Completely OT - Have you ever had a listing completely disappear from eBay?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by FUBAR

If ebay cancels a listing, it just disappears, same if a seller cancels the auction.. poof gone!

I had an auction disappear with 5 minutes left , i emailed the seller and he told me the card wasnt going to sell for an amount he was comfortable with, so he pulled it, when i told him that was against the rules, he told me to f-off and mind my own business. When he relisted the card, he cancelled my bid and told me never to bid on his auctions again!

This is something I have never seen.
As far as I know:
If ebay cancels an auction, and you try to access it, you will get a page that says auction number xxxxx, listing has been removed, or the item is not available.
If a seller cancels an auction the auction still appears, with a statement on the auction page, saying something like auction ended, etc.

[yanks12025]

I thought you couldn't end a auction with less than 12 hours left.

[FUBAR]

ebay may have changed since this happened...... auctions used to just disappear. WHEN I WAS A SELLER, THINGS WOULD JUST GO POOF AND GONE. Im sure people complained so they changed things.

i was on ebay in 1997 until about 2002, not much lately.... I dont use paypal which restricts my buying immensly, so i dont bother.

you used to be able to cancel an auction if you claimed the listing wasnt accurate... regardless of time, maybe this has now changed.. would make sense with people like i had mentioned.