posted on February 6, 2001 11:45:48 AM
If a bidder cancels their bid can they still come back and bid again? I have a bidder who accidentally forgot to put in the decimal place. She would like to lower her bid.
Thanks
posted on February 6, 2001 01:15:45 PM
Yes they can.I had a bidder bid on a book once, and retract their bid then bid again. The reason? He meant to put in a proxy of 5.00, not 5,000 (I wish!)
posted on February 6, 2001 01:50:05 PM
I had a bidder who withdrew a bid because he said he was bidding against his brother, seems pretty impossible, he withdrew his bid with about 4 hrs to go and his brother was then the underbidder,at a lot less, luckily for me someone came in at the last, phew!
posted on February 6, 2001 02:12:03 PM
Hi - Just wanted to mention that it's not impossible that the buyer realized he was bidding against his brother.
I once saw a bronze statue in a museum that I really liked. I described it to my sister but didn't know the name of it. Maybe a year later, I'm browsing on eBay and found a copy of this statue. Big one - $395.00 - absolutely gorgeous. So I bought it, knowing that it would take awhile to get to me.
Maybe a week later, my sister tells me (with a sly smile) that she found the perfect gift for me for my birthday. She 'found it on eBay' but wasn't going to 'tell me what it was'. Being the curious person I am, I immediately went to see what she had bids on (she was new to ebay, didn't realize you could find this out.)
Sure enough, this seller had put up another copy of the same statue for auction and she had bid on it!!!
posted on February 6, 2001 02:32:04 PM
A couple of weeks ago, a newbie emailed to ask if I would end an auction and sell him a book. I politely refused. So he bid on it. Then he retracted his bid long enough to enter as the reason "seller is being incoperative" (his spelling, not mine), and replaced his bid within 4 minutes.
