PWCC – Announcing Formal Policy Concerning eBay Bidder & Buyer Integrity

[earlywynnfan]

Excellent! Quick question about non-paying bidders on ebay: does ebay really keep track? I had a couple of non-payers this summer, and both continued buying (and paying for!) items after I reported them.

[gregr2]

I like these policies and they will help the hobby, thanks! The bid retractions has to stop and this seems like a good step in that direction.

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Excellent! Quick question about non-paying bidders on ebay: does ebay really keep track? I had a couple of non-payers this summer, and both continued buying (and paying for!) items after I reported them.

eBay does keep track, but it is up to the seller to mark their restriction.

[Danny Smith]

This is great news. I will happily be bidding on PWCC auctions from now on.

[Stonepony]

Great effort! Thank you . Question... If bid retractions are NOT something the software can filter for...how are you going to monitor it yourselves?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

Great effort! Thank you . Question... If bid retractions are NOT something the software can filter for...how are you going to monitor it yourselves?

Read the last paragraph. They are hoping/expecting us to do it for them.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Read the last paragraph. They are hoping/expecting us to do it for them.

I know, the one thing that most people care about most ( bid retractions) they have set parameters for with plans to modify... yet have no way to monitor for infractions.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Wow, awesome leadership in the field. It's nice to know someone out there is listening. For those who think there are flaws with the proposal; of course there are, but who else is doing even this much??? It's so obvious that their intentions are spot on that I'm sure they'll iron out implementation. The fact that we have a powerful advocate with ebay's ear and they are using it to help the hobby is simply fantastic.

[Stonepony]

Originally Posted by Brent Huigens

We get an email each time a bid is retracted on one of our auctions. Overall number of bid retractions is something we have to check for each for each user ID, so here is where we are soliciting help from the collecting community.

Thank you

[smallpaul2002]

It would be nice if Ebay (or PWCC for that matter) would block sniper software so auction items would be won in a fair bidding process, as compared to losing an item you have been winning for 6 days and losing it with one second to go in the auction. That is my biggest issue, who has not lost an item with seconds to go and felt "ripped off "by some high-tech computer sniper software that is nothing short "illegal". Only solution..if you can't beat em..join em.
One solution to this problem ......, you should be "blocked" from bidding, if you have never bid on the item in the last 10 minutes before the auction ends.
This solution at the very least,would allow the seller get higher prices for items for sale, as opposed to a prospective bidder getting "blocked out" by the bidding ending with 1 second left in the auction due to sniper software.

[Brent Huigens]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

Great effort! Thank you . Question... If bid retractions are NOT something the software can filter for...how are you going to monitor it yourselves?

We get an email each time a bid is retracted on one of our auctions. Overall number of bid retractions is something we have to check for each for each user ID, so here is where we are soliciting help from the collecting community.