romantiques
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posted on February 14, 2010 05:35:10 AM new
If a bid gets retracted doesn't ebay do something to alert you about that? I just happened to notice that things changed overnight on one of my auctions. The price went down and one of the 2 bidders has disappeared from the bid history. No notice or explanation. It seemed to me that there used to be some way of finding out someones bid retraction history. Just a daydream maybe?
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max40
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posted on February 14, 2010 06:54:02 AM new
I always get an email letting me know that there has been a retraction on ONE of my auctions. From there I usually add another bidder to my blocked bidder list 
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merrie
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posted on February 14, 2010 06:54:26 AM new
Ebay usually sends an email to the seller to alert them to a bid change. You can also look at BID HISTORY on your item to see what is noted there.
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romantiques
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posted on February 14, 2010 09:17:46 AM new
Thanks. With your help I just found the info in the bid history. Can't believe it. Bidder wasn't the high bidder anymore. She contacted me 4 days ago saying how disappointed she was that someone had outbid her on every try (she bid 3 different times).
Then, after all this time of sitting in the number 2 spot she retracts checking the "entered wrong amount by mistake" box. Absolute rubbish!! She fully intended to bid what she did. It's what she had to bid to get ahead on her last try.
I'm steaming right now. I'm sooo sure she is in violation of the rules. Got to go find and read the fine print...not that it will do any good.
Thanks again for your help.
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alldings
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posted on February 14, 2010 09:54:12 AM new
They were 2nd and had been beaten out 3 times possibly by a snipe program. It would appear to me they were not willing to get into a bidding war with a snipe program or an aggressive bidder and withdrew from the auction. True it might have been a KMA move to prove a point and make themselves feel better.
All that aside they were free to do what they did.
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shagmidmod
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posted on February 14, 2010 04:51:53 PM new
You can also check your ebay messages to see if you received notification.
I would also contact eBay regarding her retraction. For one thing, she obviously intended to bid on it, as her messages reply. I wish eBay would do something more serious about retractions. It is frustrating to know bidders can make false claims re: their bids. It is impossible to "accidentally" bid whether it is the wrong amount, the wrong item, etc. You have to confirm each bid after you type it in and press "enter". its not like you type in 10 bucks and ebay places the bid.
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ebabestreasures
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posted on February 15, 2010 05:53:11 AM new
Did you reply when she wrote you? If not, maybe she got pissed at you. There is no reason to retract a bid if you aren't the high bidder. She had to know it would lower the price for you.
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romantiques
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posted on February 15, 2010 09:11:25 AM new
I did respond to her note and thanked her. I found the bid retraction history for the buyer...which wasn't easy. She's definitely had a lot of practice at this. 21 retractions in 12 months. If I was a "bettin' man" as they say...I'd put my money on the reason for the retractions was largely ... Entered the wrong amount.
BTW I never did get any notice from the head office of the retraction. My communication with the heads was futile. They absolutely could not wrap their brain around the scenario...huh??? I really didn't expect much more than that though.
Auction ended at a decent but not as good price to a totally different buyer. It's done...time for me to get over it and move on.
Thanks so much for your input.
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kozersky
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posted on February 15, 2010 11:06:29 AM new
I guess you have no way of determining if the winning bidder on all the auctions that she withdrew her bids, was the same.
Since ebay no longer displays the true identity of winning bidders, there is no way of determining that the same person won all the auctions she withdrew her bids on.
Could very well be that two people are collaborating on auction bids. No one would ever know.
Bill K-
William J Kozersky Stamp Co.
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merrie
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posted on February 15, 2010 12:36:16 PM new
It really doesn't make any sense for Ebay to allow a bidder that is not the high bidder to retract their bids. They were not going to "WIN." So there are no real consequenses for their "mistake" (I entered the wrong amount,etc) You used to be able to see how many bid retractions a person had on their FB page. I have not checked to see if it is gone.
It really does mess up your auction. I would be tempted to cancel all bids and end the auction and start it again later.
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hwahwa
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posted on February 15, 2010 02:12:37 PM new
Ebay allows second high bidder to retract bid because if the high bidde retracts his bid,then the second high bidder would become the winner.
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There is no 'Global savings glut',only wild horses and loose bankers.
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merrie
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posted on February 15, 2010 06:46:35 PM new
Ebay allows bidders to do anything they want!!
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jtomp
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posted on February 16, 2010 06:58:56 AM new
What bidders? Are there actually any bidders left?
Jane
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