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Think I may have sold an item twice

hello,

I have a skypephone on ebay for sale and up to yet I have bids on it, its due to end in an hour. I have also had it for sale on on Preloved forever and now I think I may have sold it to someone from there! Quite worried now what to do (will ebay give me a strike if I cancel on the buyer), obviously I want as much money as I can get for it!

Jen

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  • soolin
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    Even though it shouldn't be posisble you might be able to end the ebay auction. It allowed me to end one a while ago with only a couple of hours to go, it was probably a glitch but might be worth checking it out.

    Look at your selling page, using drop down menu by your item see if it allows you to 'end item'.

    If not, all you can do is hope it doesn't sell. If it does sell on ebay and you don't send it then yes you may well get a neg and a non performing seller complaint.
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  • top_drawer_2
    top_drawer_2 Posts: 2,469 Forumite
    grrr my seller on preloved is mmmm and ahhhh about it as he doesnt want to travel to pick it up. Its currently only achieving £8 on ebay which less than half what I wanted.
  • soolin
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    Sorry, I missed the fact you had bids on ebay, in that case ignore my advice.

    You have an ebay sale so tell your preloved buyer that he's too late it has gone to someone else
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  • pinkshoes
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    top_drawer wrote: »
    Its currently only achieving £8 on ebay which less than half what I wanted.

    So why on earth didn't you start it at a higher price?
    Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
    Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')

    No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)
  • Zeitgeist
    Zeitgeist Posts: 309 Forumite
    Cancel the bids, then end the auction.
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
  • soolin
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    Zeitgeist wrote: »
    Cancel the bids, then end the auction.

    It had less than an hour to go, so it shouldn't be possible to end it even if bids were withdrawn.

    Anyway, as it was last night it will all be resolved by now.
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