posted on February 17, 2001 04:58:22 PM
what it means when an auction is suddenly gone..poof! And the bidders get an email that it was "pulled by customer support"? Feel like a newbie (not), but my corner of the ebay world just goes along without any excitement of any kind. I wouldn't know much about what goes on there if I didn't read these boards and AW's newsletter even tho I have been selling at ebay for about a year and a half.The auction was, incidentally, for concert tickets in Phila Pa later this month. I have no clue re things like that...I only know about it cause one of the bidders was a young family member. Ebay sent her the email. The seller had zero feedback. And I wondered what it all meant. I know you people are hip to these things. I'm not.aramatha
[ edited by aramatha on Feb 17, 2001 05:04 PM ]
posted on February 17, 2001 05:52:38 PM
Auctions get pulled when the particular auction breaches eBays rules or when the seller gets suspended (NARU'd).
With tickets, the laws in some states limit the amount for which they can ge resold. When prices get too high they are fairly routinely stopped by eBay.
posted on February 17, 2001 07:09:43 PM
Thanks so much, Kimbonovich and Bill.
So much to learn and so little time (at my age)
Does that mean that the bidders do not have to pay the outrageous prices? Just kind of worried about my granddaughter. She's over 21, but new to ebay and not a lick of common sense, it seems. Nothing has happened yet except for the email ebay sent to the bidders, but want to be prepared. (She thinks I know everything....if she only knew)
I do hope that is the end of it cause I am a bit afraid to get mixed up in things with sellers with no fb that have strange userids, booted yet
posted on February 17, 2001 10:56:21 PM
No worries - it's *absolutely* the end of it as far as she is concerned. The seller *may* try and contact her (if he wrote down her id), but she is in no way obligated to even respond to him - he cannot leave feedback on a transaction that no longer even exits.
Basically scalping is illegal in many states (i.e., selling tickets for more than face value), so ebay ends them like any other illegal auction (at least from what I've observed)- the only punitive action is against the seller (having his auction ended), nothing at all happens to the buyers.
Just tell her to camp out and stand in line next time *grin*
posted on February 17, 2001 11:14:04 PM
ah, tarisa, I am so grateful...thank you! I checked re the face value thing...we are PA. The law here is that they can be sold at $5 or %25 more than face value. The face value was $30 on these tickets. Ebay pulled the auction at $147.50, with 4 days to go.
But now I know what to tell her if she is contacted by this seller. Thanks so much
[ edited by aramatha on Feb 17, 2001 05:04 PM ]
