[ARC5] Dynamotor on ebay

[Ian Wilson]

Cancelling an auction, even with active bids, has always been legal
by eBay rules. Sometimes sellers make honest mistakes. Sometimes
they get greedy. No way to tell.

73, ian K3IMW


On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 6:52 AM, Charles <charlesmorris800 at centurytel.net>
wrote:

> There was a decent looking receiver dynamotor on ebay (although the
> shipping was a somewhat high $10) which I and someone else bid on, starting
> at $1.00.
> So my high bid was $1.25 although my max was considerably higher.
>
> Lo and behold, the listing was canceled last night "due to an error in the
> listing"... then it reappears (with identical pics/text) with a $30.00 Buy
> It Now, plus shipping, and a "Make Offer" button.
> I offered my previous high bid (which is a lot more than $1.25) and it was
> automatically, instantly declined.
>
> It is obvious that the seller was afraid he might actually have to honor a
> binding contract to sell it, even at $1.25. Which it would not have, I'm
> sure. He just wanted more money... thought this was against ebay rules,
> once bids had been placed. No good mechanism to report it (as if they'd
> give a rat's ass, all they want is their steadily increasing percentage).
> This really ticks me off though.
> Just wanted to rant. ;)
>
> -Charles
>
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