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Cancelling a bid - them or me?
jasmineswhiskers
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Have an item with a bid on and today I get a message along the lines 'my daughter bid on this by mistake - can you cancel my bid'. Now we all know that they've just changed their mind and I hate it when people this. I sent them a message telling them to cancel it from their end and even sent the link to the page to do this. My question is whether anything is 'on record' for buyers cancelling bids or sellers cancelling bids or does it make no difference who cancels. (Item ends tomorrow evening and they have still not removed their bid.)
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Yes, bid retractions get shown on the feedback profile. It's one of the few things that is publicly viewable that can mark a buyer out as problematic (or I guess help to identify shillers)."Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4
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Yes, bid retractions get shown on the feedback profile. It's one of the few things that is publicly viewable that can mark a buyer out as problematic (or I guess help to identify shillers).
Well i'll leave it with them. I guess if they win then i can always do a mutual (I guess theres no point in making them pay as they obviously no longer want it - bound to get lost in the post).0 -
If they win, you could do a NPB, that way you will get your fees back if it goes in your favour. If they don't have the sense to only bid on items they want & can't be bothered to cancel the bid, the chances are they won't agree to a mutual, so you'll end up with the fees to pay.jasmineswhiskers wrote: »Well i'll leave it with them. I guess if they win then i can always do a mutual (I guess theres no point in making them pay as they obviously no longer want it - bound to get lost in the post).0 -
If they win, you could do a NPB, that way you will get your fees back if it goes in your favour. If they don't have the sense to only bid on items they want & can't be bothered to cancel the bid, the chances are they won't agree to a mutual, so you'll end up with the fees to pay.
You also risk a neg, so personally I would remove their bid and save all the hassle.
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Have cancelled it.0
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