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Ebay No Longer Notifying Sellers of Bid Retractions? (slightly OT)
I just happened to notice this on one of my current auction listings when checking the bid progress. It had shown a bid of just over $20 for the last couple of days, but when I checked this morning, had dropped back down to $9.95. Sure enough, the high bidder has retracted his bid. In the past when this has happened, I received a notification e-mail from eBay about the retraction, but there was nary a peep about this particular instance. Which makes me wonder how often this has happened on my own listings without me noticing (as in a quick bid and retraction, rather than leaving a bid in place for several days before retracting).
https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/143157418746 The subject matter of this particular listing is off-topic, but I am wondering if any of the other eBay sellers have had the same experience of late? And if so, for how long now has there been a lack of notification? Or is this just an anomaly in eBay's ever-glitchier system? Any insight would be appreciated. |
Lance it happened to me two weeks ago and no notice was sent. I just happened to notice a large drop off in a bid level. I noticed that the bidder had done this several times in a week period.
Another thing that seems to be becoming very common is late payers. I have never not paid for an item I won within 12 hours even on over night auctions. I am now having bidders take 4-7 days to pay. This is ridiculous but on eBay you get all types. |
When you are dealing with the public you get all types.
Ebay shouldn't have done away with those notifications. I presume they show as a retracted bid for the bidders? Next thing, they will probably quick tracking retractions, which would be murder for sellers. Quote:
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