how do you cancel a bid you didn't mean to make?

[dealz2bhad]

Who cancels this Bid? The buyer or the seller?

[dmil8030]

Both.  You can ask the seller to remove your bid for you.  She'll probably put you on her blocked list after that, and, well, you can't really blame her.

Or you can retract your own bid.  When you do, the number of bid retractions is displayed on your feedback page.  Too many will have you on ebay's "naughty list".  Doing it is considered a whopping gaff, and as such there are only a few reasons which are considered valid.  Have a look at the following link which explains all about this, and there is a Bid Retraction form near the bottom you can use:

http://pages.ebay.ca/help/buy/questions/retract-bid.html

[supertech-it]

Thanks, I actually wasn't sure where you would retract a bid made in error - I knew it had to exist in case you did something like bid 5000 instead of 50.00 or if your cat walked on your keyboard and placed a bid for you (trust me, it CAN happen) - or the worst of the scenarios: if someone hacked or gained access to your account and went on a "sport bidding" spree.

Glad to see there are some people around that can answer a question with all the best info for us semi-noobs without making us feel dumb! LOL!

[scifan57]

If the listing has ended,you have a different problem. You can no longer retract a bid on an ended listing. All you can do then is contact the seller and ask if they will send you a mutual cancelation request. Sending the request is,however,voluntary on the part of the seller. The seller can choose to open an unpaid item dispute against the buyer. This Is the process the seller can follow if they choose.

[dmil8030]

So tell me, 'supertech', how much did your cat bid?  Was it an early nibble bid or did your cat try to snipe it?  You see, placing a bid is a multi-step process designed to be just about impossible to do 'by accident', hence I am wondering how a cat is able to enter sufficient digits (requiring the ability to discern numbers from letters), then press the 'bid' button, and then subsequently press the 'confirm' button.  If I had a cat like that I could retire in the tropics. 🙂

[donnaj55630]

i am at really at a lose how you bid on something you didnt mean to. possibly if you come home after a night of say 18 captain morgans...and think ya i need that, after drunk texting.....

you get my drift.  i dont buy into the accident thing...my cat did it.... etc