To not pay this?

[ellathefox]

I know I am probably bu but I'm clinging onto the hope that someone will say yanbu but you are an idiot I accidentally bid £99 instead of 99p for a pair of shorts on eBay and obvioulsy won. I "won" then for £26 and I do not want to pay that. Help!!

Argh. I know if it was a RL auction then you would be contractually obliged to buy them. Not sure whether Ebay has different rules...have you got some terms and conditions? tbf you are unlikely to be sued for 26 quid...

Why did you wait until the end of the auction, you should have contacted the seller and asked for her to retract your bid as you had made a mistake.IMO
you should pay.

well you need to email the seller and ask politely if they will cancel the transaction. they will probably be able to offer it to the previous bidder. you may get bad feedback for this - its up to them.

Sorry forgot to add that I didn't realise until I had won the auction

you can ask for a mutual retraction - if it bid up to £26 then they will have another bidder they can offer a 2nd chance offer to. Just message them and explain, it does happen quite a lot

IIRC, sellers can't leave negative feedback for buyers now, so you may get an unpaid item strike instead.

I'd email the seller and explain, they can always second chance offer it to the bidder below you.

Email the seller and explain. I did this once but realised before the bid finished

Thank you for the replies. I've emailed the seller to apologise.