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Texas TedI know what you mean. That kind of frosts my pumpkin also. When that happened to me once, I emailed the guy and told him that his decision probably cost him some money as I had a snipe set up for X dollars. I also let him know in that first email that I had placed him on my list of "SELLERS TO AVOID", so not only did his decision cost him in this instance, it could continue to cost him in the future. Turned out, he called me to apologize and I made some other deals with him off ebay, never listed, for some nice stuff later on.
My advice is to let these sellers know that what they did was crap, and that you intend to boycott them in the future. You never know what that conversation will spawn.
I have some auctions up now, and have had offers to end early, even by board members, but have politely told them I don't do that. What they are really doing is tempting you to cheat ebay of their fees by making a deal outside, as well as shutting everybody else out of the card. Just think, as a buyer, if you are getting stuff from somebody that has no qualms about cheating ebay, what makes you think they wouldn't cheat you also? You can only lose your integrity once. Guess I should put in my auction wording that I don't accept early offers so don't waste your time.
Texas Ted