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dew1911:

--- Quote from: "v8kenny" ---Also, if it is a car you are selling and someone comes to view and offers you cash on the spot then you would be daft to refuse it
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That's how we bought the 110... Payed by cheque when we went to see it, aftwards he apparently got 5 or 6 calls from people trying to offer him more money, but wouldn't take them.

Wanderer:
Anything indicating that an auction will be ended early means I ignore the auction.

Personally I'd like to see people that do this kicked off of ebay.

Ed

strapping young lad:
must admit i do avoid those that say they can end the auction early..

it puts me off in terms of confidence in the seller, never mind the trust of being to win the item you want rather than the seller being greedy and wanting more

SixPot:
I get really fustrated by auctions being pulled with minutes to go .

The one that got me real mad was for a gearbox. There was little time to run and I was the only bidder so it was a giveaway price at the initial bid. It was pulled and then relisted the next day with a new photo but definately the same item  :evil: If they had a price in mind then they should have put a reserve on or a higher start price. :x

For that they would have got a big negative feedback from me but because there the auction did not close I had no opportunity to do so. I just ignore everything they sell now.

I'm with wanderer on this one, if you enter it for auction then the auction should run to conclusion. If a reserve isn't used or high enough start then tough! Pulling the item late auction when bids are on the table should be a big no no unless they have a really good excuse like fire/theft/death/invasion/SWMBO

I'll stop ranting now

cheers
ben

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: "Jonboy" ---...... cant see the point in starting at 99p for something that I want £100 for.
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This is a psychological thing. A low start price will get some people bidding early in the hope of a bargain. And I'm sure there are people who bid for the hell of it, even if they know they aren't going to get the item. Lots of bids encourages others to bid. The hope is that a bidding war starts and the end price is higher as a result.

I guess an item sat with a higher starting price and no bids has people thinking 'is there something wrong?' Whereas they are happier to bid when others have already done so.

There would be no point in reserves at any auction if you always started at what you wanted.

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