posted on July 4, 2001 01:32:44 PM new
I had an auction that closes in 2 days, has been on for 6. I got an email that there was a bid retraction, when I looked at it the reason was Administrative Cancellation. The person that bid has over 900 positive feedback with only one neutral. It now says they are no longer a registered user. Does any know why this would happen? They were holding the high bid for several days, and it knocked the price WAY down now that the bid was canceled. BUMMER!
posted on July 4, 2001 02:04:45 PM new
"Administrative Canellation???"
#1
This is just a b.s. excuse to back out. Best you cancel your auction, then relist.
#2
They may have left or got thrown off ebay for whatever reason.
posted on July 4, 2001 02:42:49 PM new
Yes, an administrative cancellation is done by eBay, not the bidder.
It always means they are no longer a registered user-no explanation as to why.
I have had it happen to me only once. I was puzzled too, because my high bidder had good FB and only a couple of NEUTRALS (but they WERE for slow pay).
posted on July 4, 2001 02:51:55 PM new
One of the 64 Shooting Star sellers went NARU (for the second time) last night. Nothing to do with feedback that I can see. I have no idea what happened.
I HAVE seen good feedback eBayers get NARU'd after participating in these 'phony' auctions-for-feedback. You know the kind: 1,000 item dutch auction, 'get a recipe for chocolate chip cookies via email, free, no shiping cost', with guaranteed reciprical feedback for both seller and buyer who participate. eBay constantly shuts these down but they always pop right up again.
posted on July 4, 2001 03:01:30 PM new
'' an administrative cancellation is done byeBay, not the bidder.''
Not allways. A lot of people use that excuse just to back out if they found a 'better deal " at another auction. They just hope that you do not clue in.
posted on July 4, 2001 03:03:50 PM new
I am sure that a lot of the naru's I have seen have come from billing issues, not paying their ebay bill. I know someone who has too many negatives to be a powerseller so a month or so ago they were running those auctions for feedback on recipes. None of them were ever shut down. I still don't think they have brought their feedback level up enough though.
Speaking of ebay bills, I would hate to have your's Marie.
posted on July 4, 2001 03:12:59 PM new
I think what gs4 means by saying this is a bs excuse, is that the bidder actually types "administrative cancellation" in the reason box for bid retraction. Which I believe is possible, people use plenty of retarded excuses...It's even worse when they seem to have no clue what they are buying and actually win it, then I usually end up arguing for days with them via email, and then feeling sorry for their ignorance.
posted on July 4, 2001 03:22:40 PM newgs4-Yes, a crafty bidder couldcancel the bid and type in "Admin Cancellation" as the reason hoping the seller wouldn't look to see if they were still active users. However, in the this case, the poster had already said they were NARU'd and was puzzled since the FB looked OK.
When eBay cancels the bid, it's because the user is NARU for whatever reason. I think you can be suspended for any infractions of the TOS, including but not limited to: failing to keep contact info current(email-mailing address-telephone #), not paying eBay fees on time. If a cc is on file, it must be current(had a friend not go in and change the expiration date when the new card came in-just forgot-she was suspended until she entered her updated cc info). So eBay can suspend a user for lots of reasons and when they suspend a user, any and all bids they have out are cancelled.
posted on July 5, 2001 11:32:42 AM new
I was just trying to help a little...
But does anyone else think that this is a little unfair...that the seller just gets screwed out of that bid? Sure, a person who doesnt stay in good standing may end up a NPB anyway, but I dont think eBay should mess with individual auctions like that.
This hasnt actually happened to me though, though I have had plenty of NPB's...and another thing (This should probably be a different thread, but) why do BIN's end up NPB's - this makes no sense to me?
