Seller ends auction with 7 seconds left?

[dgour98]

Auction number

131134812196

Was watching the closing bids on this lot when all of a sudden it shut down with 8 seconds left. Not sure but think

it was not listed as private in the bids section before the shutdown.

Anyway, i did not think it was possible to end an auction like this. Otherwise everyone would do it if they do not get their price (use

a reserve then?) Plus it's the last 3 seconds where rare auctions go high.

Will seller still get charged?

[afantiques]

Interesting, looking at the start and end times there do seem to be 12 seconds missing. Maybe the change from EST to EDT caused a glitch.

[femmefan1946]

If tthe seller had bids and did not end them before he closed the auction, he will be required to sell to the high bidder at his high bid.  (A good reason to bid once, bid your maximum and BID EARLY. Others disagree.)

If he had no bids he will pay FVF on the opening price as a penalty.

But

He may have spotted something unnoticed earlier when he was watching the auction end.

Because the number does not show a listing when I Search it, the auction may have been ended by eBay after being Reported and investigated.

How come it never goes smooth? - Captain Malcolm Reynolds

[afantiques]

Looking again I now notice 

This listing was ended by the seller because the item was sold.

I think the only way they could have done this was to sell to the high bidder as the bid history shows no cancellations. I am not sure how this jibes with the no cancellations within 12 hours of end time rule.