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help needed - bargain won - but seller refused payment and item no longer available

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  • xela_17
    xela_17 Posts: 421 Forumite
    I have seen things listed though, that have bids on them but have somehow also managed to keep their BIN. Can anyone tell me how that works? It's really annoying as I was watching a camera (and had bid) but someone got it by choosing the BIN a few hours before it ended. Grr.
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  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    xela_17 wrote:
    I have seen things listed though, that have bids on them but have somehow also managed to keep their BIN. Can anyone tell me how that works? It's really annoying as I was watching a camera (and had bid) but someone got it by choosing the BIN a few hours before it ended. Grr.

    If there are bids annd BIN is still present then the item has a reserve whioch has yet to be reached. Otherwise as soon as first bid is made the BIN will disappear.

    Hope this explains it.
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    Hintza wrote:
    If there are bids annd BIN is still present then the item has a reserve whioch has yet to be reached. Otherwise as soon as first bid is made the BIN will disappear.

    Hope this explains it.

    For all my time on EBay, I never realised that was how it worked. :)
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  • lapat
    lapat Posts: 816 Forumite
    i am a very experienced ebayer so if i can help anybody just let me know also ebay approx 6 months ago introduced a minimum reserve of £50
    1. to boost its fees against reserve price auctions
    2. to increase sales on lower price auctions as no reserve allowed so more items will sell
    need to have a lightbulb moment
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