posted on January 10, 2001 06:15:53 AM new
Okay so let me get this straight (sorry, I know I asked already but I am not quite clear on this) - if I end an auction early, can my winning bidder and I still leave feedback to each other as we ordinarily would? In other words, if I end it early, can I still go to the Feedback Forum, go to "Leave Feedback", and our transaction will be there? (I am ending early because the bidder didn't understand the BIN price and bid the BIN price anyway so I am going to end it and let her win.)
Thanks!
Rocker
posted on January 10, 2001 06:23:38 AM new
Good morning to you Rocker,
I had this same situation, as long as a bid is not cancelled it will end as a completed auction and you can leave feedback.
Blessings from Kansas,
Janet @ Lanetzliving
posted on January 10, 2001 06:23:57 AM new
Hi, I don't know about the feedback part but I had the same situation. I had her retract her bid, and go back to BIN and buy it that way so it didn't mess up my tracking etc.., and I didn't have to end it early?
posted on January 10, 2001 06:30:39 AM new
Ahhh thank you, everyone
A toast.... clinking my cup of tea... Thanks for all the help I always get here on this board!
Rocker (edited cos I am half asleep. What the hell am I doin up so early?)
[ edited by nycrocker on Jan 10, 2001 06:32 AM ]
posted on January 10, 2001 06:36:20 AM new
Good morning Rocker-
Have your bidder do what jayadiaz said.
I don't know about leaving the feedback if you end it early. There would be no bids on the item, and therefore no final fees. You have to have a transaction between the two of you so I don't know how you would be able to leave feedback. And if you could, I would be afraid ebay might catch it and then you possible could get in trouble????
I don't know, just a thought. Would they conside that to be breaking one of their rules?
posted on January 10, 2001 06:51:12 AM new
G'morning Cajun
Well, there already is a transaction cos she already bid. (She bid the same price that my Buy It Now was listed for.) I don't think it's against ebay's rules to end early cos it is one of their options they offer to end early. I don't want to ask the bidder to retract cos she is new, I want to keep this simple as possible for her, ya know? So as Janet and Dottie have said, I think I will end it early and just go ahead as if it were a regular transaction. This seems like the best option to me. Ya think?
Thanks!!
Rocker
posted on January 10, 2001 06:59:33 AM new
Rocker-
So if you end the auction early you don't have to cancel her bid? I don't know all the ins and outs and am actually rying to learn from you guys here.
The only time I had to end a auction early was when AW was messed up and auctions were getting posted twice. I remember reading that if there were bids to email the bidders and I think to cancel their bids?
I'm not sure how that all works and probably should have just kept my mouth shut and not posted since I don't know. My apologies! Just had a thought that maybe you could get in trouble for it and didn't want you to.
But your right, doing it the way Janet and Dottie said does sound much easier.
posted on January 10, 2001 07:13:48 AM new
Cajun No apologies necessary, I appreciate your trying to help me! I am always learning from all the discussions here, and it is the debating and wondering about things aloud here that always helps me learn. I have NO idea really of the ins and outs either, I've only been selling for like maybe 2 months tops. I did go and end the auction early and no I did not have to cancel her bid. It was as if the auction just ended successfully. Good trick to know, huh? And yes it is within ebay's rules, totally. I had never done this before I guess if someone changes their mind about selling something they listed (like suppose the cat knocked over the item and broke it, or suppose their partner said "Oh no you are not selling that chair, that is my favorite chair" or something like that ) then I guess that's the kind of situation where you would cancel all your bids and then close your auction early. (Just taking a guess here myself.) But I see now you do have the option of NOT cancelling bids, and ending the auction early with your current high bidder as the winner. Good to know! Thank you all again for your help. These boards teach me everything!
Rocker
PS: Anyone have any reasons they've ended an auction early? Just wondering out of curiousity. Mine was a new bidder who didn't understand the Buy It Now option so she bid the same as my BIN price. I ended it so she was the winner.
[ edited by nycrocker on Jan 10, 2001 07:23 AM ]
posted on January 10, 2001 08:28:03 AM new
nycrocker: you are exactly right. IF the item is NO LONGER AVAILABLE for sale or the Seller has made an important LISTING ERROR, any bids placed on the item should be cancelled before ending the auction and the bidders should probably be notified by the seller as a courtesy.
In your case, the item is STILL AVAILABLE for the bidder.... you just wanted to end the auction early so that you could move forward with completing the trade with the current high bidder.
posted on January 10, 2001 09:36:18 AM new
Rocker -- Was your BIN price higher than your opening bid price? If so, check the recent eBay Announcement Board post regarding spam and fee avoidance.
If you are ending the auction early, and you charge the bidder more than the final bid price shown on the auction page, you are violating eBay's ridiculous new fee avoidance rules, since eBay doesn't get its full percentage.
posted on January 10, 2001 10:53:28 AM new
booksbooksbooks: That would require one of the parties to REPORT to safeharbor in the first place (which is NOT LIKELY - since they BOTH agree that the item has been sold for the BIN amount, which may or may not - by ACCIDENT - be the opening bid amount) - and then, as we all know, safeharbor would require some form of PROOF (such as an eMail with full headers)... also NOT LIKELY to happen, since BOTH PARTIES have agreed to the transaction.
Besides, this incident regarding the Buy It Now price Vs. Opening Bid placed by the buyer was an accident. There was no plan to avoid any eBay fees. I don't see that as "Fee Avoidance".
Folks need to lighten up about such hair splitting site text rules.
If you're receiving SPAM (which is UNSOLICITED eMail) with offers to purchase or links to sites where goods or services are being sold for the same or less - that sorta thing, then of course it should be turned in to safeharbor for investigation... BUT, I've got a sneaky suspicion that with all of the eBay site SPAM PREFERENCES being RESET by eBay to go out to 6 million people (whether they had previously opted OUT or not) has found eBay without a leg to stand on regarding the issue of UNSOLICITED eMail... SPAM!
Rocker
) then I guess that's the kind of situation where you would cancel all your bids and then close your auction early. (Just taking a guess here myself.) But I see now you do have the option of NOT cancelling bids, and ending the auction early with your current high bidder as the winner. Good to know! Thank you all again for your help. These boards teach me everything!