Bidder asked me to cancel their bid but bid again?

vacheron

I suppose I'm playing devils advocate by assuming it's an honest bidder.

If they had zero feedback then alarm bells would ring for me. If they had a decent prior feedback record then I would be far less concerned and would have given them the benefit of the doubt.

I've been a private seller on eBay since 2001 with probably 600-700 sales in total. In this time I can think of 1 or maybe 2 instances when someone with decent feedback profile has failed to pay. but have lost count of the number of times zero feedback bidders have messed me about (2 alone this month!)

The worst case scenario would be that they win and don't pay. I'd file a NPB in 48 hours, stick a mark on their record, block them then put the item back up for sale in a few days time, or send a second chance offer to the next highest bidder.

I was the buyer and had made a genuine mistake (maybe didn't release I could cancel my own bid) and kept the seller informed it would leave me feeling a bit miffed too if I'd found out I had been subsequently banned and I might also consider asking them why, but it appears that would be interpreted negatively too.

I guess we'll never know.

riotlady

vacheron wrote: »

I suppose I'm playing devils advocate by assuming it's an honest bidder.

If they had zero feedback then alarm bells would ring for me. If they had a decent prior feedback record then I would be far less concerned and would have given them the benefit of the doubt.

I've been a private seller on eBay since 2001 with probably 600-700 sales in total. In this time I can think of 1 or maybe 2 instances when someone with decent feedback profile has failed to pay. but have lost count of the number of times zero feedback bidders have messed me about (2 alone this month!)

The worst case scenario would be that they win and don't pay. I'd file a NPB in 48 hours, stick a mark on their record, block them then put the item back up for sale in a few days time, or send a second chance offer to the next highest bidder.

I was the buyer and had made a genuine mistake (maybe didn't release I could cancel my own bid) and kept the seller informed it would leave me feeling a bit miffed too if I'd found out I had been subsequently banned and I might also consider asking them why, but it appears that would be interpreted negatively too.

I guess we'll never know.

I'm only interpreting it negatively because of the phrasing- there's a big difference between "I'd like to bid on your item, can I ask why I'm blocked" and "what, my moneys not good enough for you?"

vacheron

riotlady wrote: »

I'm only interpreting it negatively because of the phrasing- there's a big difference between "I'd like to bid on your item, can I ask why I'm blocked" and "what, my moneys not good enough for you?"

Ah, I thought you might have been paraphrasing. That does cast them in a somewhat different light!

What was his previous feedback like out of curiosity?

riotlady

vacheron wrote: »

Ah, I thought you might have been paraphrasing. That does cast them in a somewhat different light!

What was his previous feedback like out of curiosity?

Not a lot of history but what was there was all good.