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T EIf you list an item for $1,000, you pay about $5, assuming you are using the usual-gallery, etc. If you list an item for $100 with a reserve of $1,000, you pay about $15.
As I said earlier, sellers are foolish to end listing early if they want to maximize their return. But, the seller should have the right to end the auction early. Sometimes, stuff happens. Last week, I ended a theatre poster early because my wife saw it and said, "I want that for my office." I told her that this particular poster had many people watching it, and would go for about $100, which was fine by me. She walked out of the room.
I ended the auction and gave her the poster.
Sorry to harp on this, but the only rule in the auction world is there are almost no rules, except for fraud and the like. Don't break the law, be honest, but caveat emptor-and seller beware, too. (Anybody know the Latin for that one?) If a seller is dumb enough to end an auction early because someone contacts them directly, so be it.