How do I retract a bid on Ebay?

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

I agree, I should have said perception of shilling, too. I had one buyer retract a bid for me earlier this year, (oops, last year!) and I got a little panicky. I watched him a while, and he never retracted it again, surely a harmless typo. But I almost wanted to send an email to the high bidder letting him know nothing evil was going on.

As a seller I am always concerned about perception of shilling.

I don't run straight auctions often, but when I do, and I see any bidder who could be perceived as a shiller, I send him a message asking for a response. If I get a halfway reasonable response I proceed as normal, but if I get ignored I remove all of his bids and add a message to the auction.

Only once have I done this and had the bidder complain that I removed his bids. He explained and I allowed him to continue bidding.