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08-13-2012, 08:58 PM #1
Can a seller do this?
I was watching a high end card on ebay just for kicks...I could never afford it...at least not if I want to make my mortgage payment this month. Anyway...it was about 2 days into the bidding, and already up to a significant price. Then, boom...the listing was cancelled. I presume the seller received an offer off ebay. Question is, can a seller do this? If placing a bid is considered a "contract to buy", shouldn't a bid then also be a "contract to sell"?
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08-13-2012, 09:02 PM #2
Yes they can end the auction at anytime. However coming in October, if an auction has one or more bids on it, the seller will be forced to pay commission on the auction on the last bid price.
The leading bidder at the time is still out of luck, as they cannot do anything about a seller ending an auction early.
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08-13-2012, 09:03 PM #3
Ebay is supposedly implementing a fee where the seller will have to pay if they end their auctions early. Im assuming this is to stop the type of action you are saying and that Ebay wants a portion of the so called "off ebay" purchases.
And Im going to assume the item watched was a 1/1 Rookie Shield Auto from 11-12 Ultimate.
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08-13-2012, 09:11 PM #4
That would be correct! Give that man a dollar!
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08-13-2012, 09:17 PM #5
I was discussing it with a member on an another forum about it.
This in my opinion impedes the whole concept of an auction.
He explained and showed me the policy from eBay. Fair enough and it is written in there, but the whole idea is so stupid.
You have an auction on full flight, unless the card or item is actually damaged and is not in sellable condition then he has go through with it.
I mean, come on ... it is an auction.
This isn't a BIN/BO where you can chose, who to sell, when to sell, and at what price. Whether it is the highest offer or lowest offer. Heck you don't have to sell or you find someone offline.
But that's BIN/BO.
Imagine walking into an auction sit down, and have people bidding.
Then moments later, the auctioneer says: "Auction canceled, item no longer available"
Why have an auction anyways? Just BIN/BO and take a million offers.
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08-14-2012, 08:22 AM #6
I was bidding on that card you were watching. Very frustrating. My customer wanted it and would have paid triple the price it was at when they ended it. I think the seller made a mistake.
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08-14-2012, 09:06 AM #7
The other day I was leading bid an auction and out of no where the seller ended the item early, supposedly by mistake. They did not speak very good english so it was difficult to understand the details. However the bid was still under $2 and they didnt cancel like they wanted to, just ended early instead, leaving me with a very cheap winning bid. They messaged me and in the end we agreed to a number that worked for both of us. I got a good deal for sure, but my philosophy is to let the auction ride, once it is a live ebay auction make sure to take care of the physical item so that there is no excuse for canceling etc.
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08-14-2012, 09:16 AM #8
All the October changes will do is have more and more high end cards sit on the site at thousands of dollars for weeks and weeks. It won't detract anyone from listing the items, just limit how they list them and the off ebay sales will continue. possibly with more frequency than before.
The one and only way for ebay to cut or stop completely the off ebay deals is to finally lower the fees. Between the Bay and paypal on the double dip the fees make it worth just using ebay as a marketing tool and selling off site.
/rant :)
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08-14-2012, 10:16 AM #9
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08-14-2012, 11:48 AM #10
I so agree with this! Well said.
Don't forget that Ebay also charge final value fees on the shipping as well. And conveniently paypal force you to send with tracking and insurance to be covered for claims, so in turn making shipping higher, so that ebay can get more fees from the shipping end.
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