Invalid Bid Retraction by seller - indicrafts137

[maheshb76]

Dear eBay,

I have been placing bids on the listings of seller indicrafts137 but it is found that this seller cancells all the bids just before the listing ends. This has happened thrice now.

The item IDs on which I bid but was cancelled are:
(160451330207)
(160451330208)
(160451330209)
(160451330210)
(160451330223)
(160451330226)
(160451330228)

Worse, the seller relists the same items the very next moment and starts a fresh bid process. How can the seller keep cancelling the bids and use the bid retraction to his advantage. The fact that there is no reserve price is that what ever is the highest bid, the item should be sold at that rate. Then why is this seller retracting the bids every time and taking undue advantage?

[rajelectroniks]

Please write to Trust and Safety team and Paisapay team of ebay immediately and get this issue to their notice. They will do the needful.
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Regards.
Raj Electroniks.

[arva.enterprises]

@maheshb76,

You must understand that the seller lists the item on eBay to make profit. If the seller finds that the item is not receiving good bids then the seller can remove the listing at least 12 hours before the auction ends.

This is very well within eBay policies. eBay allows the seller to remove the bid of any bidder as they wish and also end the item if the auction has at least 12 hours left.

The seller can remove the bid even in the last minute but cannot end the item if the item is running in the last 12 hours.

There is no need to write to Trust and safety for this. The seller is very much following eBay's policies.

[ufo_big]

Seller can not cancel bid as they wish but can cancel in the following cercumstances as per the following ebay page:

http://pages.ebay.in/help/sell/contextual/cancel-bid-example.html

Examples of legitimate bid cancellations:

1. The bidder contacts you to back out of the auction.

2. You are unable to verify the bidder's identity, after trying all reasonable means of contact.

3. You want to end your listing early because your item is no longer available for sale. In this case you must cancel all bids on your listing before ending it.

[e.jewel]

Hi,

A lot of sellers are doing this malpractices, I have came across many of them, closing their listing after canceling the bids in the last 24 hours.

few examples are:

Seller id: muteyaar item no: 260630196636
Seller id: muteyaar item no: 290451081751
Seller id: laleelacollection item no: 290451046088

Shaikh

[deepaambrose]

It is unethical for any seller to de-list an item at his whims and fancies. Such practices should be barred by ebay otherwise buyers would have to think "Why should I waste time?". If the seller wants to make a profit he can jolly well insert a reserve price. Some of them really do indirectly by jacking up the shipping cost unreasonably high.

[deepaambrose]

It is unethical for any seller to de-list an item at his whims and fancies. Such practices should be barred by ebay otherwise buyers would have to think "Why should I waste time?". If the seller wants to make a profit he can jolly well insert a reserve price. Some of them really do indirectly by jacking up the shipping cost unreasonably high.