Should Buyer Retract or Should Seller Cancel

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Buyer should retract, but if by them not doing it, it results in a NPB, it is really moot, IMHO

A NPB mark, may actually affect the negligent buyers standing with Ebay. A simple retraction or cancellation will not.

[glchen]

I thought that bids could not be retracted or cancelled on the last day of an auction.

I've never had this happen before, but if someone asked, I would tell them to retract it themselves.

[h2oya311]

I had this happen recently w/ a relatively high dollar auction. I let it ride, then, the buyer asked me to cancel after he won. Can't he ask to cancel the trx? Or does the trx cancellation have to come from the seller?

I wish I had issued a non-paying bidder instead. Now I'm stuck w/ relisting. It had looked so nice grouped w/ others of its kind. For some reason, eBay didn't allow me to make a second chance offer to the underbidder. Go figure!

[glchen]

Cancel transaction has to come from the seller after the auction ends.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by glchen

I thought that bids could not be retracted or cancelled on the last day of an auction.

I've never had this happen before, but if someone asked, I would tell them to retract it themselves.

Within the last 12 hours of an auction, the bidder or seller can do either but within 12 hours, the auction is basically "locked" until the end.

I just had a high bidder ask me to cancel their bid on a $10 item with an hour to go and told them it was impossible. In goodwill I cancelled the auction after it was over BUT for me to get my fees back, that bidder then had to agree. It took her 3 days to agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was unbelievable that she was online with an hour to go but could not reciprocate the courtesy by agreeing to cancel the auction for 3 days AFTER it ended!!??!!



That was very frustrating.

peace, mike Ebay user name: a-little-of-everything (4000 deals at 100%)