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Revising eBay auctions by addition.
Rhymsta
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I know that an eBay auction cannot be revised once bids have been placed on it .... Or can they?
I'm seeing this scenario more and more recently...
You read the description, look carefully at the picture and place your bid.
Some way into the auction the buyer adds something like, "I have now found the missing bolt", "I am now adding a bag of mixed toys to the job lot'" or "I have decided to add this - it doesn't form part of the auction it's a free gift to the winning bidder".
All of these things make the auction more valuable than the one you started bidding on - is this actually OK according to eBay rules?
Just imagine an auction at Christies where the bidding is up to £10 million on a Picasso painting when the seller rushes in with a Rembrandt under his arm which he'd "just found in the attic'"...
I'm seeing this scenario more and more recently...
You read the description, look carefully at the picture and place your bid.
Some way into the auction the buyer adds something like, "I have now found the missing bolt", "I am now adding a bag of mixed toys to the job lot'" or "I have decided to add this - it doesn't form part of the auction it's a free gift to the winning bidder".
All of these things make the auction more valuable than the one you started bidding on - is this actually OK according to eBay rules?
Just imagine an auction at Christies where the bidding is up to £10 million on a Picasso painting when the seller rushes in with a Rembrandt under his arm which he'd "just found in the attic'"...
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