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Originally Posted by Texxxx
The problem I see is that ending an auction early hurts bidders not eBay. Why should eBay gain on it. The fee should go to charity or something like that. Lol like that would ever happen.
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Ebay powers-that-be would strongly disagree with that statement. Anything that side-steps their fees (as an offsite transaction certainly would) would be something they consider to hurt eBay.
I probably should have clarified my earlier statement that the reason, from eBay's standpoint, for not wanting you ending an item early and taking the transaction off-site is not to keep the item out there for other potential buyers, but rather to make sure they get their cut of the transaction. If they just wanted to protect other potential buyers, they wouldn't have an option when ending a listing early to "Sell item to high bidder(s) and end listing early."
The only way eBay gives any money to charity is if you pay them a hefty percentage to do so for you (see eBay's "Giving Works" program).