You seem to be confused about what an auction is. Why should anyone tell
you what their intentions are. You were asked a BIN price and the bidder
decided to go another way. Nothing to do with courtesy whatsover.
This is quite typical behaviour by the kids that run ebay. If you asked
them what a free text search was they would not know. The internet has
developed techniques for searching which have become standards. Oh no
not ebay - they know better. The whol...