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1354 Posts |
Billfrak
Why did you get banned? I've never heard of that before
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Posted 09/21/2014 8:27 pm
