@waza_p wrote:
it is the combination of all the odd things that send a red flag. In this case, 0 feedback, no activity for 9 months, a rediculously high bid which out bid the next bidder days before the auction end and put off other bidders, a very strange user name. If it is the case users have multiple accounts, then eBay shouldn't enable this. Perhaps eBay should better identify users (i.e. link them back to a payment account as one example). Of course there are always ways to cancel an auction. My issue was I didnt think to monitor the bidders, but should I have had to, or should eBay have been doing this?
I agree with you that it sounds as if this bidder is going to end up being a non payer.
You say they put in a ridiculously high bid. That part is puzzling me because I was under the impression you as seller could not see the actual top amount a person may have typed in, only the actual bid amount.
If it is the gaming router auction you are talking about, your zero feedback winner was only $5 higher than the second top bid.
What I would do is wait till the 4 days are up, put in a non paying bidder report so that bidder gets a strike, then block them from ever bidding again.
You could then make a second chance offer to your second highest bidder as he seemed keen. However, if I were that bidder, I probably would not go ahead because I'd be worrying about shill bidding. But you could try.
Failing that, just relist but I personally would list at the price you think it should be getting. If you list too low, people might think there is something wrong with it.
