nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) So recently I've won two Auctions on ebay with tracking bids, which ended up with my bid as the highest bid after being notified from ebay as the highest bidder now after retractions. (near end f auction), and currently winning two more auctions now after even more retractions being behind two other bidders... What is going on? Also won a book on M.C.S with a discount back to my original tracking bid, when I was losing the item with less than 10 minutes to go... (behind 2 other bidders) What is going on lately??? All reputable sellers that I've dealt with before. Just wondering if anyone else has had books fall back to them lately due to retractions? Edited August 3, 2019 by nepatkm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 retract your bids and then if there was shilling the bidders ahead of your retracted bid will drop out and you'll get ANOTHER notification-for cheaper! Krismusic and James J Johnson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, kav said: retract your bids and then if there was shilling the bidders ahead of your retracted bid will drop out and you'll get ANOTHER notification-for cheaper! No, I’m happy I won the bids, almost at opening price.. no arguments from me. But for sellers seeing an auction get up to $109 then dropping to $29.99 seconds before close must be frustrating right? @kav 🤷🏼♂️ kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Also I did bid higher near end of auctions, but retractions from up to 2 other bidders brought the prices back down to my tracking bid...which won, good for me, but feel bad for the sellers. Edited August 3, 2019 by nepatkm kav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 2 minutes ago, nepatkm said: Also I did bid higher near end of auctions, but retractions from up to 2 other bidders brought the prices back down to my tracking bid...which won good for me, but feel bad for the sellers. Was it this book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Just now, kav said: Was it this book? No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Just now, nepatkm said: No come on that was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Won this on MCS for 279 , then received a $39 discount at checkout. 🤷🏼♂️ Hollywood1892, ADAMANTIUM and kav 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Won this for my tracking bid of $29 , the bids were over my high bid, wrote this item off, however I woke up the next morning to winning my second copy of this issue, at the price of my tracking bid. Because of retractions. Edited August 3, 2019 by nepatkm Because ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, nepatkm said: No, I’m happy I won the bids, almost at opening price.. no arguments from me. But for sellers seeing an auction get up to $109 then dropping to $29.99 seconds before close must be frustrating right? @kav 🤷🏼♂️ It can still be problematic for you. Say you're the high bidder for a book and get outbid. At your bid limit, you decline to up your bid to try to top that, so you write that item off and move on looking elsewhere for the same book, find it, commit to buy it or buy it. Then you get the notice that you "won" the book you wrote off because the bidder over you cancelled his bid, making you the high bidder and winner, "please pay your seller"! We've discussed the options ebay provides for cancelling a purchase, and I think this type of scenario was what the "found it cheaper elsewhere" or "changed my mind" drop down box reasons are perfectly suited for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, James J Johnson said: It can still be problematic for you. Say you're the high bidder for a book and get outbid. At your bid limit, you decline to up your bid to try to top that, so you write that item off and move on looking elsewhere for the same book, find it, commit to buy it or buy it. Then you get the notice that you "won" the book you wrote off because the bidder over you cancelled his bid, making you the high bidder and winner, "please pay your seller"! We've discussed the options ebay provides for cancelling a purchase, and I think this type of scenario was what the "found it cheaper elsewhere" or "changed my mind" drop down box reasons are perfectly suited for. yep Edited August 3, 2019 by kav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 5 hours ago, James J Johnson said: It can still be problematic for you. Say you're the high bidder for a book and get outbid. At your bid limit, you decline to up your bid to try to top that, so you write that item off and move on looking elsewhere for the same book, find it, commit to buy it or buy it. Then you get the notice that you "won" the book you wrote off because the bidder over you cancelled his bid, making you the high bidder and winner, "please pay your seller"! We've discussed the options ebay provides for cancelling a purchase, and I think this type of scenario was what the "found it cheaper elsewhere" or "changed my mind" drop down box reasons are perfectly suited for. Yes it is a problem, and it’s happening more frequently. 😔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, nepatkm said: Yes it is a problem, and it’s happening more frequently. 😔 People are getting bidders remorse Either that or it's the crazy guy who bought the TMNT for 90k and realizes he doesnt have enough left over to get those books Sorry Its early 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepatkm Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Hollywood1892 said: People are getting bidders remorse Either that or it's the crazy guy who bought the TMNT for 90k and realizes he doesnt have enough left over to get those books Sorry Its early Unfortunately people aren’t taking their bids ( commitments ) seriously lately. And thats a bad thing. F For Fake and Hollywood1892 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 40 minutes ago, nepatkm said: Unfortunately people aren’t taking their bids ( commitments ) seriously lately. And thats a bad thing. A horrible thing 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James J Johnson Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 3 hours ago, nepatkm said: Unfortunately people aren’t taking their bids ( commitments ) seriously lately. And thats a bad thing. Genuine bids, placed with the intention to honor them, or not, bidders on ebay don't have to take them seriously and they know that. Especially if this pattern is habitual for them. The buyer has pretty much been given free reign by ebay to the extent that winning and paying is an honor system without tangible enforcement backing the process. If they try that in Heritage Auctions or most other auction houses, unless there's extenuating circumstances, they will not be allowed to bid in the future. They will not be given a third, a fourth, a fifth, and so on pass to rinse and repeat. nepatkm and kav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 People's kids and pets are finally learning to stop winning auctions that their parents can't/won't pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood1892 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 33 minutes ago, theCapraAegagrus said: People's kids and pets are finally learning to stop winning auctions that their parents can't/won't pay! Hmmm I'll bid on this Hmm Yep,that too Max Carnage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicaaron Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I just won a captain marvel 18 last week the same way, so I guess it does happen quite often. I will say as a seller I have also been seeing more and more slow payments. nepatkm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krismusic Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I've had this happen to me a lot for the past few months one time though it was a 7 day bid I put my max in someone went a bit over mine and it stayed that way until less than a day before auction was closing I got a email I am highest bidder but there was 3 other bidders over mine I guess all 3 dropped out but I spent the fund else where since I was outbid 5 days before auction was going to end and less than a few hours till item ended I get the email I felt bad and emailed the seller right away and resolved it. My only question is how did the guy 5 days with his higher bid in get his bid retracted he/she was 3 days the highest bidder before they were outbid. nepatkm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
