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Originally Posted by JollyElm
Could you contact the bidder and explain the situation to see if he had a problem with you/him canceling his bid to sell it to the relative's-birthday-boy? That would be an undeniably straightforward, non-slimeball approach.
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That's actually not a bad idea, but I don't think it's something I would do.
Definitely a non-slimeball thing to do, but I think it also puts that initial bidder into an awkward position.
If I put myself in that bidders shoes, I might think I'm getting manipulated, or even think to myself "How does anybody know I'm not buying if for somebody's birthday, or haven't been looking for these items for years myself?"