topic Re: mistake bid in Buying

mistake bid

cardiffcityfacup — Mon, 24 May 2021 23:38:45 GMT

ive made a bid for a note by mistake,$25,000 it was in error I will not be paying it

Re: mistake bid

papermoon.lady — Mon, 24 May 2021 23:48:08 GMT

Assuming the auction has not ended yet, you can retract bids in certain circumstances (like making a mistake): https://www.ebay.com.au/help/buying/auctions-bidding/retracting-bid?id=4013

Re: mistake bid

porcelain_dolls_by_me — Tue, 25 May 2021 09:04:00 GMT

Next time be more careful !!

Re: mistake bid

davewil1964 — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:49:49 GMT

... and don't advertise the fact that you are a bad buyer on the boards.

Re: mistake bid

katistrophik — Tue, 25 May 2021 14:01:41 GMT

@porcelain_dolls_by_me wrote:
Next time be more careful !!

Seriously?

It was obviously an error - 25K ?? You have never made an error in bidding? 🤔

Re: mistake bid

springyzone — Thu, 27 May 2021 20:41:48 GMT

@cardiffcityfacup wrote:
ive made a bid for a note by mistake,$25,000 it was in error I will not be paying it

That's fine but I don't know why you see the need to tell us about it. Who do you think we are? Ebay?
Even ebay doesn't need to know.
The only person who needs to know the status of your bid is the seller.

In most cases you can just retract a bid, as long as the auction (if it is an auction) is not in the closing hours. You can usually fix the amount and rebid for what you meant the total to be.
If you cannot retract a bid or you've bought something in error, just send a private message to the seller, explain the situation.
Bottom line is no one can make you pay for it, you're safe there. You don't have to pay it.
But I'm with pdme dolls on this, I think you do need to be more careful with your bids. We all do make errors but a few seconds checking before you commit will save any dramas in future.
Keep in mind that a seller can give you a strike for non payment (which won't affect you one iota if you only have one strike). But if you get a couple of them within a certain time frame eg 6 months or a year, then you might suddenly find yourself blocked from buying from other sellers.