Sorry if this is old hat but I've never come across this before . I had item for auction that got a few bids and was making a good price. 4 or so hours from the end of the auction I had a message from the winning bidder (via 'ask seller a question') saying he wished to retract. He said he couldn't do it himself (not sure why) But he signed his name "Firstname Lastname" at the bottom of the message (don't want to give out real names). Well blow me if the next highest bidder isn't something very close to "Firstname Lastname" (it was actually "Firstnamelastname06"). Too much of a coincidence as it is a valid but uncommon name. I'm struggling to think why he would do this - bid twice on the same item ? I was tempted to let the auction finish with him as the winner and then neg him - but ended up cancelling both his bids, ending the auction and relisting. Any thoughts - should I report him to ebay? Both IDs concerned have zero feedback.
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