Bidder wants to withdraw an hour before the auction ends!

[Exhibitman]

What would happen at most auction houses is that you'd get hold of the auctioneer, explain the issue, and probably have your bid canceled if there was a legitimate reason.

I don't think we can conclude from the facts as presented that the bidder is necessarily a bad guy. People cancel bids for a lot of reasons and we don't know his [or hers]. Getting all pissy and vindictive about someone doing the honorable thing [for once] is not the right attitude.

[Jewish-collector]

So what ? It's not a problem. Don't block him from bidding on your auctions again. Maybe he's a member of this message board and he can come on here and give you an explanation to make you happy.

[lharri3600]

Originally Posted by Jewish-collector

So what ? It's not a problem. Don't block him from bidding on your auctions again. Maybe he's a member of this message board and he can come on here and give you an explanation to make you happy.

I agree Alan,
But Bob should block him from the current auction.

[Leon]

I agree with Adam. We don't know the whole circumstances. At least the guy did say something before he won the auction. I would ask him not to bid if he can't pay and be more careful in the future, and not do anything else to him. If someone did that in our small auction we would address it as such.....however, if it happened again we might be less lenient. Anyone can make a mistake or have an issue come up.