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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Razor, post: 609642, member: 18742&quot;]I was bidding on a vintage calculator a couple of years ago.&nbsp; Only a couple of people were bidding and the price was low compared to others of the same model.&nbsp; The reason was the seller made a typo in his listing title that probably excluded it from common searches.&nbsp; I only found it by accident after making a search typo myself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the seller canceled the auction with a little over an hour left to go on it.&nbsp; No explanation was forthcoming to those who were bidding on it.&nbsp; No apology, no nothing.&nbsp; Just a re-listing later that day with the spelling fixed.&nbsp; AFAIK there were no adverse consequences to the seller.</p><p><br /></p><p>I felt like I was burned a little.&nbsp; Taking advantage of a seller&#039;s mistake is &quot;good for the goose, good for the gander&quot; territory IMO.&nbsp; On the other hand I completely understand why the seller did what he did.&nbsp; But when a bidder commits to a legally binding bid, the other side of that bargain requires the seller to do his due diligence on his listings up front and should, IMO, be committed in a legally binding way to sell the item to the highest bidder, even if the listing contains errors or is not worded properly for optimal searching.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You have to decide what &quot;the right thing&quot; is for yourself in these cases.&nbsp; If I was you I might cancel the auction.&nbsp; On the other hand if I was a bidder I&#039;d be pretty ticked off if it was canceled.&nbsp; At least you are trying to set the record straight and provide updated information in your listing.&nbsp; I give you a ton of credit for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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