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[icecolddavid]

I would still like to see sellers having to register aleast the last 5 parts digets of the serial numbers ( where is) (IE: Electronics, Computers & Parts Etc Etc)  with ebay when they are selling multiple items of the same kind, specially on auctions. I had a friend buying an item that was on two different auctions and from the same seller. His auction was cancelled without explanation. The other auction sold for more????????????? now he's wondering, is this a game to get the best price?????. As we all know there are alot of clever people around, say no more.

[reallynicestamps · Accepted solution]

auction was cancelled without explanation.

A seller can cancel a listing (auction or FixedPrice) basically at any time for any reason. It's his item to do with as he pleases.

If he has bids on an auction, and does not cancel the bids first, the item is deemed by eBay to have sold for the highest bid.

If he cancels a purchase (that is, once the auction/Fixed price is ended) then he gets a Defect. A lot to say about that, but he won't like it.

It's possible that he accidentally listed the same item twice and had to act fast to end one of the auctions.

Were both auctions on the same site (eg- on eBay) or were they on different sites (g on eBay and Bonanza and AZ and etsy)?

Some sellers do this, although usually with mass produced items and  as the less volatile Fixed Price listing.

Since listing two items makes the number of products available higher without increasing the number of buyers, it would not  be a good strategy for increasing prices.

The better strategy would be to list one, then offer the second to the underbidder or just to list the second after the first had sold.

The easiest strategy would be to figure out the going price, list for a tad under that as Fixed Price and show two available.

There may be a lot of clever people around, but that seller is not one of them.