09-22-2015 02:02 AM
Like, maybe TURF THEM???
I have been seeing more and more of this lately... someone bids an aucttion way, way up.... then retracts the bid.
Then creeps in at the end and SNIPES - knowing what the previous high bid was.
Look at this http://offer.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=301741732037&aid=9***y&eu=guoa5Q...
FORTY TWO BID RETRACTIONS in the past six months!!! Three already this month
C'MON EBAY. .... Whatever happened to FAIR MARKETPLACE ???
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09-22-2015 07:54 AM
Have you tried calling Customer Service to bring this item listing to their attention so that they can take a closer look at the bidder behaviour? I don't often bid on auctions so I have no idea how this might work with retracting and then sniping but it seems to be unebay-like and unethical. I do, however, think bid retractions should act like Unpaid Item strikes on an account. That would quickly halt the behaviour.
09-22-2015 07:54 AM
Have you tried calling Customer Service to bring this item listing to their attention so that they can take a closer look at the bidder behaviour? I don't often bid on auctions so I have no idea how this might work with retracting and then sniping but it seems to be unebay-like and unethical. I do, however, think bid retractions should act like Unpaid Item strikes on an account. That would quickly halt the behaviour.
09-29-2015 03:57 PM - edited 09-29-2015 03:59 PM
Yes, I have called and reported a similar buyer, last month. The second tech who came on said "they would look at it".
I still see plenty of this going on, though. I like your suggestion a lot - put some TEETH into this policy, as letting people retract and retract is really quite a loophole for the unethical players here.