1948 Leaf Satchel Paige - blank back - on eBay....

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Leon

Actually, to me, that is not the point. I don't think the seller is shilling. I just think he probably has some bidders playing games and it looks bad. He could block them to alleviate it. Do we need to do another poll of how many honest people have 4 bid retractions in 6 months? That number would be close to 0.

I've not retracted a bid in 20 years. Funny, that.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I'm not a volume seller by any means but over the years it adds up to close to a couple thousand sales, most of which were auctions. I can't recall a single time a bidder retracted. Rarely, and I mean maybe a couple times, someone has asked me if I would cancel their bid.

And I don't recall ever retracting a bid myself.

[JeremyW]

I've never retracted a bid in my 15+ years on Ebay. I think Ben might be onto something.