Seller 'pulls' item before end of auction.

Norma_Desmond

xxlouisexx56 wrote: »

I recently pulled a listing for a travel cot I was selling. It cost £120 brand new.
I had a lot of watchers and bids of £17

2 days before the auction end a family member contacted DP and asked if they could borrow the travel cot for when their baby arrives next week to keep at granny's house. We told them it was on ebay as we needed the money and they offered us £40 for it. A decent amount of money and a lot less hassle so i pulled it

Sorry, but isn't that just wrong and unfair to all the legitimate bidders?

Norma_Desmond

sham63 wrote: »

I think a lot of sellers would think twice about using Ebay if there wasn't the facility to end an auction early.

....and as a buyer it puts me off Ebay if I know an auction can be pulled so easily.

melliott1963

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

Sorry, but isn't that just wrong and unfair to all the legitimate bidders?

In what way is this wrong? As Ebay provide the facility to cancel an auction, there's no wrong doing at all.

You may feel it's a little unfair to people who have already bid or were going to bid, but at the end of the day, the seller can chose to sell or not to sell. Of course, if the auction has run its course and the seller refuses to sell, then they risk a neg and a non performing seller mark. Even shops can refuse to sell you an item if they want to, so what's the difference?

alykatz

melliott1963 wrote: »

In what way is this wrong? As Ebay provide the facility to cancel an auction, there's no wrong doing at all.

You may feel it's a little unfair to people who have already bid or were going to bid, but at the end of the day, the seller can chose to sell or not to sell. Of course, if the auction has run its course and the seller refuses to sell, then they risk a neg and a non performing seller mark. Even shops can refuse to sell you an item if they want to, so what's the difference?

So you would have no problem if a buyer doesnt pay?
Because as much as a bid should be binding so should an auction be left to run its course.
There are certain legit reasons an auction can be ended according to ebay t&c`s you signed up for, but ending because your not getting the price you want isnt one of them.

Norma_Desmond

alykatz wrote: »

So you would have no problem if a buyer doesnt pay?
Because as much as a bid should be binding so should an auction be left to run its course.
There are certain legit reasons an auction can be ended according to ebay t&c`s you signed up for, but ending because your not getting the price you want isnt one of them.

Exactly :T.

I was beginning to feel like a voice in the wilderness.

FrankRizzo

hollydays wrote: »

I do this quite a bit, and never because I've been offered more money.
I have a number of friends who are new to eBay, believe the hype about starting things at . 99p, then end up selling too cheaply. I always remind them they can pull the listing in the dying throes if its not reached a decent price.

Can you pull a listing even if it has bids on it?

StumpyPumpy

suburbanwifey wrote: »

I listed an item last week at 99p, 33 watchers and not one bid! I was quite sure I wasn't going to give it away for 99p so I cancelled my listing 24 hours prior to end of auction. Tired of bidders who will watch but not bid.

I've said it before on this board, but I think it bears repeating... I was selling an item a couple of months ago that with 5 seconds to go was at £295. It finished at £601.

You only need 2 people to want to buy what you are selling for the price to fly. It doesn't matter whether those 2 people bid in the first 5 minutes or the last 2 seconds, the outcome is the same. Sure, the odd person may get carried away by bidding "one more time" to push up the price, but these are seldom the winners and never people who know how to snipe.

It may cost more to list above 99p starting, but if you aren't prepared to sell at that amount it is a false economy not starting the listing at more.

SP

hollydays

alykatz wrote: »

So you would have no problem if a buyer doesnt pay?
Because as much as a bid should be binding so should an auction be left to run its course.
There are certain legit reasons an auction can be ended according to ebay t&c`s you signed up for, but ending because your not getting the price you want isnt one of them.

I list on free listings, and reading the reasons you can end an auction I don't consider myself to have breached these, as I haven't avoided fees which is which is what they quote

hollydays

FrankRizzo wrote: »

Can you pull a listing even if it has bids on it?

Yes.............no less than 12 hours before

alykatz

hollydays wrote: »

I list on free listings, and reading the reasons you can end an auction I don't consider myself to have breached these, as I haven't avoided fees which is which is what they quote

Ending a listing early for the following reasons is prohibited as it is considered fee avoidance.

• Cancelling bids and ending a listing early because the reserve price hasn't been met to avoid reserve fees. See reserve price policy.
  
• Cancelling bids and ending a listing early in order to sell the item off-eBay. You should be aware that as well as avoiding fees, you risk fraud by selling offsite. If a member writes to you to ask you to sell away from the eBay website.

So you dont think ending an auction early because your worried the item wont achieve the price you want is not covered by the above?


Reserve price is tantamount to not achieving the price you want its simple really.