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Chris EastI had it happen one time. In addition to the good stuff (i.e., vintage), I also pick up football cards of former Auburn University players. I placed a bid on some card of one of the guys #d to 20 with a couple of days remaining in the auction. Then after the auction ended I noticed that the seller had, after I placed my bid, changed the item description to add that the card was #d out of 200 rather than 20. The seller tried to claim it was my fault (dispite the fact that he changed the description after my bid was placed and the auction title still listed the card as #d to 20). After muuuuch haggling with eBay (including a copy of a chat log with an eBay support person) they removed the unpaid item strike from my account.
So the info above that a seller cannot change the auction once a bid has been placed is not entirely accurate. To my knowledge, a seller cannot change the auction title. But, if there are more than 12 hours remaining and a bid has been placed, a seller CAN add to the auction description, and you don't receive any notification as a bidder of the amendment. However, if there are fewer than 12 hours remaining and a bid has been placed, the seller cannot add to the description. http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/questions/revise-item.html