Over the weekend I placed bids on a few coins from one seller and received bid cancellation notices via email for all but two of them this afternoon. When I checked the bid history to find out the reason they all state "The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids". I checked his listings and now all of the cancelled items are listed as buy it now. The odd thing is that the two items that I had previously bid on that were not cancelled have multiple bidders while the ones that were cancelled had only my bid. I suspect that the seller was not happy with the bidding activity, pulled them, and then relisted them. I am just wondering if anyone else had something similar happen to them.
Not knowing the lister's history, established or new, they might have listed auction style by mistake and then went back to correct them after they started to see the activity. I'm easy though and would like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt first. No, never had it happen to me though.
Eh, not a huge deal. I've had to cancel a few for mistakes in the listing. I do all my auction 99 cents no reserve, and have never canceled for low bid numbers. Most people don't bid until the end anyways. Ebay now makes a seller pay final value fees on canceled listings, so I HATE when I have to cancel an auction now.
I've had a seller cancel me 1 time before, it was obvious he didn't like the final price I had already paid but refunded. Me as a seller have canceled 1 but it was personal. The buyer was buying the item for me & didn't realize I was the seller. But I think it happens quite a bit. Sellers not happy with price. Or they up the bid using another user address or a private. I alerted eBay about it a couple weeks ago
I agree that it's not a big deal, I just found it bad form for the seller to cancel the four items and then immediately relist them as buy it now's at a much higher price. After thinking about it some more I believe that the coins were not the seller's specialty and he may have had second thoughts. Funny thing is that his new buy it now pricing is significantly higher than the going market so he will probably end up resisting them as a true auction when they don't sell.
Its not that uncommon. Most ebay auctions go for pennies on the dollar. For whatever reason numerous sellers seem to think there's will be the exception and some will cancel it and relist when they find out they aren't.
I have had a case where the seller refuse to ship the item. Sweet and simple. I got eBay involved but there wasn't enough money in his account for a full refund. Ebay eventually sent me a full refund including his shipping charges. I think he just ignored both of us. He may not sell on their site anymore, but I think it was the price I won it for on the action bid. About one-third it's true value for the item. No way he would do that.
Usually if a seller cancels bids its considered by ebay a breach of contract. The seller is supposed to continue the bids unless he has a reserved price listed an only then can he cancel the bidding process an relist it. I suggest you contact ebay customer service an complain as I believe the seller violated his contractual obligation. If the seller has an item up for bid an he gets no bites though the time that the item is listed he can go ahead an cancel the item an relist it at another price. You should have been able to buy that item at the price you bid on.
That seller should be tar and feathered for cancelling bids!!! No big deal here. Seller decides for whatever reason he/she doesn't want to sell. As a buyer, just move on and never buy from that seller again. Life is too short to feel heartbroken, abused and mistreated. Collecting is supposed to be a fun thing. Who knows, perhaps the seller did you a favor.
I agree it's no big deal. The seller owns the item, if they decide not to sell it, it's still their item. You can't force them to sell it. Ebay will charge them the final sale fee though, so sellers aren't likely to cancel very often. I've done it when I discovered a mistake in my listing - I remember one time when i put something in the wrong category, or the listing title was messed up, so I wasn't getting the hits I expected. I relisted it and followed through - if I remember correctly I got bids from some of the same people who had bid on the earlier. If you're interested in the item and they don't relist it, you can send them a message inquiring about it. You might get a good deal that way.
