posted on February 19, 2005 05:24:51 AM new
Morning Everyone!
I have a question that I'm hoping some of you might be able to answer for me.
1. Why would a bidder bid on an item 3 times and each time the bid price he leaves shows the same starting price?
And the auction shows that there are 3 bids but the price is still the opening bid price.
Would I be able to cancel two of his bids and just leave his one bid?
I know about the bidder approval list, but is there anywhere stating that a bidder with less then (example 25) feedbacks can be blocked from bidding? Or/is this something that you can state in your listing?
posted on February 19, 2005 05:33:33 AM new
Toni...don't cancel the other two bids!
I had an item with 2 bids and the same starting price two days ago. I looked at the bidding history and it was the same bidder so I emailed the bidder asking them if perhaps it was a glitch in the Ebay system.
They emailed me back and said they had decided to increase their proxy bid so the second bid is actually the result of the bidder increasing their proxy bid and that's why if there is only 1 bidder, the starting price has stayed the same.
Hope this makes sense, not enough coffee this morning yet...
(Edited because I can't spell this early)
[ edited by minniestuff on Feb 19, 2005 05:42 AM ]
posted on February 19, 2005 05:42:50 AM new
ebay won't let a bidder bid against herself that's why the bid stays the same. It won't change unless someone else bids higher.
Why would you cancel any bids? They were legitimate bids.
New bidders can be a pain but they also buy stuff!
There are so many "newbies" that to limit your bidders by their feedback number is cutting off potential customers.
posted on February 19, 2005 06:53:52 AM new
Thats interesting what you are saying minnie, but I thought the reason for that was the bidder shows other buyers that there are 3 bids so it might keep the new bidder from even looking, but I guess I was wrong.
Why Would I want to cancel a bid?
Thats a good question, I'm not sure on how to respond to that question......I guess right now I'm feeling this way because Newbies just don't know how to communicate when they have a problem with something.
Right away they give you a neg in your feedback and it just bothers me because I would do all I can to make correct whatever problem there is.
When we list a lot of items sometimes we rush and overlook something, it's not that it was intentionlly done, it was a human error, but a new bidder must think that everyone is out to ...s crew them so there only way to get back at the seller is to NEG them.
But they are so wrong, if they would only read the sellers feedback they would know this and contact the seller with the problem FIRST.
posted on February 19, 2005 07:15:58 AM new
toni, if they neg you there is always the "Reply" for you to explain. If you get a neg it's not the end of the world. If I see a seller with a neg or two and really want to bid on their item, I check out the negs, who they're from and then check seller's reply. If it's polite and reasonable I bid without hesitation.
And, anyone can give you a neg , not just newbies, and ya can't block everybody.
posted on February 19, 2005 07:33:53 AM new
Your Right Crow, just getting burned out, I guess, thats why it bothers me to see such things taking place.
It just pisses me off to see a neg being given before any communication with each other. If she would have contacted me I would have said, " keep the item and I would have returned all her cost" negs only bother me when I feel they are unjust, If I deserved it then hell, no complaint on my part.
Right now I feel I'm going to leave her a neg with "poor communication, did not contact me w/problem first"
Thank God I'm watching my Grandson today, He will make me forget this buyer for today.....lol hes 18months and into everything.
posted on February 19, 2005 08:08:12 AM new
I can empathize Toni, for some reason it irritated the shi! out of me when this one newbie bid 15 times instead of just her max....I know it doesn't really matter but it bugged me.....must be a little burn out, too.
posted on February 21, 2005 10:04:09 AM new
Thought I'd bring this to the top to illustrate an auction with multiple bids from the high bidder. I think what this one says is they want to win the auction and you'd better bid high to beat them.
