posted on July 24, 2001 03:58:35 PM new
I just had a bidder retract a bid on an auction -- out of curiosity I checked this bidders bid retraction record - 45 retractions in the past 6 months -- 110 feedbacks of items purchased in the same time period -- that is nearly a 50% ratio of bid retractions versus successful auctions -- seems like a lot to me -- does anybody know what ebay's policy is on number of bid retractions?
posted on July 24, 2001 04:04:53 PM new
I personally dont care how many bid retractions a buyer on my auction has if they retract I I guess they didnt want it and saved me the time of filling NPB, if three bid wins my auction I have to believe they will pay and there money is as green as the guy with no retractions. http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
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posted on July 24, 2001 04:07:23 PM new
I am not intending to do anything -- I don't want someone buying something they don't want -- it just seems to me that a 50% ratio is pretty high.
posted on July 24, 2001 04:12:16 PM new
I agree 50% of bids being retarction is alot I think Ebay has some rules on this but Im not to sure what there rules say about it I do believe there is a limit before they suspend the users ID . http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
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posted on August 2, 2001 08:23:30 AM new
I would look more so at the auctions that they retracted on and if they had say bid a max of $9, and they retract in the last day of a 10 day so that the current bid is only $3, and then they rebid at the $3, that is abuse. However, more than about 10 a week is a bad sign, and it can cause NARU status for them. If you can prove to ebay, like I have had to do that a bidder is bidding on auctions and retracting in a manner that interferes with others bidding and shows that they are trying to manipulate the bidding process they can get NARU status.
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posted on August 2, 2001 08:32:45 AM new
Anyone can make an honest mistake, and need to retract a bid; but in my opinion, more than one or two in a SIX MONTH PERIOD is excessive.
retrod, if that person were reported to SafeHarbor s/he would get (at least) a warning, and a link to the page to read up on legitimate reasons to retract.
mikeselis - "more than about ten a week is a bad sign" - unless they are bidding (legitimately) on thousands of auctions in a week, ten retractions in a week should be grounds for being NARU'd, in my opinion.
