sellers who withdraw listings after bids are taken

[08.lukey60]

When is eBay going to stop sellers withdrawing listings after bids have been taken. Once a bid has been taken a legal contract has been formed and should be adheared to by both parties. It seems this happens when seller gets bids lower than what they think item is worth. Sellers,  please respect you buyers, there what you survive on.

[belindabargainhunter]

If a seller has a bottom price thats where they should start and not waste peoples time.

[davewil1964]

If a buyer has an issue they should start a new thread, rather than resurrect one.

[blenheimsilver]

Speaking as a qualified legal practitioner whose area of speciality is commercial law (mostly contract related in nature), I'm unsure of all the legal advice being offered by Backyard Barrister types on this thread.

Simple answer being, NO CONTRACT OR LEGAL CONVENANT EXISTS.

In laypersons terms..."too bad, so sad, suck it up, and stop being a sensitive sally"

Legal Disclaimer: The name Sally was utilised in a generalised setting of commentary for the purposes of this post. There being no intent to

defame any person living or deceased bearing the name Sally, or infer any person having the name Sally is sensitive.

Lastly, it's a well established legal fact the numerous policies, rules and regulations of eBay itself have little or no legal standing in Australia. That's not to say it may have some weight if brought before a Swiss court (eBay being registered as a Swiss business entity).

Accordingly, all the mumbo jumbo big brother tough guy talk of eBay means nothing for the most part here in Australia. If you are unsure of this fact please contact eBay Australia's legal representatives in Sydney (they are in the same building as me, next floor up).

Bottom line this eBay, a pretend online world for selling items, whereby Seller's can pretty much do as they please so long as they comply with appropriate State / Territory consumer protection statutes (where applicable)

[*new2vintage]

To all of you who are fervently breathing life back into it as of post # 24 this is a DEAD THREAD !

If that makes no difference to you all I can say is 😛 !

[polocross58]

Why do so many want this to be a dead thread ?

Must be a reason, huh ?

As to sellers who do this -- I leave them a Neg.  Big Red NEG

Last seller who did this to me was reduced to 96.7 %

Thought they were smart, saying the item was 'no longer for sale' when I'd arranged my schedule in order to bid.  And when I'd beaten half a dozen competitors

Well, my time has value.  By refusing to sell once I'd bid and won the item, that seller had prevented me from buying one of several identical items

My opinion:  the seller didn't get the money they were expecting from the final, winning bidder who just happened to be me

And ebay screwed me too by allowing that seller to do it

Okay.  I sucked it up.  Seller thought they were smart.  Ebay thought they were smart too

Well, a big fat Neg and reduction to 96.7% doesn't sound too smart to me

And ebay missed out on FVF, so ebay doesn't sound very smart either

If sellers mess you around ---- Neg them.  Only way they'll learn

[blakesus]

Speaking as a qualified legal practitioner whose area of speciality is commercial law (mostly contract related in nature), I'm unsure of all the legal advice being offered by Backyard Barrister types on this thread.

Simple answer being, NO CONTRACT OR LEGAL CONVENANT EXISTS.

That's all well and good except someone who is equally qualified answered the OP months ago, without the chest beating and overtones of superiority.

But here, have an internet high 5 for being a lawyer, that's what you were looking for all along right?

[bright.ton42]

Lukey I have a similar thread going (near this one) only in my case I 

won the item, only the seller doesn't want to know, and I'm assuming it's

because he wanted more on auction, even though the final bid was quite

good.    It makes me mad too that people can mess around like that. 

Anyway he too will get a big fat neg shortly, the first I've ever given

in all my years of trading.  

And to those who say this thread is dead, how can it be if a lot of us are still

talking here?

[*new2vintage]

" And to those who say this thread is dead, how can it be if a lot of us are still

talking here? "

Work it out - it was started in February. Your post has addressed the OP who hasn't posted since then.

[bright.ton42]

True

Oh well maybe others are interested.  

[strawberries-n-creambabies]

I don't have a problem with it as long as the seller is retracting for a genuine reason.

If you're just doing it because your listing isn't gaining enough in price, start the bloody thing off at a higher price.

I recently came across and bidded on an asian listing. I was watching a couple of her listings and saw that when it only had just over a day to go, she cancelled the listings. Now, clearly she wasn't happy with the way the bidding was going as she relisted both items starting at the same low cost within hours of cancelling them.

I gave her the benefit of the doubt and decided to bid on one of the new listings and AGAIN it was cancelled cause it hadn't gotten to the price she wanted.

Thing is - most people aren't going to stupidly bid an item up really high until the last few hours and often the last seconds. It's a chance you take or sit back and list for the price you want. If a seller keeps cancelling a listing I'm interested in, it turns me off and I will buy from someone who is actually interested in selling!