e-bay goof up!
#71
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Webster, NY
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Originally Posted by Tennessee Suzi
Yesterday I was skimming through the quilting section of E-Bay and saw a double wedding ring quilt up for auction. Well....the bid was $46.00 so I decided to bid $47.00 and see what happens. Well, I hit confirm and as I did I noticed that my maximum bid was $4,700.00 instead of $47.00. Needless to say, I won the auction but the winning bid was $70.00. That was a little more than I could pay but knowing the rules, I made the bid and have to live with it. I did e-mail the seller to see if she would take sympathy on me, but I guess the money talked louder than I did. Be careful when you bid that you don't get a twitch and bid too high!
#74
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Originally Posted by NanaInVirginia
What would have been really bad is if the seller used another account to drive the bid up.
That's exactly why it is so frowned on, and the number of times you've retracted a bid is now visible on your feedback page.
Shill bidding, stalker bidding, proxy busting bidding.
While the retractions could very well be the result of an error, you never really know. ;-)
It's been so long since I've seen one, I can't remember if the cancelled bid is visible on the bid history page.
#75
Originally Posted by Glynda
The seller does not sound like they cared about their customer. Usually a seller can tell that this was truely a mistake. Had you notified them and AOL immediately, it would have been taken care of. There is a section for withdrawing your bid, and this certainly would have fallen into the rules of being able to withdraw your bid.
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