Ebay Actions that get pulled down

[great1]

Anyone else get upset when you are watching a card, there is 7 days left and when it gets closer to the date you check your account only to see the card has ended early.

This has happened to me a lot within the last couple of weeks and once again this morning.

[mortuus]

And since its allowed it will continue to happen i hate it too really.

[30ranfordfan]

It's happened to me before too...... but this is why I always make a bid on something that I know I absolutely want.

I know that one more than one occasion, I have sent a message to a seller, made an offer on their card, and got them to end the auction early. Someone else could do that too - but I would suspect that if there are bids (and the more the better) sellers would be less inclined to do it.

[ravens_creed]

It happened to me a few months ago on a card that I had already bid on, was the highest bidder on, and would have beaten or matched whatever offers were made behind the scenes. I messaged the seller to no avail. I wasn't a happy camper.
In light of this, when a similar card showed up about a week later, I was the one making the offers behind the scenes. Did I pay more than if the auction had finished live, probably, but I wasn't about to watch a 2nd card in 2 weeks of an already very hard-to-find set get away from me. It is what it is. It stings a bit more when you've already laid down a bid and the card still gets yanked!

[edthesandwich]

I've only ever ended auctions early when I've been contacted by someone who didn't want to wait, and made what I considered to be a fair offer.

[gregmal05]

Yea, this is the way to do business on both ends in my opinion. As a buyer, if I want it bad enough, I make sure there is no way the rug gets pulled out from under me like that. Best thing to do is either contact the seller with an offer outside of ebay, or contact the seller anyway, asking him if he'll end it early. Its better to be in the loop, then disappointed when an auction ends, with no idea whether you had a chance or not.

As for selling, I think the fees are ridiculous. I basically list on ebay in hopes of drawing enough attention to negotiate a deal through Paypal with interested buyers. As the seller, and the owner of said card, thats a right I have. If market value of a card is $150, you are only seeing about $130 if you do business through ebay.

[canucksfan007]

I pull auctions to save fees, sometimes anyways.

The last card I sold was at $140 ( starting bid with 1 bid ). I didnt want to eat both selling fees and paypal fees ( listing fee was already free! )

Anyways, I noticed the ebayer was a member here! PMed him here asking if he wanted the card at $140 + Xpresspost shipping through SCF ..... it will save me ebay fees, and potentially the buyer losing out last minute to a sniper or having his total jump up.

I think it worked out pretty good for both of us =P

[Craig2]

I'd just echo what many others have said. If I want a card bad enough, I will contact the seller with an offer, usually done off of Ebay to save them selling fees.

I'll watch some auctions in which I have a minor interest, but if there's something I really want then I'll go after it hard.

[dahabsfan]

This trend is increasing due to the number of people using sniping services. Sellers get nervous when there's no action during an auction and rather than take the chance *poof* it's gone.

Darren

[Dr Kicker]

Someone collecting Karlsson is faster then you ?

You have to wake up early to beat the competition, trow a few elbows.

When i see something i like/i want , i ussually contact the seller and make an offer off ebay.You may get burn sometimes or get shill if the seller is shady, but it might save you a few bidding wars.