Retracting bids on ebay....?

luckymoneysaver

Its not the end of the world, but i just wondered what the situation is with bidders retracting their bids.

I have for sale DVD, nothing special, 99p start £1.20 postage.

There was a bid at 15:02 today for £1.05, then at 15:12 it was retracted under the reasoning that the bidder entered the wrong amount.

Surely the bidder should be redirected to a page where they can enter the correct amount, rather than just walk away and forget about the listing.

Is there something i can do, or is that it...just await for someone else??

Thanks in advance

:beer:

Browntoa

or its someone testing your reserve price if you set one ??

luckymoneysaver

Browntoa wrote: »

or its someone testing your reserve price if you set one ??

nope..no reserve price, just selling to get rid of it

techspec

Happens all the time. Always says 'entered wrong amount' - and they never re-bid. Even with no reserve - they are sometimes chacking out the upper limit of earlier bids. But most of time - they have just spotted an item elswhere, or simply had second thoughts.

Ebay used to give people a strike for retracting bids - but not any more - which is why it happens so often.

My nephew tried retracting a bid last week, and was denied. It said the time-limit for a retraction had passed. Was about 1.5 hours after he had bid.

hermum

Better a retraction than a NPB.