Newbie burned by BS Power Seller

If you were able to leave feedback, that means you won the auction. Their ending the auction early is allowed, but if they did not cancel your bid, you won.

You should file a 'Non-Selling Seller' at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/non-selling-seller.html

Thanks for your assist, Puppy Raiser.

My post was to warn other snipers of a potential eBay issue with last second seller cancellations.

This auction identified a possible bug in the eBay system which allows a state conflict (won/cancelled) to occur.

eBay auction listing status:
1) all the bids are cancelled in the bid history
2) "The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."
3) "Congratulations! You won the item!"
4) "Winning Bid" is the initial listing price, not the highest winning bid price.

If that ain't enough, the auction is listed in both My eBay and My Snipes as a “Won” Item. The item remains unpaid because I was unable to resolve the settlement terms with the seller on highly perishable concert tickets.

We exchanged emails, eBay filings, and NFB. The PS went so far as to initiate litigation before we agreed to mutually withdraw NFB. Not really interested in spending my time and $$$ in court fighting a PS, eBay, et al on what should have been an enjoyable concert evening.

Only eBay has access to the transaction logs to fully assess the nature and impact of this issue. It could be an isolated event or it could be much worse.

Aim Often....Bid Once

Yuck... sounds nasty... what a mess.

Never heard of that before.

As painful as it was for me, it certainly must be much worse for eBay as it undermines the operational integrity and enables reserve fee avoidance. As for the PS, it appears eBay might be doing some damage control since the PS suddenly went dark with no new listings.

Whether a coincidence or simple eBay countermeasure, would suggest continued diligence on last second seller cancellations.

One Bid…One Win

Hi,
I am new to this message board and have a question. I am bidding on a rather expensive item (over 350.00) and am trying to come up with a price to put in my snipe. This item retails new for over 3000.00 and I spoke with the seller and he said 4 people have contacted him on this item, but none have yet to place a bid. Do you think all are going to try to snipe it and if so, what kind of $$ would you suggest?
Thanks for any help

Hiya,
There is no way any of us (IMO) could put a price on an item for someone else.

You just have to sit down and decide what is the MAXIMUM you would be willing to part with for that item.

Other things I would suggest are:
* do a "completed" item search and see what the item has previously sold for.
* see if the item is listed regularly or a "one off"
* when you decide on your MAX, make the snipe an unusual amount. ie, $457.68 rather than $450.

Good Luck

Deciding what to snipe is often the hardest part, especially on a rare fairly expensive item.

Agree... even if we knew what the item was, we couldn't advise about what it might be worth to you. Also, try not to let other bidders determine what your max is.

The bid increments for that price range is $5. Come up with a max... (go ahead, I'll wait)

Now... will you kick yourself if you lose by $5? If your answer is yes... increase your max.

Once you get to 'Nope, can't go higher and still be happy' add the odd amount like Lexie suggested.

WELCOME to the forum.
    Good Luck.
        Let us know how it goes?

Robin, first of all, make sure this is the true value. Also, check the seller's feedback. Last of all, as the other said decide what the top dollar value is for you..and maybe think if tomorrow you could resell it for that amount!

And, btw, welcome to our forum!

Thank you all so much. I didn't know anyone had answered until I came back here. Its a piece of machinery that I am using for my business and the price is really good. I guess I'm more afraid my husband will kill me rather than it's not worth the price. I'm the mechanical one in the family. Put all 100 lbs of me in the Sears hardware department and you'll never get this jewish girl out of there.lol
The bidding ends on Thursday. I'll let you all know.

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
Hiya,
There is no way any of us (IMO) could put a price on an item for someone else.

You just have to sit down and decide what is the MAXIMUM you would be willing to part with for that item.

Other things I would suggest are:
* do a "completed" item search and see what the item has previously sold for.
* see if the item is listed regularly or a "one off"
* when you decide on your MAX, make the snipe an unusual amount. ie, $457.68 rather than $450.

Good Luck

Deciding what to snipe is often the hardest part, especially on a rare fairly expensive item.

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Bartelby,
What is a completed search and how would I know if it's a regular listed item?
Thanks Robin

Hey Again Robin,
Use http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQtZvb to do your search, that should answer your questions. Whether it is a regularly sold item will be shown by the amount of them that are returned in your search.

Hopefully, your piece of machinery will have some identifying name or aspect so the search will be easy. Just make sure you have the *completed listings only* box ticked and IF there have been any sold recently - you will get some idea of what they have been selling for.

PS - If I dont want hubbie getting cranky at the amount of $$ I spent, I just tell him a price alot lower than what it actually was. Ahhh, the things your Mum hands down.

Not Bartelby, but I'll try to fill in... just this once.

After a search on eBay, tick the box (over on the left) that says completed listings and then down below click the Show Items button.

That will bring up a list of auctions that have ended recently, to get a feel for what the item might sell for.

The boss must have caught up with her and put her back to work.

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The boss must have caught up with her and put her back to work.

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LOL Guess not! Sniped again.

You are all the best! Thanks for the information.

Regards,
Robin

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LOL Guess not! Sniped again

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I was ordering Pizza for the boys lunch and popped in

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Not Bartelby, but I'll try to fill in... just this once

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Hope you had on high heels and the right shade of lippy for that job