Cancelled Bid

TripleH

Irony is that if it hasn't cost them more in fees for cancelling sale, it won't be far off than if they'd paid reserve fee.

The seller also assumes someone is out there prepared to pay them 'their reserve fee'. I've seen some items go for more than I'd expect but a lot more go for far less.

Pollycat

Pollycat said:

Pollycat said:

How do people feel about a seller who lists an item on an auction/best offer basis for £x .
I offer the opening bid price plus half as much again.
My offer is rejected on the basis the seller wants 5 X the opening bid.
The seller said they thought they'd put a reserve on.

Someone bids the starting bid price, I bid twice the opening bid (higher than my offer) and win the auction.
I pay within 30 minutes of the end of the auction.
The seller says they are refunding my payment as the final amount wasn't as much as they wanted.

So I've bid in good faith, paid in good faith but it will take up to 3 days to get my money back.

I told the seller this and said they had the opportunity to end the listing after they'd rejected my offer.

I'm not best pleased. Would anyone else feel the same way?

The item is listed again with a starting bid of 1.5 times the original listing.
I don't know if there is a reserve on the listing. Is there a way to find out?
Thanks 

Update:
I did report the seller after they cancelled the first sale and refunded me.

I placed a bid at the starting price on the new listing 5 minutes before the end of the auction.
No reserve set.
I bid a higher amount again just before the end and was the only bidder.
So, once again, I've won this item fairly in accordance with eBay rules.
I held off paying (I usually pay immediately) for a couple of hours.
Sure enough, the seller cancels the sale.
I'm furious. 🤬
I have reported again to eBay and told them I want the item I've bid for twice and won twice because as a buyer, if I place a bid, I'm committed to buy and the same rules should apply to sellers.
I can accept that the seller forgot to put a reserve price on the first listing. But not twice.

Pollycat said:

I've reported both listings.

I think they'll probably have blocked me from bidding for the 3rd time.

I think the seller is deluded about the 2nd hand price.
Apparently it was bought new in a capital city (not London) and I suspect they paid way over the odds (based on my research).

Just an update on this:
I wasn't blocked from bidding when the seller relisted for the 3rd time.
I bid for it last minute and won - I was the only bidder.

I paid immediately and waited with bated breath.
Silence.
No action.
Then a few days after the auction, I got a message that the item was being despatched.
Item turned up, exactly as described and I'm very pleased.