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Todd (nolemmings)The bidder about whom you complain was the third one in on the bidding. Doesn't the BIN go away when the first bid is entered, at least in a non-reserve auction? If so, this guy did not kill the BIN- that was done already by someone with high feedback.
Second, if you saw the BIN at $250.00, which supposedly disappears once a bid is placed, didn't you have an opportuntity to Buy It Now yourself? Maybe you found it through a search query, where results are not always up to speed and the BIN amount displays even after a bid has been received, but if not, can you really complain?
Finally, isn't the seller at least somewhat protected, for if the bidder reneges, he can relist it at and use the BIN option, blocking/banning the offending non-payer from a repeat performance? Maybe he sells it higher the second time, or if the next highest bidder from auction #1 is willing to perform, seller gets almost the same price? Not a perfect system, but how flawed is it?
I don't sell much of anything on Ebay, so I appreciate a sellers' perspective.
Regards...........Todd