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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

Yes, especially given they are a brand new member, but already know how to retract bids...twice.

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Ahhh I read it as the OP had cancelled the bids because they were made within 30-40 minutes of the buyer joining

The seller did cancel some bids for that reason but he has allowed other bids to stand when the 0 feedback bidder has already retracted bids several times.

 

Something does not smell right about that to me.

Yeah it's a little a bit of a head-scratcher. In total there have been three zero feedback bidders bidding across the three gold auctions:

Item #...784: A retracted bid & a cancelled bid; the bidder who retracted is still bidding
...513: The retracting bidder from above also bidding here
...266: The other cancelled bid, from the same bidder whose bid was cancelled in 784. Also, a third 0-FB bidder is bidding on this one.

Looks like the one who retracted was wanting to know the current max bid of the current high-bidder on 784.

That's how I saw it too. Something smells fishy.

 

My 0 FB buyer only created the account that day. They bought an item that had been listed for 5 years. I was pretty chuffed about that!

I wonder if the OP is aware that bullion (at the moment) is one of the listings that's prohibited under Managed Payments ???? 

 

https://www.ebay.com.au/help/policies/selling-policies/managed-payments-restricted-items-policy?id=5...

I assume the fact that they've been able to list it in that category means they've not signed up to MP at this stage.

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@padi*0409 wrote:

I wonder if the OP is aware that bullion (at the moment) is one of the listings that's prohibited under Managed Payments ???? 

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Not everyone has been switched over yet. Myself included. I had an instant payment of nearly $200 yesterday. It could have been in my bank this morning, but I have chosen to leave it in PayPal for now. 

 

I am still shaking my head about these prohibited listings under managed payments. Like seriously, why are bullion and coins suddenly a bad thing? Not to mention all the other stuff that is suddenly no good any more.

 

Funny how none of the cheap Chinese carp appears on the list. Nor does pretty much everything the big box retailers on here sell. Yet another way to push out the small sellers.

Also it's a little weird the listing text keeps referring to the seller in the 3rd person.

the seller is a company hence 3rd person lol.   

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@tazzieterror wrote:
Also it's a little weird the listing text keeps referring to the seller in the 3rd person.

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