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CleoCouture · Apr 4th, 2008, 10:33 PM

Hi~
I have an item listed auction style with out a BIN. A potential buyer contacted me and we came to an agreement on a BIN price. I cant add a BIN since the auctions already going, but if I end the auction early will the bid she's place still be valid? Then I could just add the rest of the price into the shipping if she pays via PayPal, right? Please help, I would like to resolve this this evening. Thanks so much!

lmartinx1 · Apr 4th, 2008, 11:39 PM

I've done this a few times, but I end the current auction and create a new auction with the agreed upon BIN price. Then let the buyer know the moment you list it so that she can snap it up. It's too bad that Ebay doesn't have an easier way to do this, but this is the method that I've come up with and so far...it hasn't failed me yet.

b3stbuy · Apr 4th, 2008, 11:42 PM

hmmm it would certainly cause some problems...she could send ebay a message stating that u were asking for more money than the price stated in the listing....but if her feedback is sound i dont think there would be any problems...

is it expensive to just create a new listing? sorry im clueless with that

chinkee21 · Apr 5th, 2008, 05:12 AM

Yep, best way is to end the auction now and list it again with the BIN price of the amount you and the seller agreed upon.

Varied_obsessions · Apr 5th, 2008, 07:42 AM

End it and relist. Isn't there an option to do a private auction where only approved buyers can bid? That way if you put the BIN auction up and if she's away from the computer, no one else can get it before her.

CleoCouture · Apr 6th, 2008, 02:55 PM

I ended up just ending it early and added the difference into the box for seller's discount or added fees. It seemed more appropriate than putting it into the shipping.

I guess the right way would have been to relist it, but I didnt think of that...duh!

xolvxo · Jul 5th, 2009, 04:24 PM

How do you end an auction early? I cannot find it and I need to do it NOW!!! Please help :)

xolvxo · Jul 5th, 2009, 04:27 PM

Ohhh just found it! Thank you anyway :)

mmmsc · Jul 5th, 2009, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by CleoCouture

I ended up just ending it early and added the difference into the box for seller's discount or added fees. It seemed more appropriate than putting it into the shipping.

I guess the right way would have been to relist it, but I didnt think of that...duh!

As long as it was still a listing ended early on ebay and she paid with PP, I think you'll be covered -- in case she files a SNAD for example. I hate to sound so suspicious, but some of the things I have read here make me wary of doing anything outside ebay's confines. Be sure and send the invoice through ebay.

noshoepolish · Jul 5th, 2009, 05:24 PM

If I had bids I would not cancel the listing.

Elle4445 · Jul 5th, 2009, 10:17 PM

Why can't the potential buyer just bid with the agreed upon price and then the Seller close it down? I've done this before. Why relist? (I am assuming there are no bids on it). If there are bids on it, I wouldn't do anything but wish the potential Buyer good luck. Not fair to the person or people who already bid on the item. I like to play fair. Like I would want to be treated.

pigalle74 · Jul 6th, 2009, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Elle4445

Why can't the potential buyer just bid with the agreed upon price and then the Seller close it down? I've done this before. Why relist? (I am assuming there are no bids on it). If there are bids on it, I wouldn't do anything but wish the potential Buyer good luck. Not fair to the person or people who already bid on the item. I like to play fair. Like I would want to be treated.

Well, it is allowed for sellers to cancel bids on their items within certain time frame (I think either 12 hours or 24 hours before the auction ends) and to end the listing early. Buyers are also allowed to cancel bids as well up until the same time frame. So I believe it's fair for sellers to end the auction early if they found a suitable buyer. Sometimes I can add a BIN option and othertimes I would just end the listing and relist.

new.old.bag · Jul 6th, 2009, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by noshoepolish

If I had bids I would not cancel the listing.

Me either. I was very angry at a seller who did this on an auction I had bid on last week. And unfortunately for that seller, she sold it for less than I was willing to pay. She not only lost that extra money, but I will also never bother to bid on any of her items ever again and have made note of her in my unfavored sellers list.

CoutureObsessed · Jul 21st, 2009, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by new.old.bag

Me either. I was very angry at a seller who did this on an auction I had bid on last week. And unfortunately for that seller, she sold it for less than I was willing to pay. She not only lost that extra money, but I will also never bother to bid on any of her items ever again and have made note of her in my unfavored sellers list.

This just happened to me today, and I'm so

!! And this time, the jokes really on the seller, because not only would I have paid her more than the person she sold it to (I actually know who she sold it to and what they paid

), but based on her reserve and her other recent auctions I'm fairly certain she had no idea how much the bag was actually worth! It was a highly coveted bag from a highly coveted season and she could have easily gotten $600 more for it!!

Apr 4th, 2008, 10:33 PM	#1
CleoCouture OP no will power Joined: May 2007 Location: Stockton (boo!) but plan on moving back to Santa Barbara at some point~! Posts: 2,377	Ending an Auction Early... Hi~ I have an item listed auction style with out a BIN. A potential buyer contacted me and we came to an agreement on a BIN price. I cant add a BIN since the auctions already going, but if I end the auction early will the bid she's place still be valid? Then I could just add the rest of the price into the shipping if she pays via PayPal, right? Please help, I would like to resolve this this evening. Thanks so much!
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Apr 4th, 2008, 11:39 PM	#2
lmartinx1 ♥~♥~tPF~♥~♥ Joined: Jun 2007 Location: Mile High State Posts: 1,309	Re: Ending an Auction Early... I've done this a few times, but I end the current auction and create a new auction with the agreed upon BIN price. Then let the buyer know the moment you list it so that she can snap it up. It's too bad that Ebay doesn't have an easier way to do this, but this is the method that I've come up with and so far...it hasn't failed me yet.

Apr 4th, 2008, 11:42 PM	#3
b3stbuy Member Joined: Feb 2008 Location: land of the 3 stars and the sun Posts: 1,585	Re: Ending an Auction Early... hmmm it would certainly cause some problems...she could send ebay a message stating that u were asking for more money than the price stated in the listing....but if her feedback is sound i dont think there would be any problems... is it expensive to just create a new listing? sorry im clueless with that
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Apr 5th, 2008, 05:12 AM	#4
chinkee21 My Dream Ring! Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 5,600	Re: Ending an Auction Early... Yep, best way is to end the auction now and list it again with the BIN price of the amount you and the seller agreed upon.
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Apr 5th, 2008, 07:42 AM	#5
Varied_obsessions Because I said so Joined: May 2006 Posts: 1,371	Re: Ending an Auction Early... End it and relist. Isn't there an option to do a private auction where only approved buyers can bid? That way if you put the BIN auction up and if she's away from the computer, no one else can get it before her.
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Apr 6th, 2008, 02:55 PM	#6
CleoCouture OP no will power Joined: May 2007 Location: Stockton (boo!) but plan on moving back to Santa Barbara at some point~! Posts: 2,377	Re: Ending an Auction Early... I ended up just ending it early and added the difference into the box for seller's discount or added fees. It seemed more appropriate than putting it into the shipping. I guess the right way would have been to relist it, but I didnt think of that...duh!
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Jul 5th, 2009, 04:24 PM	#7
xolvxo Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135	How do you end an auction early? I cannot find it and I need to do it NOW!!! Please help :)
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Jul 5th, 2009, 04:27 PM	#8
xolvxo Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 135	Ohhh just found it! Thank you anyway :)
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Jul 5th, 2009, 05:24 PM	#10
noshoepolish Addicted to Coach Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,011	If I had bids I would not cancel the listing.

Jul 5th, 2009, 10:17 PM	#11
Elle4445 Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 45	Why can't the potential buyer just bid with the agreed upon price and then the Seller close it down? I've done this before. Why relist? (I am assuming there are no bids on it). If there are bids on it, I wouldn't do anything but wish the potential Buyer good luck. Not fair to the person or people who already bid on the item. I like to play fair. Like I would want to be treated.
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